Hi guys! Purk and I are in the process of doing a trade for my ModWright LLC Pioneer Elite DV-59AVi package deal for his Sennheiser HD650, replacement pads, and a Stefan AudioArt Equinox replacement cable. Based on my research conducted here within Head-Fi and throughout the Internet, there are quite a number of headphone replacement cables for the Sennheiser headphones on the market. By no means is this an exhaustive list: Cardas, Stefan AudioArt, Clou, Headphile, RnB Audio, Zu, Moon Audio, Oelbach, etc. I would like to build a thread whereby owners of these fine headphones that have one or more the aforementioned headphone replacement cables swap cables with one another for a period of time. My goal for this special project is to offer the opportunity for trustworthy members to audition whichever replacement cables they want for a pre-determined period of time, offer their subjective opinions in the form of impressions or reviews, and build positive user feedback upon successful cable swaps along with generating profits for our sponsors who can sell us these cables to individuals that wish to purchase their own cables. This has the potential to be a win - win - win situation for Head-Fi members that own Sennheiser headphones, our sponsors, and the community.
Basically, we would have to iron out these details (including future suggestions):
1. Who has what type of cable(s)
2. Contact and shipping addresses (to be kept private at all times and to ensure that we keep each other honest)
3. A system to confirm one another's identities and locations for future participants
4. A request to provide user feedback for participants after cables trade hands
5. Reviews from multiple perspectives in different listening systems
6. Mandatory insured shipping with package tracking in real time
7. Agreement by consensus upon the length of time for an audition
8. Future suggestions
Questions:
Who is interested?
What kind of cables do you have?
How do we confirm identities and shipment addresses?
How do we deal with potential abuse for theft, loss, or even damaged items?
How do we protect participant's identities and locations?
Which shipper should we go with?
What kind of shipment options would we consider to be mandatory for the purposes of this special project?
What are the financial costs involved?
How much time should we allow for auditions?
How do we confirm identities and shipment addresses of future participants?
Who should be our project leaders?
When should we start?
I know that a few Head-Fi members have gone through the enormous expense and time to collect and review almost all of the aftermarket headphone replacement cables for the Sennheiser headphones. We are grateful for their contributions. However, that means that only a small few have tried out most of the cables and we are limited to their esteemed opinions at the time that they wrote their reviews.
I have never tried to do something like this so I am open to suggestions. Given that "handicap," this special project may start off small and slowly between a few trustworthy members. There are some inherent risks involved in this project which need to be fully explored and solutions must emerge to deal with each one conclusively. Many questions need to be raised and it is my hope that enlightened and interested members will reply with concrete solutions.
Personally, I am highly interested in trying out the latest version of the Cardas headphone replacement cable most especially in my reference system which is still a work in progress. I have outstanding user feedback and I almost have all Cardas cabling throughout my reference system. If I like what I hear, then I will support our sponsors with future purchases and feedback about those future transactions. Furthermore, I will write reviews of my listening tests for the community. It is my hope that others will do so as well.
For the record, I have searched using key words such as "cable," "trade," and "swap," but I do not remember a thread or project of this nature existing in the past. Any constructive opinions will be most welcome. Thank you for reading.
Basically, we would have to iron out these details (including future suggestions):
1. Who has what type of cable(s)
2. Contact and shipping addresses (to be kept private at all times and to ensure that we keep each other honest)
3. A system to confirm one another's identities and locations for future participants
4. A request to provide user feedback for participants after cables trade hands
5. Reviews from multiple perspectives in different listening systems
6. Mandatory insured shipping with package tracking in real time
7. Agreement by consensus upon the length of time for an audition
8. Future suggestions
Questions:
Who is interested?
What kind of cables do you have?
How do we confirm identities and shipment addresses?
How do we deal with potential abuse for theft, loss, or even damaged items?
How do we protect participant's identities and locations?
Which shipper should we go with?
What kind of shipment options would we consider to be mandatory for the purposes of this special project?
What are the financial costs involved?
How much time should we allow for auditions?
How do we confirm identities and shipment addresses of future participants?
Who should be our project leaders?
When should we start?
I know that a few Head-Fi members have gone through the enormous expense and time to collect and review almost all of the aftermarket headphone replacement cables for the Sennheiser headphones. We are grateful for their contributions. However, that means that only a small few have tried out most of the cables and we are limited to their esteemed opinions at the time that they wrote their reviews.
I have never tried to do something like this so I am open to suggestions. Given that "handicap," this special project may start off small and slowly between a few trustworthy members. There are some inherent risks involved in this project which need to be fully explored and solutions must emerge to deal with each one conclusively. Many questions need to be raised and it is my hope that enlightened and interested members will reply with concrete solutions.
Personally, I am highly interested in trying out the latest version of the Cardas headphone replacement cable most especially in my reference system which is still a work in progress. I have outstanding user feedback and I almost have all Cardas cabling throughout my reference system. If I like what I hear, then I will support our sponsors with future purchases and feedback about those future transactions. Furthermore, I will write reviews of my listening tests for the community. It is my hope that others will do so as well.
For the record, I have searched using key words such as "cable," "trade," and "swap," but I do not remember a thread or project of this nature existing in the past. Any constructive opinions will be most welcome. Thank you for reading.
