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Dressing up "Mr. Spaghetti" (Sennheiser 580 cable)

post #1 of 10
9/1/05 at 12:47am
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Ok, well we all know how much love the original cable gets right? It just screams, "Tie me in a knot! Tie me in a knot!" Not to mention the overall "vanilla" appearance. The thought came to me after drooling over equinox cables and their uber tasty mesh exterior.

It was 3am and the damn spaghetti was mockin' me...

Mr. Spaghetti: *flip, fwop, flap...knot.*
Jod: "For cable's sake, put some pants on man!!"

I had some left over mesh sleeve and shrink tube from sleeving a pc's power supply. After some fussin' and fightin' I had turned a fruit cake into a...um...a better cake than a fruit cake.

Sennheiser 580 with cable sleeved


Close up of sleeved cable


I also decided to "lengthen" the Beyer's silly spiral. It's still puttin' up a fight, so I sent in Agent "Twist-T" and co. for the kill. Here's the action pic...

Beyerdynamic 770 pro cable sleeved


All you need for this are the following:

Shrink Tubing
Mesh Cable Sleeving (black at home depot or uv purple at xoxide.com, your choice)
Heat Gun or Hair Dryer
Matches to singe the ends...frayed mesh SUCKS
Zip Ties

That's pretty much it. Feel free to fire off q's if you got em.
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post #2 of 10
9/1/05 at 2:29am
I don't really see the point in this except a waiste of materials and making the cable stiffer... Why not just recable it and use that sleeving?

-Alex-
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post #3 of 10
9/1/05 at 5:10am
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Originally Posted by [AK]Zip
I don't really see the point in this except a waiste of materials and making the cable stiffer... Why not just recable it and use that sleeving?

-Alex-
Easier?

/N
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post #4 of 10
9/1/05 at 5:23am
Flex sleeving is usually used for fancy cables,
flex does help prevent snagging, though IMO its not worth the time and money to sleeve a stock cable. Not only does it still remain the stock 580 cable sound, you get added microphonics to a ho hum sound. In essence you are ending up with worse sound then it initially had in its stock form.
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post #5 of 10
9/1/05 at 8:18am
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Originally Posted by RnB180
Flex sleeving is usually used for fancy cables,
flex does help prevent snagging, though IMO its not worth the time and money to sleeve a stock cable. Not only does it still remain the stock 580 cable sound, you get added microphonics to a ho hum sound. In essence you are ending up with worse sound then it initially had in its stock form.
Ditto. Just talk to us SA5000 owners. The sleeving Sony uses when dragged over an arm of a couch is very microphonic. IMHO in regards to a headphone cable slippery is preferred.
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post #6 of 10
9/1/05 at 12:59pm
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post #7 of 10
9/1/05 at 1:19pm
the sleeving could have been used better but atleast it looks pretty
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post #8 of 10
9/1/05 at 1:39pm
I think you guys are being a bit hard on Jodiuh. He did a mod to imrove the apprearance of his cables and he is happy with the result. Even if it is something I would not have one, I say good job.

Keep enjoying your equipment Jodiuh!
-John
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post #9 of 10
9/1/05 at 3:53pm
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Originally Posted by saab
I think you guys are being a bit hard on Jodiuh. He did a mod to imrove the apprearance of his cables and he is happy with the result. Even if it is something I would not have one, I say good job.

Keep enjoying your equipment Jodiuh!
-John
Indeed. It had never crossed my mind before, but now I can't help but wonder about the effects of red techflex...

/JF
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post #10 of 10
9/1/05 at 4:14pm
Don't you guys know ANYTHING? Techflex is what makes aftermarket cables sound so good.

--Illah
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