[Zorander]

I'm looking to replace the (near disintegrated) foams in my pair. I understand this is a different foam to those normally found lining computer hardware boxes (which I have a lot of). Would a hardware store have this type of foam in stock? Or has anyone actually tried the 'common' foam as replacement?
 
Thanks in advance.

 

[Tiemen]

What works is reticulated foam used as aquarium filter, see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reticulated_foam
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I'm looking to replace the (near disintegrated) foams in my pair. I understand this is a different foam to those normally found lining computer hardware boxes (which I have a lot of). Would a hardware store have this type of foam in stock? Or has anyone actually tried the 'common' foam as replacement?
 
Thanks in advance.

 

[JiggaD369]

Has anyone been able to tell a difference between replacing the foam or just eliminating it throughtout?

 

[rhythmdevils]

Mine sounded exactly the same without the foam except they fit better without it.  It is not meant to affect the sound, it is meant to make the headphones feel less cheap because it cushions the impact of the cups when they tilt as far as they can go, so it has a soft stop rather than a plastic against plastic stop. 

 

[Kevin Brown]

Just because I'm hyper about this stuff sometimes ...
 
MP pair with its box:
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220720500175&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
 
LP pair with its box:
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rt=nc&nma=true&item=250741004203&si=ljzRQlv6OKBuTOievKdDPKfHSnE%253D&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT
 

 

[JiggaD369]

Hey guys,
 
How many of you have recabled your Sextetts? IF so, with which cable? What AWG?
 
I want to recable mine (for the sake of shorter length and possible sound improvement) and I see there are alot of options. I was looking into...
 
Kimber TCSS
Jupiter
Cardas 4x24
SPC
Many others...

 

[elwappo99]

Have you recabled headphones before? If not I would suggest a much cheaper canare or mogami wire. You can easily spend as much as the headphones are worth if you look at the cost of some of those manufacturers.
 
In the same realm, I was going to recable mine, but ran out of time, so I balanced them. WOW really great headphones, especially at the cost they run. Really liking them.
 
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Hey guys,
 
How many of you have recabled your Sextetts? IF so, with which cable? What AWG?
 
I want to recable mine (for the sake of shorter length and possible sound improvement) and I see there are alot of options. I was looking into...
 
Kimber TCSS
Jupiter
Cardas 4x24
SPC
Many others...

 

[JiggaD369]

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Have you recabled headphones before? If not I would suggest a much cheaper canare or mogami wire. You can easily spend as much as the headphones are worth if you look at the cost of some of those manufacturers.
 
In the same realm, I was going to recable mine, but ran out of time, so I balanced them. WOW really great headphones, especially at the cost they run. Really liking them.
 
Quote:

Hey guys,
 
How many of you have recabled your Sextetts? IF so, with which cable? What AWG?
 
I want to recable mine (for the sake of shorter length and possible sound improvement) and I see there are alot of options. I was looking into...
 
Kimber TCSS
Jupiter
Cardas 4x24
SPC
Many others...

 

 
Hi el,
 
Ya I have recable some JVC Flats before. I don't mind spending $50 or so on some nice cables that will last me a while.
 

 

[elwappo99]

 
 
Got it,  Just from nature of the wires, I'd bet some Cardas would blend well, but I've haven't recabled these, so I don't know for sure.

 

[rhythmdevils]

Definitely nothing too warm

 

[JiggaD369]

Yeah seems like Cardas is on the warmer side. I think maybe OCC wire might pair well since it has been getting rave reviews.

 

[Fitz]

Anybody know how much mint or restored Sextetts are going for these days?

 

[rhythmdevils]

60-80 on ebay, but the condition can be excellent to questionable and on head-fi it seems all over the place, from 80-120 or more.  I think 100 on head-fi is a reasonable amount to expect to pay or sell for.  But I would never sell mine for 100 dollars they are worth a lot more than that to me in their sound and the fact that I had to buy a few pairs to find these. 

 

[rhythmdevils]

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I'm looking to replace the (near disintegrated) foams in my pair. I understand this is a different foam to those normally found lining computer hardware boxes (which I have a lot of). Would a hardware store have this type of foam in stock? Or has anyone actually tried the 'common' foam as replacement?
 
Thanks in advance.

Fitz could answer this better, but I think you just want the foam to be as open as possible, which you can check by just holding it against your mouth and blowing through it.  If you feel much resistance than it's not a good one to use.  The idea is that the foam doesn't affect the sound.  But you could try putting a more dense foam in, it might do nice things to the sound who knows.  Fostex uses a dense foam as a damping material in their orthos, and while insufficient on it's own, it is often used in combination with added felts.
 
I imagine a denser foam than stock would bring out more treble and detail and air, tighten up the bass while loosing some bass volume and impact.  I imagine it might push it towards the K501 type sound or DF type signature.  Just a guess though.

 

[Fitz]

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60-80 on ebay, but the condition can be excellent to questionable and on head-fi it seems all over the place, from 80-120 or more.  I think 100 on head-fi is a reasonable amount to expect to pay or sell for.  But I would never sell mine for 100 dollars they are worth a lot more than that to me in their sound and the fact that I had to buy a few pairs to find these. 

Hmm... okay. Not entirely sure if that'd be worth it to sell off some spares to fund some DIY projects then.