MarkyMark
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I bought an ALO K701 recabled with this wire at the back end of 2007 and noticed a few months ago that the copper had become discoloured - it is green tinged (even fully green in places) which appears to be the result of oxidation.
I've emailed KB at ALO and he tells me he's aware of this and that they've stopped using Jena wire. It isn't considered a defect since he doesn't believe the sound is affected. I was just wondering if this was common knowledge?? KB directed me to the FAQ's on his site and there is a disclaimer in there but I'd say it's come as a result of this issue making itself present over time (he told me his personal pair now has the same issue!)
To be clear, I am not moaning at KB but it's a tad annoying as I was thinking of offloading the phones as I tend to use speakers mainly nowadays or my Mark MD5000's (which are also Jena recabled
), however the resale value must be affected to an extent by the discolouration.
Anyone else had a similar experience???
I've emailed KB at ALO and he tells me he's aware of this and that they've stopped using Jena wire. It isn't considered a defect since he doesn't believe the sound is affected. I was just wondering if this was common knowledge?? KB directed me to the FAQ's on his site and there is a disclaimer in there but I'd say it's come as a result of this issue making itself present over time (he told me his personal pair now has the same issue!)
To be clear, I am not moaning at KB but it's a tad annoying as I was thinking of offloading the phones as I tend to use speakers mainly nowadays or my Mark MD5000's (which are also Jena recabled
Anyone else had a similar experience???