[Landis]

I noticed on your website that you have HiFiMan headphones and amps listed as "coming soon"! So what can we expect-- HE-5s, IEMs and custom cables and modifications for all?

I'm looking forward to what you folks have cooking up!

 

[drubrew]

Headphones are on the way. Hifiman Player to follow at some point. Cables can be made now. Such as the mini digital cable which is already listed Here and shown below. I still need to add pics for this to the site for this cable.

I have connecors to make Headphone cables out of our Silver/Blue/Black Dragon as well as Cardas cables. I am going to see if our new detachable cable Mod connectors will work as seen on the Beyerdynamic Page. This way the Hifiman will be universal with the other phones we are doing this mod with. Price of the headphone cables are $25 cheaper than the HD800 cables column. Will add the prices to the site as soon as I get the HiFimanpage up.

Here are the connectors for this:

 


Black Dragon 75 ohm Mini Coax Digital Cable for the HiFiman Player

 

The Black Dragon mini coax cable was originally designed to be mated with the new Hifiman Player by Head direct, but we were so pleased with the results that we are also recommending it in normal SPDIF applications. The cable is extremely flexible which makes it a perfect match for portable digital transmission applications as well as for stationary set ups. The Black Dragon uses a miniature 75 ohm cable geometry based on RG179 specifications. It uses a silver-plated copper 7 stand conductor , and a 100% coverage silver-plated copper shield. Both are 99.99% silver over 99.999% oxygen free slow drawn copper. We can build the cable with either Neutrik NYS231 mini plug to Cardas GRLM RCA or with Cardas RCAs on both ends. Your choice.

The wire is soldered to the connectors with Cardas silver solder. The Cable is then covered in 1 layers of Techflex braid to protect the geometry integrity of the cable. As with all of my cables, I offer a 30 day money back guarantee on standard lengths. I do recommend a 40hr break-in time for the cable. For Pricing Visit Here
 

 

[Tidus]

Hi,

whats diferencies between Black and Blue Dragon?i have black for Hifiman.thanx

 

[Landis]

Thanks for the quick response, Drew!

If I run into issue with my HE-5's cable down the road after warranty, I know who to call!

 

[kiertijai]

Dear Drew,
In your website you sell HE-5 with silver 2 dragon cable. Do you sell
just silver dragon What is the price of one 12 ft cable with 1/4 terminal? and another 6ft or 8ft with balanced XLR to the ZDT headphone amp ?
What is the benefit of SQ to be over the stock cable? Can I do it myself or I need to send the headphone to you but I saw they provide additional connector so that you can change the cable?
thanks,
Kiertijai

 

[drubrew]

We sure do it is the same price as the Sennheiser HD6xx series cables as seen here. It is a user replaceable cable.Simply install the stock cable and replace with ours. There is a substantial improvement over the stock cable. It is pretty dramatic. The Silver Dragon really makes this headphone a great buy for the money. I high recommend it.
A 6ft Balanced Silver Dragon Headphone cable with HE5 connectors and Neutrik XLRs: $260
A 8ft Balanced Silver Dragon Headphone cable with HE5 connectors and Neutrik XLRs: $280
Add $125 for Furutech Rhodium XLRs
A 12ft Silver Dragon Headphone cable with HE5 connectors and Furutech 1/4" Plug: $295

 

[drubrew]

The Blue is a more neutral cable, very balanced. Where as the Black adds a fuller sound and more weight in the low end. The Black is warmer as well. But neither are overly warm and lush as a Cardas cable. Both add better definition to the sound and more tonality.
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Originally Posted by Tidus /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hi, whats diferencies between Black and Blue Dragon?i have black for Hifiman.thanx

 

[kantongkresek]

how about the silver dragon character for HE5? is there any suggention what kind of cable if i want increase in mid and vocal forwardness?

 

[drubrew]

Yes the Silver Dragon is exactly what you want. We are now on the new Version 3 Silver Dragon and will be showing at RMAF Can Jam in a couple of weeks. I will post a picture here soon of the new HE5/HE5LE cable. The SD will add detail clarity and better presentation. It will not make the phone too forward but will improve the high frequency character.

 

[xabu]

Quote:

The Blue is a more neutral cable, very balanced. Where as the Black adds a fuller sound and more weight in the low end. The Black is warmer as well. But neither are overly warm and lush as a Cardas cable. Both add better definition to the sound and more tonality.
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Originally Posted by Tidus /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hi, whats diferencies between Black and Blue Dragon?i have black for Hifiman.thanx

Silly question: How does this work? The coax input on the hifiman gets only digital data! Does the cable alter the binary data so that there is a difference in the sound???
 

 

[drubrew]

The comments you quoted above are for the HE5, HE5LE and HE6. These are Headphones. Different cable materials offer different sonic properties. They do no modify data.

 

[xabu]

Quote:

The comments you quoted above are for the HE5, HE5LE and HE6. These are Headphones. Different cable materials offer different sonic properties. They do no modify data.

 
Ah, o.k., I thought the original question was related to the coaxial cable for the Hifiman which is pictured further above (The Black Dragon mini coax cable for the Hifiman and the related question ...).
 
Glad though you agree that digital data cannot purposefully be affected due to cable material in a way that would change overall sound quality specifically.