How much does a wire splice degrade sound quality?

[edwardsean]

Hi,

I have a pair of Grado GS1000's which I recabled with 5N cryo-treated solid core silver. Unfortunately two of the conductors have broken at the jack. Last time I resoldered them on the heat from the iron damaged the drivers. This was even when I was extremely careful. So this time I soldered wire onto the pins of the jack and then twisted it to connect with the broken conductors. My question is how much will this splice degrade sound quality? Thanks.

Sincerely,

Edward

[bigshot]

As long as the connection is tight, it won't affect it at all. But on headphones, you are probably constantly pulling on the connection. It's going to work loose eventually. How far is the join from the drivers? You should be able to solder it.

See ya
Steve