[donunus]

After all my research, Ive narrowed my research down to these and the beyer dt150s but since I really want them for my ipod 20% of the time, the dt150s won't be a candidate anymore. Now the need for recabling is already worrying me before I even have them yet

 

[mitchb]

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Originally Posted by donunus /img/forum/go_quote.gif After all my research, Ive narrowed my research down to these and the beyer dt150s but since I really want them for my ipod 20% of the time, the dt150s won't be a candidate anymore. Now the need for recabling is already worrying me before I even have them yet

You can be doing fine with a 580/600 cable or a 650 cable. Either of these two Sennhisser cables can be purchased a lot of places but are cheapest from sennheisser directly. The stock cable which comes wioth the HD25's is bad but it is not necessary to spend $300 on a headphone cable. splurge and spend $25 on an HD-650 cable and your their.I have 2 HD25's and on my first pair I have a cable from a Denon d5000 headphone which died but i saved the cable and it appears to work with the HD25's but not the 580/600/650 headphones. I guess this cable likes low impedence headphones. The Sennheisser stock cables from their bigger phones are all you need.

 

[donunus]

Ive read the cups can be reversed. So if this is the case, can i put equinox hd600 cables on them? That would be great because i have the hd600s with equinox so i can actually use the good cables while listening at home and put back the stock cables for portable use

Now, does anyone have any pics of these with cables hanging down instead if going toward the stock upward direction???

 

[nvkid909]

if you search or google hd25 cable mod that will show that, i believe

the google search will actually point you to this forum


also in some of the 'show us yer portable equipment' threads

the 580 cable works fine but (probably just me) i seem to have to buy a new one every 6 months or so, the wires in the jack plugs always cr*p out on me. most annoying. i wish they'd make a shorter cable OFC with right hand plug.

 

[donunus]

Ok heres one. the headphile cable on the hd25s. Now the question is... Is it easy to reverse the cups like these or do you have to dismantle the cans?

 

[nvkid909]

they just pull off the ramps with a small amount of effort.

 

[donunus]

oh ok, the hd25s here we come woohoo

 

[nvkid909]

if you use a 580 cable, you don't even need to turn them upside down, you could just pull the left/right cable apart some more & route them both thru' the groove on each headband part, remember to leave some slack at the plug-ends though. i use a small cable tie to secure the left wire to the left headband ramp. this saves them becoming detached accidentally.

 

[donunus]

i could do that also using my hd600s cables but the equinox mmmm delicious

 

[mr.khali]

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Originally Posted by donunus /img/forum/go_quote.gif i could do that also using my hd600s cables but the equinox mmmm delicious

Your all set if you have 600's with stock and equinox cables! I would be curious to hear your impressions of both cables on the HD 25.

 

[moriez]

Ive decided to sell my amps because theres no added flavor for my HD25. The last 2 days, since not using an amp I am really enjoying the music again. Yes, without! I love my HD25 straight out the iPod. Seems all that amp talk really didnt matter for these babies. Happy to have found the essence again: thorough enjoyment of music!

 

[uraflit]

the hd25 is probably one of the most enjoyable headphones i have, and i use it with the stock steel cable! i dont even amp it with anything serious (emu0404usb and portables).

if the sound really improves with such a cheap upgrade, maybe ill give it a shot... and there really is no soldering/technical stuff to do right? all u do is reverse cups and plug+play?

 

[moriez]

Thats correct mate. Just flippin the cups will do. I didnt believe until today that the cable really does make a difference. The stock cable sounds harsh. The HD650 cable much more enjoyable.

 

[mitchb]

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Originally Posted by moriez /img/forum/go_quote.gif Thats correct mate. Just flippin the cups will do. I didnt believe until today that the cable really does make a difference. The stock cable sounds harsh. The HD650 cable much more enjoyable.

What this guy said I was impressed with how the HD25 sounds with just my ipod but through my predator with proper dock line out gives an obvios improvent.A good portable amp should improve these phnes for the better. you could probably get something inexpensive which is good like the little dot Mk1. The Predator is a much better amp but it's 5 times the price. The Little Dot Mk1 is a good value art around $125 or so. Worthyto check out. If your amp makes them sound weorse you have a bad amp.
Mitch

 

[moriez]

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Originally Posted by mitchb /img/forum/go_quote.gif A good portable amp should improve these phnes for the better.

That didnt work for me. I used a Hornet and a Mini3 with two different iPods and I found the difference (real close to) non-existent. Im not sure if I was too concentrated on how the amps would enhance the sound but now that I do without the music sounds just great! Quite a few people here have said that these headphones do not profit from an amp and now I share that opinion. In the end its all subjective ofcourse.