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Originally Posted by HeadphoneAddict  How sad. RS-2 arrived on the 29th, and I shipped them to [AK]ZIP on the 30th... At least I got to listen to them last night.
They better sound a lot better than my MS-1 when they get back.  |
No worries. I will get them back to you before you ever figure out that they were gone!
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Originally Posted by mrarroyo Alex, lets say I want to have one of my cans re-cabled however at the moment all I have are single ended amps and sources. Can one or your single ended re-cables be re-terminated later by you into balance, w/o having to do a whole new re-cable? Thanks.
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This is not a problem at all since the V3 cable uses separate conductors for ground regardless of you ordering a single ended or balanced cable. The cotton insulation and outer sleeving will be trimmed back and then changed into balanced from single ended and you would never be able to tell that any work was done.
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Originally Posted by xenithon Alex may have a more detailed answer, but IIRC balancing can involve having balanced cabling throughout the headphone, and is not just a matter of the termination (please correct me if I am wrong). An option you may want to pursue instead is having the cans recabled as balanced and have Alex whip up an XLR--->1/4" adaptor cable for use with SE amps.
I recently used this when testing a set of L3000's which Alex recabled and it performed admirably. The build and sound quality were, of course, impecable  . It's also more flexible as you have the option of using it with both types of amps at will, and only need to add or remove the adaptor cable from the chain. |
I am going to agree here with xenithon.
If there is a plan on using the headphones balanced in the near future I would suggest just ordering a balanced recable and a short XLR to 1/4in adapter cable. This way the single ended 1/4in connection can be used until the move to balanced XLR is made. On the bright side you would have the flexibility of using single ended amp as well if there ever was a single ended amp at a meet that sparks some interest.
As a note the link above for the XLR to 1/4in adapter cable is to the V2 adapter since the L3000's xenithon was trying was V2 recabled.
You can find pictures of the V3 adapter below.
Black:
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Clear:
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Carbon:
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Please any further questions feel free to ask them either here or PM/Email and I will gladly answer them as quickly as I can.
Thanks,
Alex
APureSound - Where The Music Is Always Pure
