It was no sweat to get replacement 400 cables for the 500's. qingting needed persuading on which cable to send but he went into action pretty fast. I would love to have some aftermarket cables but, until I can hear the difference by actually using one on the 500's, it seems chancy ( even though...

Quoam, we have the same problem with the silver cables. Asking for a solution from Head-Direct was useful; they are sending the HE400 cable which is Canare, well-shielded and not subject to microphonics. It took a few emails to persuade qingting to do this. At first he wanted to send another...

I'm guessing you have the stock cable from Audeze. HeadDirect is going to send me a cable to replace the stock one ( if that doesn't help they said to send it all back for a complete refund). It's a crapshoot talking to them because of the language factor so I haven't found out which cable...

Steve, is there a current website I can use to order your headphone cables? I dislike the stock cable that came with the HE500's and this forum shows people are very happy with your solution. Thanks! Toronto John

How would they sound with the Canare that comes with the HE400? Do you have any HE500 experience with Cardas or CablePro cables? The braided silver cables are sensitive to contact- the sound travels to the drivers. This is no problem if I sit still but that is situational. The headphones are...

I find the HE500's with the supplied cable to be sensitive to mechanical vibration. Rubbing or touching the cable produces a feedback sound ( similar to a tonearm) that is not subtle. The headphone itself is sensitive to rubbing or tapping on the plastic and metal parts. I spoke to Josh at...