Thanks for the thorough review!  I think I'll be buying some new Schiit to go behind my Asgard, replacing my E10 at work.   Off-topic, that's a gorgeous goban.  That made me drool a fair bit more than the audio kit.

Quote: Fair enough!  I've heard a couple of coworkers complain that the dual-prong (HD600 style) was easy for them to damage, which is where my guess regarding the strength of one vs the other came from.  The HD800's connector, however, I have no experience with.   Anyway; not to derail...

Quote: This is absolutely true and all worth considering.  That said, I think 2.5mm TRS is stronger than the 2 pin Sennheiser style connectors, though I don't have any hard evidence to back that statement up.

If I go for two-sided, removable cables - would I need to use two mono plugs or two stereo?  My thinking here is that each side headphone is mono, which combines with the main 3.5 jack (iPod-end) to make stereo.  Have I got this right?! You've got this right; two mono signals = 1 stereo...

I personally like to use 1/16" heat shrink to isolate each individual solder joint as much as possible.  A spool of 1/16" will last practically forever, and makes your work just that much more professional.

Quote: Yeah, I'm in love with the blue.  I'm considering a second pair in purple, presently.   I believe these are the sockets from my old TripleFis; they're flush, not recessed--I prefer this, since I enjoy diy cable manufacture, and this gives me a bit more room to play with, when it...

I'm a huge fan of BTG Audio's bulk cable.  It's not the absolute cheapest, but in my opinion it's among the nicest to work with and the best looking, so long as you don't mind braiding it yourself.  That said, I don't see any on Brian's ebay page, so there might be a wait to get ahold of his...

Quote: First: you need a heat gun for heat shrink.  Hair driers don't get hot enough, and you can damage your soldering iron easily.  In a pinch you can use a lighter, but the end result will look substantially less professional if you do so.  Bottom line: drop the money on a heat gun--it...

Just got my TF10s back from being remolded, and I couldn't be more pleased!  Fit is perfect, and build quality is fantastic.  Sound is definitely clearer (I could never get a great seal with the TF10s)  

A couple more cables I've made recently; one for my Triple Fi 10s with ViaBlue connector and plugs I got off ebay (appear to be identical to ones offered at Lunashops):   And a cable I made to go along with a pair of SE215s I'm giving as a gift with Oyaide jack and plugs from Lunahsops:

Quote: http://www.ebay.com/itm/25-feet-stranded-26-AWG-Silver-Teflon-Wire-White-Blue-/230497699793?pt=US_Audio_Cables_Adapters&hash=item35aabbc7d1 http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-16-HEAT-SHRINK-TUBING-3-1-black-10-feet-/360341318343?pt=Motors_Aviation_Parts_Gear&vxp=mtr&hash=item53e6042ac7...

Quote: 3m long, the strain reliefs are there, depending upon the internals of the jacks.  Each side has about 0,5cm of heatshrink poking out of the jack itself, though the photo didn't capture it well.

I've been a long-time tinkerer, and thankfully I can put those skills to good use!  I've made my first cable with hardware I've recently purchased, and I must say I think the result turned out rather nicely. The cable itself is for my Q701 and was made with a Switchcraft mini-XLR jack, and...

Cashiers check fraud is common enough that a large number of retailers won't accept them.  Money orders are similarly distrusted by and large, in my experience.   The way I've dealt with large transactions such as this is to make it clear that if the deal checks out, then the transaction is...

I Wanna Be the Boshy is a fan game made in the style of IWBTG.  I find it to be substantially harder.   Yeah, SMB is certainly obnoxiously hard, and a heck of a lot of fun.  Arguably, the shmups in the shmup thread also qualify (I do rather enjoy danmaku shooters)

Surprisingly on a game sub-forum, I notice that there aren't any threads devoted to I Wanna Be The Guy/related games.  I tend to be pretty fond of these very technical sorts of games, which are arguably designed to induce tilt as you die a few dozen times; the feeling of getting past a difficult...

Yeah, there're some jerks on DotA 2, but as more people are being let in, the community on the whole seems to be less accepting of jerky behavior on the whole.  In terms of LoL vs DotA2, I tend to prefer DotA's deeper gameplay mechanics, though I'll play LoL every now and then.   I tend to...