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IE8 recable?

post #1 of 14
6/6/09 at 7:52pm
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Hi guys.

Would it be possible to recable the Sennheiser ie8?

The problem is the plug:

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post #2 of 14
6/6/09 at 9:48pm
What are you looking for exactly? Hardwiring it or replacing it with a better sounding cable?
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post #3 of 14
6/6/09 at 10:13pm
It's possible, I've done a recable with UE connectors...search up some of my recent posts.
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post #4 of 14
6/6/09 at 10:53pm
But didn't that went bad?
If the UE pins work, that should work with a little shaving here and there.
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post #5 of 14
6/6/09 at 10:54pm
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Originally Posted by Bonthouse View Post
But didn't that went bad?
If the UE pins work, that should work with a little shaving here and there.


LOL Yeah it went bad, but that was the headphone's fault, not the connector or the cable.
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post #6 of 14
6/7/09 at 4:10am
I wouldn't mess with those cables (especially connectors) unless you're already broken the cable. That supposed extra sound quality from "premium" wire probably isn't worth destroying your cable/buds.
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post #7 of 14
6/7/09 at 4:38am
You'd think you could get replacement connectors so you can build a new cable.....but I haven't seen them around. Annoying.
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post #8 of 14
6/7/09 at 4:14pm
Thread Starter 
Maybe it's possible to order a new cable from sennheiser and destroy these to get the connector. But to get the cables in the connector, i will have to cut the connector into two pieces and glue it back together, something that can go wrong very easily i think, and it's ugly.

I thought; maybe these pins and connectors are something used in other headphones as well and available somewhere, but that does not seem the case. I guess i have to wait for Null Audio or some other company to come with replacement cable.
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post #9 of 14
7/27/09 at 10:59pm
Null audio has released replacement cable for IE8. but unfortunately the price is $109
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post #10 of 14
8/12/09 at 4:02pm
I went to Null Audio's site to check out the IE8 cable, and saw 'sold out', or 'unavailable' (forget which), and thought 'damn, gone already'? So I emailed their sales to get the scoop as to when they'd be out again, and got this response:

_________________________________________

Hi,

The IE8 cable was supposed to be released this month. However, we are experiencing some technical and tuning difficulties on it.

The project has been postponed indefinitely.

Please watch out our website for updates.

Best Regards,

Kevin K. Wang

Null Audio Studio
#22-2-449
10 Nanyang Drive
Singapore 637720
Null Audio Studio
sales@null-audio.net
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post #11 of 14
7/30/10 at 11:42am

any updates??

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post #12 of 14
7/30/10 at 1:49pm

I'm pretty sure Whiplash Audio has made (or is making) a TWag cable for the IE8s. PM SACD-Man.

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post #13 of 14
8/12/10 at 4:19pm

if your just trying to get the end connectors, you could always order a pair of the fake ie8s off of ebay. Cosmetically, they are supposed to be pretty darn close. 

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post #14 of 14
8/12/10 at 9:37pm

Has anyone gone about actually measuring the spacing and diameter of the pins?  They look like, to my eye, standard .1" spacing.  In this case you could probably use a plain old 2-pin molex type (or other generic) connector so long as there is no surrounding sheathing/plastic.

 

Just my two cents.

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