[fenixdown110]

I need some suggestions for recabling for my HD-650's. I've already checked out Double Helix, Moon Audio, APureSound, and Vampire. Which cables are best matched with the 650's? btw, the pricing is crazy expensive. I'm seeing 250+ pricing for 4-6 feet cables. Any suggestions?

 

[Joelby]

DIY is always a good option. Not hard, especially considering the hd-650s have a detachable cable. Just get yourself a decent soldering iron. Cardas sells the special plugs for attaching to the phones. You can easily make a cable for $40 or less.

 

[scootermafia]

Screw $40. If you can wait a week, I'm making the first ever Monoprice HD650 cable. Price will be $20 for a 6-footer. It will be epic.

(This is parts cost, I'd be building/selling one for a the hell of it, not profit)

 

[fenixdown110]

Sweet! Can you add bling options to it for extra? haha

 

[scootermafia]

Oh yes, this will not be any ordinary Monoprice cable. I have a sample piece of the "Chrome XC" sleeving from Techflex that I have no use for. It's going to look like Paul Wall's teeth. It won't cost extra, this is the head-fi special edition.

 

[fenixdown110]

I had to look up Paul Wall because I wasn't familiar with the name. Now it all makes sense.

I can't stop laughing!!! hahahhaha

 

[scootermafia]

On many levels, I'm glad you don't know who he is.

 

[ting.mike]

Quote:

Originally Posted by scootermafia /img/forum/go_quote.gif Screw $40. If you can wait a week, I'm making the first ever Monoprice HD650 cable. Price will be $20 for a 6-footer. It will be epic. (This is parts cost, I'd be building/selling one for a the hell of it, not profit)

That is superb! Keep us updated on it!

To the OP: If you want to try DIY, buy the Moon Audio Blue Dragon for $8.50/foot. That's the cheapest option so far. Add in $5 for a 1/4 Neutrik and $16 for the Cardas Sennheiser connectors.

 

[fenixdown110]

I'm still burning in my new HD-650's, so I can afford to wait a little.

 

[Omega17TheTrue]

What about Cryoed vampire cable made by a head-fier i believe.

But price wise you cant beat DIY but you need to have minimum skills.

 

[fenixdown110]

I saw those on ebay too. It's sitting in my watch list. haha But I'm still going to wait a bit.

 

[scootermafia]

IDK why he calls his custom wire "Vampire", that model of Vampire wire isn't for sale anymore and his other stuff has a nice custom 18 gauge wire that looks exactly like it:
PORTABLE cryo Vampire 20awg HD650/600 Sennheiser cable - eBay (item 120452243759 end time Oct-23-09 16:53:17 PDT) "vampire"
WORLD-CLAS RCA-RCA / XLR-XLR Cryo UP-OCC custom cable - eBay (item 110396503349 end time Oct-26-09 14:53:35 PDT) "custom wire"
Same wire.

 

[fenixdown110]

Thanks for pointing that out.

 

[MacedonianHero]

Quote:

Originally Posted by fenixdown110 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I need some suggestions for recabling for my HD-650's. I've already checked out Double Helix, Moon Audio, APureSound, and Vampire. Which cables are best matched with the 650's? btw, the pricing is crazy expensive. I'm seeing 250+ pricing for 4-6 feet cables. Any suggestions?

My SAA Equinox cables are really well matched with my HD650s. I would highly recommend them! You can find them used on the For Sale Forum at times for about $170 - $200.

 

[j2kei]

i'm using doublehelixcable's nucleotide cable, sounds great!

nonetheless, definitely check out the for sales forum because *wink wink* you never know what you'll find.