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post #1 of 7
11/26/10 at 10:07am
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These were an adventure to make !  UPOCC stranded silver in Teflon with two shields, one foil and one braid, with a Teflon outer jacket and covered with cloth cable jacket. Connectors by Via Blue. It is a VERY flexible considering the use of Teflon.

 

 

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post #2 of 7
11/26/10 at 11:32am

Looks great.

 

Just curious but what size of sleeving and heatshrink did you use? Planning on re-cabling my m50s and Ms1s eventually in that same style. 

post #3 of 7
11/26/10 at 11:36am

They Look Nice downsize, What's the length 1 1/2 meters??? How do they sound??

post #4 of 7
11/26/10 at 11:41am
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Originally Posted by dirkpitt45 View Post

Looks great.

 

Just curious but what size of sleeving and heatshrink did you use? Planning on re-cabling my m50s and Ms1s eventually in that same style. 



I used 5/16" cotton sleeving and 1/2" 3:1 heat shrink.

post #5 of 7
11/26/10 at 11:43am
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Originally Posted by 9pintube View Post

They Look Nice downsize, What's the length 1 1/2 meters??? How do they sound??



Length is 6 feet. I have no clue how they sound, because they were made for someone else, and i do not have a pair of HD-800s. But they should sound really, really good. It is the very best wire and construction I know of for headphone cables.

post #6 of 7
11/26/10 at 2:05pm

Looks nice.  My only warning is to bring the glue shrink halfway up the curvy part of the HD800 plug (the longest part of it).  If you can unscrew the barrel right now, that can put pressure on the solder joints when the cable moves around.  Of course if it's filled with superglue internally or something, then no problem.  

post #7 of 7
11/26/10 at 2:56pm
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Originally Posted by scootermafia View Post

Looks nice.  My only warning is to bring the glue shrink halfway up the curvy part of the HD800 plug (the longest part of it).  If you can unscrew the barrel right now, that can put pressure on the solder joints when the cable moves around.  Of course if it's filled with superglue internally or something, then no problem.  



 Thank you so much for the advice. Luckily, it is indeed glued  ;-)

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