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Mono price premium 3.5mm cables

post #1 of 5
12/17/11 at 11:46am
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Hello Head-Fi,

 

I'm wondering if anybody has tried their 22AWG copper cables. They're pretty thick and look to be high quality. I have ZERO experience with solder, so I figured replacing detachable cables with these might yield results? 

 

I plan on buying an M-Audio Q40 and replacing the cable with this so it's shorter and maybe higher quality. 

 

Any opinions?

 

link for the inner sloth:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10218&cs_id=1021812&p_id=5576&seq=1&format=2

 

Thanks


Edited by rpajarr - 12/17/11 at 11:48am
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post #2 of 5
12/17/11 at 12:00pm

I've bought the exact cable (1.5 ft) and it is very thick and heavy to be any use with headphones. I would suggest to look at other cables, although I can't recommend any since I don't have any first hand experience.

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post #3 of 5
12/17/11 at 2:14pm
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Well I'll be stationary with the Q40s anyway. They have normal sized 3.5mm cables. I'll just buy both and see for myself.  SQ is the goal!

 

I would do Mogami, but I've never soldered nor do I have a soldering iron. 

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post #4 of 5
12/17/11 at 4:18pm

The one thing that might pose a problem for you in that the plug looks to be threaded for the jack in the headphones. With that said. the 22awg 3.5 mm to 3.5 mm from monoprice has a very large and obnoxious connector housing that might not be able to plug in all the way.

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post #5 of 5
12/17/11 at 4:23pm
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True. From what I've read, however, the cups can be opened and the threading is just a little insert that can be taken out very easily. It was actually directly on the M-Audio forum regarding finding replacement cables for the Q40. Some Russian guy, frustrated with the lack of customer support in Russia, opened the cup and realized it was a simple mod.

 

If anything, I'll just take a razor and strip a bit of the housing off. If all else fails, I can use it as the connection between my car and iPod. Ha.

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