[active]

Hard decision. Am gonna wear the cable at least under a tight jacket / rain-coat while walking / cycling. Don't have any coiled cables to try, how it feels, but I guess the cable could restric movement if jammed / pressed by the coat.
..If you know what I mean ;]

 

[limpidglitch]

I use the HD25-1 with the coiled cable portably daily, wearing it under a Duffle coat.
Only thing that bothered me a little in the beginning was the weight of the cable, puling the one cup a little down, plus some entangling.
I've got no problems with the aesthetics, I find both the 'phones and the coiled cable to be super cool.
If you're going to be very active/motile it might be of a bigger problem, still though, a daily 20 min walk or so to and fro lectures involves no problems in my case.

The steel/copper cable is not bad either, it surely won't keep you from enjoying the cans, plus it is considerably lighter and actually more flexible than the coiled one.

 

[Timbre]

I just switched over to the copper cable for the HD540. I never knew what was meant by the Sennheiser "veil" until I listened to Maynard Ferguson with the copper. I always watch how high a volume I set so his horn doesn't blow my eardrums out, but with the "veil" from the copper, I could raise up the volume higher than ever before. When I switched back to the steel cable, I noticed the "veil" was gone and so had to reduce the volume again. The copper cable seems to expand the soundstage too. Both have different sound but both enjoyable.

 

[Timbre]

Above post is regarding the HD25-1 MkII by the way.

 

[limpidglitch]

So you eliminated the veil by using a steel cable?
The ALO, Silver Dragon, whatever recabled HD650 doobies are going to love this.

 

[Timbre]

Yeah, ...and I too might buy a V2 or Cardas for it to see how much better sound I get.

 

[Oliver :)]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Timbre /img/forum/go_quote.gif Above post is regarding the HD25-1 MkII by the way.

Doesn't that model come with a copper cable anyway? On the old model, the copper is a very noticeable improvement over the regular steel one in every ascpect. The copper replacement just used to be rather long for portable use + terminated to 1/4"... I just coiled up the excess & used an adaptor, yet handy folks could easily mod it.

 

[John Willett]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oliver /img/forum/go_quote.gif Doesn't that model come with a copper cable anyway?

No - The HD 25-1 has always had a steel cable. Mk.II version as well.

It's a pro set of headphones designed for ENG and OB use and durability is paramount.