[davidsh]

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Has anybody experience with HE-400 custom cables like BTG, plussound, double helix, and toxic? Does the sound change/benefit from custom cables at all?

Can't hear a difference on my cable. Not that I care for it..

 

[Ze_Blitzkrieg]

First off, this thread has an amazingly ample amount of information about these headphones, ha.
 
My question is. . .can anyone comment as to the similarity/differences between the HiFiMAN velour pads and the K601 stock pads?  I only ask as I have a pair of stock K601 pads sitting around and have been hot swapping them on the HE-400's to test the differences in how they sound.  I am mainly curious as to the thickness and stiffness comparing the two sets of pads (K601 to HFM velours).
 
Thanks in advance. . .

 

[DrikTheTroll]

My own experience with the HE-400 is well described by MattTCGs comment above - tizzy treble - though I wouldn't necessarily have described it that way until I saw those words.
 
My perception was that there was almost a reverb effect in the treble and that they were very quickly fatiguing.
 
This was after switching to the velour pads.
 
I did find them very comfortable to wear (small head, large ears).

 

[littlexsparkee]

New to the club; received my pair yesterday. Listening to the FLAC of Marley's Legend is exquisite, a nuanced reference disk if there is one.
 
Mingus Ah Um sounds smooth as well, much better than it would've on my old Audio Technica AD900.

 

[Lohb]

Nice littlexsparkee,will have to get that Marley album , What amp are you running it through ?
 
Does anyone know what size the screw is that holds the cups to the arms so I can maybe order it off of ebay ?
I shredded one with a cheap Chinese screwdriver. I tried a local hardware store (biggest in my locale) and could not find one that small.....
Here it is....
 

 

[Faab]

Holy ****.
 
I just tightened the cable harder than I used to do on the HE-400. Gone is the interference/slopiness/resonance that was heard in the high frequency range.
 
It feels like I just bought an upgrade to my old HE-400's. Sublime

 

[Lohb]

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Holy ****.
 
I just tightened the cable harder than I used to do on the HE-400. Gone is the interference/slopiness/resonance that was heard in the high frequency range.
 
It feels like I just bought an upgrade to my old HE-400's. Sublime

Yes, no idea why they chose those cables.They should stop using them in the next version. I'm switching mine over to XLR.

 

[beaver316]

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Yes, no idea why they chose those cables.They should stop using them in the next version. I'm switching mine over to XLR.

 
Dude you're like the king of custom mods for headphones. Custom headband, custom earpads, custom grill and metal cup holder color, wooden cups, and now custom cable connection. I'd be very interested to see how it turns out when finished.

 

[Lohb]

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Dude you're like the king of custom mods for headphones. Custom headband, custom earpads, custom grill and metal cup holder color, wooden cups, and now custom cable connection. I'd be very interested to see how it turns out when finished.

I'm trying out these cables with XLR's. Forza Audioworks from Europe. I'm avoiding silver cables like the plague with a "bright-already-can".
My experience with silver cables on speakers was that it made things more defined/instruments separation much more BUT icier and bitey in the treble region....even though people say it is listener expectation bias, I don't know, to me there was a drastic change in sound on my Mission speakers...

 

[beaver316]

Yeah I know what you mean about the silver, but I've read somewhere in this thread that the HE-400 isn't transparent enough for someone to tell a difference in cables. But that cable looks nice.

 

[DrikTheTroll]

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Holy ****.
 
I just tightened the cable harder than I used to do on the HE-400. Gone is the interference/slopiness/resonance that was heard in the high frequency range.
 
It feels like I just bought an upgrade to my old HE-400's. Sublime

 
Interesting feedback - if I still had my HE-400s I would love t try that - I was tightening them myself with moderate finger pressure. Unfortunately, I don't due to aforementioned high frequency range issues.
 
Seriously, is there anything at all redeeming about those connectors? They must have used them for some reason - I just have no idea what it could be.

 

[MattTCG]

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New to the club; received my pair yesterday. Listening to the FLAC of Marley's Legend is exquisite, a nuanced reference disk if there is one.
 
Mingus Ah Um sounds smooth as well, much better than it would've on my old Audio Technica AD900.

 
Welcome to the club. Your first assignment...read this thread in it's entirety. 

 

[kothganesh]

Welcome to the club. Your first assignment...read this thread in it's entirety. 

And then start modding eh Matt?

 

[MattTCG]

^^ You got it. 

 

[kothganesh]

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I'm trying out these cables with XLR's. Forza Audioworks from Europe. I'm avoiding silver cables like the plague with a "bright-already-can".
My experience with silver cables on speakers was that it made things more defined/instruments separation much more BUT icier and bitey in the treble region....even though people say it is listener expectation bias, I don't know, to me there was a drastic change in sound on my Mission speakers...

Does it then stand to reason that silver only cables can help cans like the LCD 2.2 ? I don't know the first thing about cables (using pretty much the stock cables) 
 
Thanks.