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I'm thinking of going the DIY route, but not my own job, lol...There's a lot of good DIY'ers here that will do quality work. Like, I've had quotes for $145 for a 10' Senn cable, Neutrik plug on silver plate copper wire with Cardas 650 plugs. FOr IC's the same guy does 2 pairs of rca cables with the neutrik plugs, 2 feet long, 24 gauge teflon-insulated silver-plated copper wires, multifilament nylon sleeving, silver solder: $60 shipping and paypal fee included. Beats the pants off of any brand name pricing!
__________________ Cans: Sennheiser HD650, HD590 IEMs: Etymotic ER4-P and 4S Amp: Woo Audio WA3+ w/Tung-Sol 7236 Source: Denon DVD-1920, Monarchy DIP Combo Upsampler, Oritek OMZ v4.1 DAC Power: Furman PL-8 II, Parasound AWG12 power cords x3 Cables: Signal Cable Silver Resolution RCA w/ Eichmann Silver Bullets
Tributaries Silver Series SVC (as digital coax) x2
On order: APS V3 HD650 cable, Siemens E88CC and E188CC tubes for Woo
Team "Sig Equipment Lists Avoid Unnecessary Questions" I can has feedsbak?
I have an old hd650 cable that i'll butcher when i have some free time.
I was going to recable with cardas wire but apparently the benefits of cardas are far greater in the hd600s than the hd650s.
I'll use some silver on coppe wire instead
will post results later.
I had a hd600 and also the cardas replacement cable and it was lovely on the hd600. Since the hd650 is a different headphone after all, i can see why the cardas cable won't benefit as much as the hd600 does.
I just did a DIY cable last night. 10' of Canare Star Quad standard size with nylon multi on the main and heat shrink provided by moon-audio. Canare connectors were used - simple in theory to use, but hard to get an iron in there w/o touching anything plastic. Heat shrink covers it up anyways.
I did not fill the cavity with anything - since it is heat shrunk sealed from the environment I am not worried.
My HD600 sounds absolutely wonderful with it and the HD650 seems a touch more detailed and extended.
I would like to hear a Zu cable to compare my doings against
i am glad you did not take my post the wrong way, and hope others will not as well.
i was seriously in the market for an upgraded cable, but based on the reviews I was reading, was becoming confused about the benefits vs. trade offs of the aftermarket cables available. from your post, it would seem that they may be of benefit if one is not happy with the stock sound or would like to tailor it more to their preferences.
I am not looking back to stock cable ever after having both Cardas and Zu V1. I swith between Cardas and Zu depend on the type of music. I just cut off the connectors (keep them for new cable) on the stock cable, and throw them in the trash
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Meridan G08 Silver / Emmeline SR-71 (Sold)/ HCT-Fatman-Deared Tube Headphone Amp + All Mullard Tubes / HD-650 + Zu Mobius V1. (balanced) + Cardars / AKG K271s Cheap custom ebay cable from Hongkong, but kicks ass out of stock cable / Beyerdynamic DT880 stock / Shure E4c / Cadars Golden Reference RCA & power cables / ipod / Vintage Sony D-303 & D-25 Discman
When the cable cost more than the cans there's a problem...
Yo, my cable for the KSC35 costs three times more than the can.
Originally Posted by Golden Monkey
Cable costs piss me off more than anything Fi-related, especially IC's...
You'll even piss more and more when you know the cost of material and how to make it yourself
It's very funny that some cables which look the same as other, but got some eye-catching heatshrink with brand name on there cost more $$$$. It may look cooler, but I don't think I'll pay more $$$ for just a heatshrink
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