Originally Posted by highflyin9
Hi there Peter, the K501 cable is silver plated copper rather than pure silver, I'm not really than crazy about pure silver in headphone cables although I like it in ICs. The K501s have only had about 25 hours of burn in time since I recabled them, but I noticed a slight increase in bass performance, wheras all other frequencies sounded relatively similar. I was worried that the already somewhat bright nature of the K501s would be increased with the added silver content in the cable but luckily it was not an issue.
Thanks for the comments. I'd find it interesting to hear what further thoughts you might have when the cable is fully matured.