HifiMAN HE-6 Planar Magnetic Headphone - Page 344

I had exactly the same thing happen

I insisted that they ship a new one (which they did) and if they want the faulty one back they can come and collect it
 

Very nice job - what wire did you use on the HE-6?

Mine has finally arrived some 6 weeks after being posted...  Nice step up in transparency and fidelity across the board for classical music vs LCD-2, terrible for heavy metal though so the LCD-2 will definitely stay.  Just waiting for EF-6 now...

How is the new one holding up?

Robert I believe used the same wire as in his Zeus, which I believe is the WireWorld Eclipsce.

I actually gain sound level at the same level of the volume knob due to less resistance than those crapy connectors. The sound is more clean and clear with more 3d presentation and the bass is tighter and with more control. Before making the decision to hardwire them I actually had the opportunity to make an A/B comparison both with exactly the same cable the only difference was mine with the stock connectors and the other one hardwire. The difference was very clear to me and a no brainer.

You are correct Steve. He uses the Wireworld "flat" OCC copper wired which is the same internal wire in the Eclipse 6 interconnects.

Got any idea where someone can get a hold of this wire?  I might want to make my own if it is really that good.

The Cable Co. http://www.thecableco.com/Product/category.aspx?cid=332&mid=7104

Maybe I have the wrong link but I pulled up interconnects.  I checked their bulk cables and didn't see any Wireworld included in the bulk.  I did a Google search and only found 1 vendor that sold the bulk interconnect version but that was $125 per meter so for a 2 meter cable just the wire would be $500.(I assumed since it is in bulk, it is a a single run so you would need 2 meters for each channel).

When you look at Robert's price, the baseline 2.0 meter for the HiFiMan products starts at $299 for a 6 foot single ended one, with the extra cost only $21 per foot.  Seems better to buy a finished product than buy the bulk wire.  Not being a DIY, maybe there is a better place to purchase the bulk wire.  For my HE6s, I actually went with the 22 awg instead of the 24 awg as I felt the extra guage would help with such power hungry headphones.

http://aphroditecu29.com/Zeus/OCC_Copper_Headphone_Cable.aspx
 

Maybe I have the wrong link but I pulled up interconnects.  I checked their bulk cables and didn't see any Wireworld included in the bulk.  I did a Google search and only found 1 vendor that sold the bulk interconnect version but that was $125 per meter so for a 2 meter cable just the wire would be $500.(I assumed since it is in bulk, it is a a single run so you would need 2 meters for each channel).

When you look at Robert's price, the baseline 2.0 meter for the HiFiMan products starts at $299 for a 6 foot single ended one, with the extra cost only $21 per foot.  Seems better to buy a finished product than buy the bulk wire.  Not being a DIY, maybe there is a better place to purchase the bulk wire.  For my HE6s, I actually went with the 22 awg instead of the 24 awg as I felt the extra guage would help with such power hungry headphones.

http://aphroditecu29.com/Zeus/OCC_Copper_Headphone_Cable.aspx
 

I have quite the dilemma right now as I don't know if I should get a shielded cable or not.  I like how the stock cable is so nice and light, but it seems like it would experience crosstalk.  I don't think I have experienced this before.  How is that supposed to sound?