highflyin9 -- How would you describe the difference in sound between the K501's stock cable and your new cable? Some silver ICs I have did go through changes during a burn-in period ... how about your new 501 cables? Regards,
Peter
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.
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paint pen, metalic ink pens im sure would work....that was just that silver sharpie.
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ive got a ton of my solder shots but figure they are boring...you can check the original DIY cable guide and see some of my photos that brschmid put into his guide.
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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.
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.
That's interesting. With my re-cabled 325s I found the bass stayed the same while the other frequencies improved.
It's almost a roll of the dice as far as what might change for a rewire, I suppose that increasing the gauge is allowing more low frequencies to make their way to the cans, the DT770s had a similar increase in bass when rewired. I'm pretty suprised that the high end didn't change noticably with the added silver but it goes to show you that rewires aren't always predictable.
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Just a quick HD497 replacement cable (my old one snapped at the connectors, grrr fragile as hell). Isn't quite finished yet as wider heatshrink hasn't turned up yet. It will be used for the headphone connectors and the Y-split maybe.
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