[zibra]

Lets say I would like to recable my beyers, at least from esthetic point of wiev Can I buy something like this:
 
http://cgi.ebay.pl/25-ft-length-26-AWG-OFHC-Copper-wire-with-FEP-Teflon-/160557904194?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2561ff3142
 
and braid 3 wires for one earcup? Thats it?
If I would like to make balanced headphones then what do I have to do technically? How many wires yo use, how to ceonnect it together to plug etc?

 

[apatN]

3 wires for unbalanced, 4 for balanced operation. Of course you will need different connectors for balanced.

 

[monoethylene]

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and braid 3 wires for one earcup? Thats it?

Why 3???????
 

 

[JamesMcProgger]

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Why 3???????
 

because that is speaker cable(?) is one wire only. kinda like this:

 
 
and idk that one specifically but i once used speaker cable and it was too stiff

 

[monoethylene]

Yes okee I see it but why are then using three and not only two for one earcup in the case of being unbalanced? It only will be more difficult to have the shielding and the ground at one pin IMO..

 

[zibra]

for beyers I need 3 conductors, left, right and ground I think? If I decide to connect it to one earcup as stock cable.

 

[monoethylene]

I have the old 880's and I am confused right now because I cannot imagine that in this moment.
 
Each side has two pins IMO. One hot and return and concerning the shield, I only solder it to the plug. The one sided Beyers have/ had a little little "PCB" inside the earcup where the incoming wires for example the right side are soldered and then two other wires starting at this "PCB" go to the right side..
 
So if you want to go only to one earcup you will need at least 4 wires.
 
If you are going to buy single stranded wire then I would recommend to use 4, left 2 and right 2.
 
Valid for single ended matters

 

[zibra]

I received such answer from seller, asking to recable beyers:
 
[size=10pt]For 3-conductor cables like your Beyers you need 3 wires (left, right, ground) although it is best to drill a hole in the right earcup and use 4 wires so that the wiring for left and right channels are of even length. Alternatively you can use the stock wiring and just connect the cable on the left side (the stock wiring connects the left driver to the right driver[/size]

 

[rds]

this is supposed to be a gallery

 

[monoethylene]

You have the DT880's am I right??
 
I dont want to be offensive, maybe I am stupid because it is saturday evening but what the hell is meant by 3-conductor cables like your Beyers?? Left, right and 2x ground plus shield???
 

 
"[size=10pt]although it is best to drill a hole in the right earcup and use 4 wires so that the wiring for left and right channels are of even length.[/size]" now I am completely crazy
 
Or is the only one ground and the two pins are in series?
 

 
!!The connection L- L+ is wrong!! I dont want to shorten the circuit !!
 

 

[monoethylene]

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3 wires per earcup, total of 6 wires? Why would you use 3 when there ate only 2 connections per speaker in the earcups?

Is this question for me?

 

[cyberspyder]

Bottom line, for single entry beyers, you have a much easier time using some prefab 4 conductor wire (like variations of starquad) since you can bypass the solder board on the driver and directly hook up the other driver to the other channel.

 

[monoethylene]

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Bottom line, for single entry beyers, you have a much easier time using some prefab 4 conductor wire (like variations of starquad) since you can bypass the solder board on the driver and directly hook up the other driver to the other channel.

Exactomento!!! Maybe I am not crazy.

 

[JamesMcProgger]

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Exactomento!!! Maybe I am not crazy.

that makes sense but you are still crazy 

 

[monoethylene]

This makes sense too but I am proud of that and excuse me if I dont understand all so quick like my 23-stranded quadruple active water cooled IC