I bought a 1mm tip especially but my solder is probably too thick. I don't have a flux pen either. I did find it difficult to solder ground connections even with my iron on full heat

the soldering isn't as neat as I'd have liked :hushed:

Hey guys. Is this an appropriate place to post troubleshooting questions about my recent doodlebug build? I can't get my computer or my phone to detect my ODAC through it. I previously used my Note 4 through an OTG cable straight in to the ODAC. the psu section seems fine and I've tuned the...

10% perhaps?  Good investments for £15 though

Oh sorry, I posted in one of the other P5 threads:   Originally Posted by pjoliver182  Hey people.  Custom Cable do a replacement for the P5 at a very reasonable £15.  I bought one and tried it against my own custom design and can't tell the difference.   It looks the part, fits...

Tharex   Unfortunately sound quality and tone equalization are extremely subjective; whilst I love the sound of my own P5's you may not like them if you listened to them.   The biggest improvement for me was the ear cushion mod; if you have done that already then that's what the P5's...

Hey people.  Custom Cable do a replacement for the P5 at a very reasonable £15.  I bought one and tried it against my own custom design and can't tell the difference.   It looks the part, fits perfectly and is cheap.  No need to look elsewhere in my opinion.

"Offers improvements over standard cable" - doesn't sound very exciting!  For £15 though its worth a test against my modded cable.   Thanks for the link!

Ah yes I found that cable last year but decided it was waaaaay too expensive!   Interested to know what difference it'll make though; let us know if you get one 

Hi Shaka   I'm glad the mod convinced you to keep your P5's.  I remember being so disappointed with mine when I first got them; but at that time there were no forum threads containing anything useful about improving them - just a few posts saying how much people didn't like them!   My...

Hi again - your recent posts got me thinking so I've done a couple of experiments myself:   The best material I've found so far is from some hearing protection buds from work - the small squishy ear buds that you push in to your ear canals to protect your hearing in noisy environments...

Hi Holger   First of all I would satisfy yourself that the P5's a fully burned in - are you using an iPhone app?  Run some low frequency sweeps for like 24 hours or something and see if you notice any difference.   As for the bass response, its personal preference...if you have more...

If you have not done so already, modify the foam.  You will bring 'life', 'detail' and 'balance' to the foreground of the soundstage.   The stock cable is ridiculously thin I agree; I wanted to reuse the stock 2.5mm plug with 10mm of cable initially and then just solder some better cable to...

I managed to get a 2.5mm connector but had to grind down the outer shell and removed the plastic barrel to get it to fit.

FYI for anyone who is interested, a new set of replacement ear cushions will cost £35 including VAT and p&p.   0800 232 1513 Option 2 for the UK Customer Support Centre.          

For what its worth, here are my thoughts:   Firstly it depends on what you want from the cans:   SQ? Comfort? Noise isolation? Aesthetics?   In what order of preference would you place these?  For me it was SQ first and foremost; anything else I could live with.   Secondly...

I've never pulled the internal cable out to have a look but I would suspect it is much higher in quality than the detachable cable.  The internal cable should reflect the quality of the product (the P5's themselves) where as the detachable cable is nothing more than a cheap accessory (from a...

I left this stock.   PJ

Hi there,   When I did this I just took a small pair of scissors and carefully 'snipped' out pieces at a time.  The green foam is not glued to the leather so you can gently push the bottom of the scissors underneath the foam in order to cut it.  Just follow the line of the rectangular hole...

Hah looks like the engineers at B&W came to the same conclusions as me regarding the 'veiling' of the sound!    That's pretty cool...I guess this modification has become obsolete now already hah!   I might contact B&W and ask how much the replacement pads are...   PJ

Yup that's what I found too; hence what lead me to think that the drivers themselves were incredibly detailed in their performance; it was the cushions that were the weakest link.  Interesting that yours are already re-shaped...I wonder if it was a design modification?  Perhaps after initial...

Yes, you can ring B&W directly - I recently purchased a replacement carry pouch.  It was only about £20 inc p&p.   0800 232 1513

I'm not sure about portable DAC's but I use my P5's with lossless encoded music from my iphone's line out, in to an O2 headphone amp - sounds just wonderful.  The limiting factor will now will be the DAC circuit inside the iphone.   With the ear cushions I think a large factor is how much...

You're very welcome mate; did you try snipping a bit of the blue foam out with some scissors?  This was the biggest improvement in clarity and balance to me.  If you like very bass-heavy music then perhaps you might leave them as they are, but I like to listen to every detail of the recordings...