I have the HE-500 which I am using as my PC headphones. Theyre connected to a 9 year old PPA amp, and that has RCA outputs. Right now I am using a RCA to mini plug and thats going to my Xfi Titanium HD sound card, which I believe has its own amp for mini input. This sound card also has RCA...

II just got these and they sound great...my only problem is that the cords that connect to the headphone seem like they can only get so tight, so when I play games if i move around at all soemtimes itll crackle because the of the loose connection...am i doing something wrong or is this just how...

Not directly related to headphones themselves- but has anyone bought stuff from this website: http://www.head-direct.com/products.php?m=5 ?  I bought my HE-500 off of it on Sunday night, got am email around 10 PM CT (which is kind of weird because the website says the business would be closed by...

I have a PPA amp I bought in sometime in 2004 that seems to still work fine and was wondering if this should be adequate for the HE-500 (has not arrived yet)? Im using the PPA with the K701 at the moment and it sounds fine though since its the only amp I have had I have no idea what I might be...

I have had the AKG-701 headphones for a few years and theord is shorting again so I want to get a new pair of headphones to replace these. Before them I had the hd-580s which were nice.   I will mostly use them for PC gaming and listening to music via the PC. I have an XFI soundcard (might...

Cord is shorting again so I want to get a new pair of headphones to replace these. I've had these for about 5 years. Before them I had the hd-580s which were nice.   I will mostly use them for PC gaming and listening to music via the PC. I have an XFI soundcard (might get a new, better...

^^ I pmed the guy you mentioned 2 days ago- no response as of yet. Also checked radioshack and that didn't work If I were unable to get this fixed, I might buy the k702. Does the K702 have the annoying intermittent sound issue that would pop up every few months like it would with the...

Aren't K701 and K702 the exact same? Just wondering because almost no one has mentioned those.

Does all that stuff have to be taken a part eve just for the cord? I am from Illinois, about 25 miles south of Chicago.

The left side of these headphones is intermittent and it keeps getting worse over time. What is the cheapest way to get this cable fixed/replaced?

I still haven't been able to find oehlbach cables . Is there any out there similar? I'm probably just going to order another stock cable on monday if I can't find an oehlbach or something similar, this problem is too annoying .

Yeah, guess they are out of production How much do these cables usually cost?

Bump Anyone know where I can find the oehlbach cable?

Thanks for the info I can't find the oelbalch cables on the Meier site tho

I might get the hd650 now. Just wondering, are these better then the 595 and 580's in almost everyway, for music + games? My amp is a PPA btw.

Bump for previous question. Would really like to know if im better off just buying more expensive problems to avoid this problem completely. I was just looking at the plugs to figure out how the hell the right one works fine and the left one doesnt and noticed the right one's pins or whatever...

Wow...just bought some electrical contact cleaner (couldnt find the exact pro gold stuff) and it made a huge difference. It still cuts out every now and then, but not nearly as much as it use to. It's very tolerable now. Has anyone ever had any of these intermittent problems with better...

This issue is so weird. I finally narrowed the springs in the left head phone, the one that had the problem, and the problem was still there but it was a tad better then before. In the past when I had this problem, I'd buy a new cable and itd work again for a few months. Anyways, just...

Well, I've only had these for about 2 years, and I'm about to buy my fourth or fifth cable for them. I've never really understood what causes the intermittent problem. People have said its because the springs inside the headphones stetch out and it causes it to have less contact with the...

One of the main reasons I wanted to go with the 595 was so I didnt have to deal with the intermittent connection problem with the cable. The 650's are way to expensive for me :P

I really only play games and listen to music, so which out of these two are better for that? I currently have the hd580, but i may break them soon by trying to repair them, plus I just wanted to know if it'd be worth it to go with the hd595's instead. BTW, I'll use these with my comp, but...

I think I just broke it. One of the springs tries to come up out of the hole when i twist it, does that mean i mustve broke the wire or anything else? I tried it once earlier, and the sound cutting out problem was worse then it was before. Now i hope they just work... EDIT: Ok i still...

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Blah. I heard some bad things about the cable. Would it be better then the stock in almost every (important) way? I've been toying with the idea of getting the hd595, because they seem they have a different cable type and probably wont have the problem I'm having. How does the hd595...

http://shop.sennheiserusa.com/retail...ct_prod=081435 Anyways, I've looked up this problem and according to some people the oehlbach cable solved their problems. Anybody know where I can order this from? I live in the U.S.