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try some cardas headphone cable now, only thing is the wiring gets really pricey.
I really hated the cardas headphone cable, as to get a clean tin a solder pot is best. It takes too long to use my soldering iron and the conductor insulation seems to be low temp. Really trickey stuff to work with.
__________________ I asked Jesus, "How much do you love me?"
"This much", He answered. Then He opened up His arms and died.
-anonymous "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."
-Albert Einstein my headfi feedback
I was going to take a few day break until Monday or so, but my friend ruined that with his headphones. Oh well it was defiantly pretty fun. I have tried Cardas before, but I won't use any more until I run out of what I am using now. I like what I have now more.
-Alex-
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Forget the past. Live in the present. Think of the future.
(I posted this in the headphone section, but probably should have put it here.)
Well, it all started because I wanted to shorten the cord. It was constantly getting hooked on the arm of my chair at work, and I didn't want it to be jerking on the headphone jack of my Micro, since I know they are notorious for having poor solder connections.
First I tried was looping up the original cord and putting a couple of small wire ties on it. Of course, I wasn't happy with it. I wanted something "cleaner".
I decided that since I had a cheap Radio Shack plug on hand, I would simply clip off the existing plug at the desired length, then solder on the new one, right? Boy was I ever wrong. The wires inside the cable are those un-insulated/coated type wires that are VERY thin and fragile. I tried burning off the coating with a small butane torch, but that simply burned up the wires. Literally vaporized them.
So I did what any true head-fi'er would do: Completely disassembled them and changed the cable. Everything I used, I had on hand: Some cheap, copper speaker wire with clear insulation, black shrink tubing, and my Rat Shack connector.
I removed both drivers and de-soldered the old wires. Then I removed the wire running through the headband, and drilled a hole in the right earcup to accept the new wires. A bit of soldering, twisting, and braiding, and 2 hours later, voila:
That makes me really want to buy a Zen Micro now. Thanks. I'm going to be $200 poorer soon. I never realized it was so tiny. And it does look good in white. I only ever saw the black and red ones. That's exceedingly slick looking.
I decided that since I had a cheap Radio Shack plug on hand, I would simply clip off the existing plug at the desired length, then solder on the new one, right? Boy was I ever wrong. The wires inside the cable are those un-insulated/coated type wires that are VERY thin and fragile. I tried burning off the coating with a small butane torch, but that simply burned up the wires. Literally vaporized them.
they were enamel coated. You shouldnt ever use a blow torch on snall awg enaled wire lol. a 15 watt soldering iron probably wouldve tinned such tiny wire. All you have to do is hold a loaded soldering iron to the very tips of the wire.
__________________ I asked Jesus, "How much do you love me?"
"This much", He answered. Then He opened up His arms and died.
-anonymous "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."
-Albert Einstein my headfi feedback
they were enamel coated. You shouldnt ever use a blow torch on snall awg enaled wire lol. a 15 watt soldering iron probably wouldve tinned such tiny wire. All you have to do is hold a loaded soldering iron to the very tips of the wire.
OK.
At least I'll know that for future reference. Thanks.
Tomorrow I will reveal the recabled and modded K340's along with a RCA to RCA cable which are both using my new sleeving.
Tomorrow!?!? No, you need to reveal those K340's today.
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Moon Audio modded Original CD-2008MK-II / de Almeida Signature Shadow XLR / McAlister Audio Massive Attack / Headphile modded BlackGold recabled AKG K340 OR APureSound V3 recabled Grado RS-1
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