Hi everyone,
since today I'm a LP Sextett owner, too. It has white radiators and a solid headband with AKG letters. My unit was rather inexpensive but it needs some refurbishment. The cable is missing, one side doesn't work and - of course - pads, elastics and damping are dead. I've worked on a couple of AKGs before, so I know my way around those, I think. I hope the dead side is only the usual bad connection somewhere and not a driver issue.
However, I still have two questions:
- I thought of using a regular cable and a good plug instead of buying a new cable from AKG. My music store has a nice selection and I'm alright at soldering, so that should be no problem. What about the strain relief, though? Is there anything generic that I could use? Or cut it off from an old, defective stock cable and glue it onto the new one?
- The inner headband with the AKG logo has gone hard. Is there anything I could do about it instead of replacing the whole thing?
Thanks!