[captian73]

i just got these from a very famous auction site, and they have connections that i've never seen before and no plug to speak of.

what cable can i use to get these going? or have i been taken for a ride?

 

[d-cee]

looks like the old 5 pin DIN plugs common in european hi-fis of yesteryear

you might be able to get a replacement HD-414 cable from sennheiser, i mean they still sell the ear pads...

but yeah can't help you much further

 

[captian73]

so i can't replace the cable with one of the standard cables now available?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...ype=osi_widget

 

[d-cee]

no i think that would be just what you need

so long as the connection from the cable to the headphone is the same you should be right

 

[captian73]

thanks for your help and time.

 

[akira]

The cable on ebay works for your HD414. You can through the gray cable away and put the new cable.

Or, you can buy an adapter from 5pin to 1/4inch phone plug. 5pin termination of HD414 was popular and adapters are available in Germany.

When you remove the short Y-shape cable, there should be a pair of 2pins connectors, which is common in Germany for speaker cable connection. These termination of HD414 is also popular.

Since the old HD414s have higher impedance than modern headphones, it may require some power for amplifier.

 

[d-cee]

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Originally Posted by akira /img/forum/go_quote.gif Since the old HD414s have higher impedance than modern headphones, it may require some power for amplifier.

yeah didn't the HD-414s have an impedance of like 3000ohms or am i thinking something else...

 

[captian73]

Quote:

Originally Posted by akira /img/forum/go_quote.gif Since the old HD414s have higher impedance than modern headphones, it may require some power for amplifier.

thank you for your reply. i'm thinking that my Go-Vibe V5 might not be u to powering these, am i right?

Quote:

yeah didn't the HD-414s have an impedance of like 3000ohms or am i thinking something else...

2000 apparently, that's why i'm getting worried. not only that, but replacement cable is going to cost around £25-30. if i need a new amp as well, my wife might not be my wife for much longer

 

[captian73]

i've just realised that the cable needed for my HD414's look similar to my cables on my HD25-1's. what do you think should i give it a go?

do think that it would cause any damage to the hd414's?

 

[akira]

Quote:

Originally Posted by captian73 /img/forum/go_quote.gif i've just realised that the cable needed for my HD414's look similar to my cables on my HD25-1's. what do you think should i give it a go? do think that it would cause any damage to the hd414's?

No, try it.

enjoy cable swapping!

 

[sejarzo]

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Originally Posted by d-cee /img/forum/go_quote.gif yeah didn't the HD-414s have an impedance of like 3000ohms or am i thinking something else...

I had a pair back in 1976 (blue pads) and I thought they were 600 ohms. Several web references I just found seem to back that up.

I do recall that the headphone output on about half of the cassette decks (we all had them back then!) wouldn't drive the HD414's to listenable levels, but the headphone outputs on any receivers that I used at that time didn't have a problem. Any headamp that drives currently available 300 ohm cans should do OK with HD414's.

Sometimes folks would like to listen directly from the cassette deck when making a tape off an LP rather than using the tape monitor function in the receiver, and all Senns made at that time were a potential problem for them due to the high impedance.

At that time, one had basically two choices in "high end" headphones (outside of Stax electrostatics that very few could afford!) The Koss Pro4A's and the HD414 were really about the only ones widely available (AKG's being more of a professional's option then.) Your choice was between isolation, overpowering bass and sweaty ears if you bought the Koss......or zero isolation, virtually no bass, and itchy ears (at least for me.....the original foam pads for the HD414 tended to stiffen with time, get uncomfortable, and then start to crumble.)