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I had contacted someone at Cardas to see if there was any way to get some 300B for a group buy. I was told that 300B is no longer sold in bulk, and that Michael Percy was the only one who carries the cable in bulk. Cardas also said that after percyaudio.com sells what they have there will be no more, so get it while you can.
www.partsconnexion.com also carries Cardas Crosslink 1I and 1S as well as Twinlink, SE-9, and SE-15 at a reasonable price. I couldn't find any info on the SE-9 or SE-15 at the Cardas site so I don't know much about this cable. Has anyone ever used this cable? Parts connexion lists this description:
CARDAS- 64700 SE-9 Golden ratio, concentric, asymmetrical, co-axial (for <95 dB speake
CARDAS- 65006 SE-15 Golden ratio, concentric, asymmetrical, co-axial (for >100 dB spea
I think that the dark red cable used in Cardas' Golden Cross Interconnect is a beautiful color.
So are you saying that the Crosslink cable doesn't sound that good?
No the Crosslink cable has worked out great the few times I've used it. I was refering to the light blue color, and sacrifices (as in using a color you may not be crazy about) sometimes have to be made for good sound. I like the crosslink color better but it only has 2 conductors and is too thick to be used for a headphone cable.
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You can get Crosslink 1S (click on "speaker cable" on the bottom of the page) at Partconnexion.com. It's listed as having "4 x 10 awg polypropylene, unenameled (non-Litz)" wires. I have no idea what color the jacket is. I plan on ordering some in the near future. I was thinking about doing a recable on my HD580's with wire, but I think I'm going to try the Cardas 300B.
EDIT: I guess 4 strands of 10AWG wire would make for some pretty thick headphone cables.
You can get Crosslink 1S (click on "speaker cable" on the bottom of the page) at Partconnexion.com. It's listed as having "4 x 10 awg polypropylene, unenameled (non-Litz)" wires. I have no idea what color the jacket is. I plan on ordering some in the near future. I was thinking about doing a recable on my HD580's with wire, but I think I'm going to try the Cardas 300B.
EDIT: I guess 4 strands of 10AWG wire would make for some pretty thick headphone cables.
4x 10awg?! heck yah, hope you have a strong neck!
New Rule of Thumb, your headphone cables are not allowed to be significantly larger than your speaker wiring.
Lol, that would be awesome to have a 10 gauge headphone cable. There are two types of Crosslink, one is for speaker cable (10gauge) and one is for interconnects (19 gauge?), The same is true for Cardas 300B cable. Percyaudio should carry both. I wouldn't recommend Cardas 300B interconnect cable for a headphone recable as the jacket is thick, and the 28 gauge conductors won't make much of a ground. Go for the 4x24 mate.
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After the whole Clou Cable fiasco I managed to find the time to make a new cable for my Sennheisers. The results were outstanding.
I used some wire I bought off Ebay. Some kind of Aerospace/NASA wire. It consists of 2 X 22AWG silver-plated copper conductors w/ Teflon insulation (the Y portion of the cable is the naked wire). The 2 conductors are then sheilded and then wrapped in an outer covering of Teflon. There were 2 runs of wire for this cable. I then twisted the two cables together and wrapped them in Teflon tape from the plug to the Y portion of the cable. It gave the cable a cool spiral look. I used the Olenbach(sp?) connectors from the group buy. I hollowed them out with a Dremel and the used a two part platic epoxy to rebuild the plugs after I soldered my wires to the pins. I even managed to reuse the Y peice from the Olenback cables.
Carbon Techflex matches cans well.
Canare F-12 mini plug and Kester silver bearing solder
The results were great. It blew the Clou Cable out of the water. It really brought a lot of detail to the cans and lifted a lot of the veil Sennheisers are notorious for. The bass is tighter and has more of a punch. It has completely changed the sound of my Senn'd for the better. BTW this cable is MUCH more flexible than my recable of my Grados using Star Quad.
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