A friend of mine is going to get some new headphones. He is also going to get rid of his old ones, which is a broken portable AKG (which I could need), but also something more interesting: A Beyerdynamic DT209, which is, as far as I have understood, a pilot headset. This friend is living quite...

I'm thinking about recabling a pair of AKG K518DJ (K81DJ), and want to go for the easy solution, just cut of the original cable at a suitable length and solder on a plug, which shouldn't prove too difficult, even for a complete soldering-newbie like myself. However, I have read that some...