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recable Audeze LCD-2 directly into housing

post #1 of 15
9/1/11 at 9:32pm
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Has anyone tried to recable their LCD-2 by going directly into the housing and bypassing the connector? I would have to remove the male end of the connector to get an opening into the housing. Just wondering if that's doable.

Mike

 

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post #2 of 15
9/1/11 at 10:53pm

i've been told the male ends are screwed, and glued in so getting them out may be difficult/risky... why pray tell would you want to recable this way in the first place?

 

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post #3 of 15
9/1/11 at 10:58pm
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Originally Posted by Br777 View Post

i've been told the male ends are screwed, and glued in so getting them out may be difficult/risky... why pray tell would you want to recable this way in the first place?

 



 

I'm having a hard time finding a quality female mini-XLR with sufficient opening diameter to accept the cable I have in mind, hence considering the possibility of going directly into the housing. I would not do it myself.. I know a guy who is a wizard with mechanical and electrical things and could probably figure it out. I just got an email from the Audeze tech which suggests it CAN be removed but he doesn't elaborate.

 

Mike

 

 

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post #4 of 15
9/1/11 at 11:22pm

you must have a pretty honkin big cable in mind ;-)

 

mind sharing more details.. i just recabled mine, so the topic is fun for me.

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post #5 of 15
9/1/11 at 11:49pm
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The Neutrik mini-XLR has a 0.175 " opening and that's the largest I can find. That's about 1/6". The guy doing the recable for me says that's not quite enough. I don't think 1/6" is a honking big cable myself. How did you do it?

 

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post #6 of 15
9/2/11 at 12:25am

my cable is pretty thin.. probably thinner than yours, but really you dont need to be limited to the little hole in the strain releif.   you could bore that hole out, or even chop off a signifigant amount of the strain releif all together. 

 

For example on my cable i terminate to a male mini xlr so that i can switch ends.

I tore out the entire strain releif and have right around a 1/4" worth of cable coming out of it.

 

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Edited by Br777 - 9/2/11 at 12:30am
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post #7 of 15
9/2/11 at 6:45am
I remember that a head-fier recabled the inner wires of his LCD-2s, and out of curiosity he examined the red an black inner wire to find out they were pure silver. wink.gif
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post #8 of 15
9/2/11 at 7:01am
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The Neutrik mini-XLR has a 0.175 " opening and that's the largest I can find. That's about 1/6". The guy doing the recable for me says that's not quite enough. I don't think 1/6" is a honking big cable myself. How did you do it?

 


Try the Switchcraft TA4FLX, which has a 1/4" opening.

 

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post #9 of 15
9/3/11 at 12:33am
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I remember that a head-fier recabled the inner wires of his LCD-2s, and out of curiosity he examined the red an black inner wire to find out they were pure silver. wink.gif


Just curious, who was this! I don't remember! He recabled the inners with Silver Dragon v3 right? Just interested because I'm thinking of doing this to my near-future lcd-2.

 

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post #10 of 15
9/3/11 at 1:08am
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Try the Switchcraft TA4FLX, which has a 1/4" opening.

 

se


That would be sufficient, but I thought it had a 0.170" opening based on the data on this page:

 

http://shop.pacrad.com/switchcraft-ta4flx.html

 

That page is probably wrong.

 

 

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post #11 of 15
9/3/11 at 2:06am
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Just curious, who was this! I don't remember! He recabled the inners with Silver Dragon v3 right? Just interested because I'm thinking of doing this to my near-future lcd-2.

 


I don't remember either.
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post #12 of 15
9/3/11 at 9:25am

Parrots?

 

http://www.head-fi.org/t/453116/audeze-lcd-2-orthos/16470#post_7668345

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post #13 of 15
9/7/11 at 10:14am

Not only is this idea doable I have a pair of LCD-2 that are hard wired direct to the tabs inside and only using the stock cable bypassing the conections as I removed them. Do they sound better?

Boy do they It is very hard to decribe how much better. There is really no comparision even with the stock cable when wired direct I dont believe there is any up grade cable that would come close in fact when these are wired direct there is almost no other headphone that would come close. There is quite a diffrence and one that I think is worth it. Way Way better. If you thought these headphones sounded good or live with the direct wiring they sound breath taking. Once this is done though the cable is fixed and can not be changed. I really dont think you would care they are that good. No way I would go back to the way it was.

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post #14 of 15
9/7/11 at 11:02am
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Not only is this idea doable I have a pair of LCD-2 that are hard wired direct to the tabs inside and only using the stock cable bypassing the conections as I removed them. Do they sound better?

Boy do they It is very hard to decribe how much better. There is really no comparision even with the stock cable when wired direct I dont believe there is any up grade cable that would come close in fact when these are wired direct there is almost no other headphone that would come close. There is quite a diffrence and one that I think is worth it. Way Way better. If you thought these headphones sounded good or live with the direct wiring they sound breath taking. Once this is done though the cable is fixed and can not be changed. I really dont think you would care they are that good. No way I would go back to the way it was.



 

Were you able to physically remove the male connector from where it is embedded in the wood housing?

 

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post #15 of 15
9/7/11 at 11:37am


Yes I took the metal connector out with a pair or pliers and replaced it with a wooden plug with a hole in it. I then ran the cable through the hole and soldered the wire ends to the metal tabes inside one postive and one negative. The most easy headphones I have ever rewired and the best sounding one I have ever done.
 

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Were you able to physically remove the male connector from where it is embedded in the wood housing?

 



 

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