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post #106 of 127
1/23/12 at 11:34am

Luckily, mole for mole, Ag is lighter than Au biggrin.gif

But, I will see if I can live with the weight.  There is a decent discount when you purchase both the headphone and cable from Moon so I opted for the combo.  


 

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Originally Posted by MrQ View Post

I have some Beyer T1's I bought from Moon Audio with Black Dragon cable. Build and sound wise I have no complaint, but I've always found them a bit heavy. That's why I'm looking at the Q cable, especially with orthos. 


 

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post #107 of 127
1/23/12 at 11:41am

I have HE500 on the way from moon audio with the black dragon v2, hopefully it will sound good L3000.gif

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post #108 of 127
1/23/12 at 12:01pm

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Originally Posted by BleaK View Post

I have HE500 on the way from moon audio with the black dragon v2, hopefully it will sound good L3000.gif


I think that cable of silver is better for them than copper cable (silver put vocal on the front and make it more emotional and I think this is very good for HE-500... as well as LCD-2, which I selled recently (they were also with silver dragon cable, but with 4pin XLR connector)). But if you like "dark" sound then maybe copper will be better for you...

 

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post #109 of 127
1/23/12 at 12:27pm

Hifiman is using silver in the stock cable so I figured I'd go with the Silver Dragon.  I did not find the Norse Norn Litz copper to be dark with the LCD-2 so I am fine trying out copper down the road as well with the HE-500.  This will be my first silver headphone cable so I'll play with Moon one for a while before ordering a copper version.
 

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I think that cable of silver is better for them than copper cable (silver put vocal on the front and make it more emotional and I think this is very good for HE-500... as well as LCD-2, which I selled recently (they were also with silver dragon cable, but with 4pin XLR connector)). But if you like "dark" sound then maybe copper will be better for you...


 

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post #110 of 127
1/23/12 at 12:36pm
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Originally Posted by WNBC View Post

Hifiman is using silver in the stock cable


The are... Now... but when I bought them for $899 they were giving some lame sturdy cable (one of the connecters of this cable have broken after a few connections/disconnections with headphones...) so I ordered it with Silver Dragon at once for additional $151...... and then hifiman make the price $699 and stock cable have becomed silver confused_face.gif

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post #111 of 127
1/23/12 at 12:46pm

Even though you ended up ordering the Silver Dragon, did Hifiman/Head-Direct send the early buyers of the HE-500 the updated silver cable for free?  
 

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The are... Now... but when I bought them for $899 they were giving some lame sturdy cable (one of the connecters of this cable have broken after a few connections/disconnections with headphones...) so I ordered it with Silver Dragon at once for additional $151...... and then hifiman make the price $699 and stock cable have becomed silver confused_face.gif



 

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post #112 of 127
1/23/12 at 1:18pm
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Even though you ended up ordering the Silver Dragon, did Hifiman/Head-Direct send the early buyers of the HE-500 the updated silver cable for free?  
 


It's a first time I'm reading something about this... I bought HE-500 from moon-audio and they didn't send me any message of this confused.gif 

Anyway don't really need it, because I don't quite believe that hifiman would give good stock cable to their headphones (the stock cable of HE-4/500/6 make me do such a conclusion...)

 

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post #113 of 127
1/23/12 at 1:21pm

Only new customers got the silver HE-500 cable as far as I know, unless you bought it after contacting him

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post #114 of 127
1/23/12 at 1:23pm

Oh, I'm not saying Moon Audio would send a replacement stock cable, but if you had issues with the stock cable then maybe writing to Hifiman to get the new cable as a replacement.  I've always found their customer service to be good.  I don't know if they would but couldn't hurt to ask.
 

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Originally Posted by DragonOwen View Post

It's a first time I'm reading something about this... I bought HE-500 from moon-audio and they didn't send me any message of this confused.gif

Anyway don't really need it, because I don't quite believe that hifiman would give good stock cable to their headphones (the stock cable of HE-4/500/6 make me do such a conclusion...)

 



 

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post #115 of 127
1/23/12 at 1:32pm
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Originally Posted by WNBC View Post

Oh, I'm not saying Moon Audio would send a replacement stock cable, but if you had issues with the stock cable then maybe writing to Hifiman to get the new cable as a replacement.  I've always found their customer service to be good.  I don't know if they would but couldn't hurt to ask.

I'm probably too lazy for that rolleyes.gif

 

P.S. I'm now more busy with building my electrostatic rig and now in the process of ordering Woo Audio GES with some upgrades (already bought STAX SR-507)... and also want to try how vinyl is sound (already ordered modded Lenco L75 and phono... will propably buy a few LP's on this weekends)..... so I'm pretty busy man biggrin.gif

 

 

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post #116 of 127
1/23/12 at 2:43pm
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Originally Posted by DragonOwen View Post


I think that cable of silver is better for them than copper cable (silver put vocal on the front and make it more emotional and I think this is very good for HE-500... as well as LCD-2, which I selled recently (they were also with silver dragon cable, but with 4pin XLR connector)). But if you like "dark" sound then maybe copper will be better for you...

 



Well, I asked Drew and he adviced me to get the black dragon instead of the silver dragon on the he500. And after reading alot of impressions on the he500 I'm glad I did. I think the warmer copper cable will suit me better :)

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post #117 of 127
3/5/12 at 7:05pm
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...I may eventually think about the Norse adapter system that allows one to go between Hifiman and Audeze. 
 

 



Now that sounds awesome! Must look into that.

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post #118 of 127
3/6/12 at 1:22am
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Now that sounds awesome! Must look into that.



Have that. Very handy, One cable to rule them all :)

 

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post #119 of 127
3/11/12 at 5:25pm

Anybody see this ebay cable listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/270844999300?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

Elite Cardas Starquad HiFiMAN Cable, Cardas 4x24 Copper Litz Cable.

Great price at $150 for 6 feet, or it seems to me at any rate.


Edited by Carlsan - 3/11/12 at 5:27pm
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post #120 of 127
3/11/12 at 7:40pm
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Originally Posted by WNBC View Post

Hifiman is using silver in the stock cable so I figured I'd go with the Silver Dragon.  I did not find the Norse Norn Litz copper to be dark with the LCD-2 so I am fine trying out copper down the road as well with the HE-500.  This will be my first silver headphone cable so I'll play with Moon one for a while before ordering a copper version.
 


 


Got my Silver Dragon for the HE-500 a couple of days ago. HUGE improvement over the skinny, clear silver stock cable in terms of build quality. Can't say I notice a difference in SQ but I'll live with them for a while and if not, that's ok.

 

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