Hard to avoid the finger-pointing
As Luminette stated, supporting a product that has been significantly modified from stock is not a standard practice for any manufacturer. Try getting your iPod fixed by Apple after an iMod is performed on it.
The thing is, why would you want to? Why send in your expensively modified headphone (with mods that probably cost near as much as the original headphone itself), back to the original manufacturer for service? Would you expect them to take care not to damage the boutique cable you had installed? That's where the finger pointing begins if problems ensue down the road.
Dynamic headphones are not that complicated, and have relatively few parts that can fail. After recabling modifications are done, what is really left to be warranteed? The drivers against failure, and perhaps the headband/earcups from breaking due to some manufacturer's defect.
Better is for modders to develop an "elite modder" business model. They should effectively be both authorized sellers and service centers for the products they sell modded. They should have special access to manufacturer parts so that they (the modders) can warranty the products they sell modded. If I purchase an Edition 9 recabled, I'd want Drew, or Ken, or whomever, to back up their work and to offer some sort of complete warranty coverage for the entire package.
Now, this also opens up another can of worms - what if you sent in your own pair of headphones to be modded, rather than purchasing them new with mods? Should the modder warranty those? Another sticky wicket, and probably not gonna happen (I sure wouldn't).
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