[Patrick82]

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Originally Posted by Mastergill Bah! You're cheating man. That means real cost is about €735, you can do better...stay tuned.

I had planned to solder full cable there but it didn't fit.

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Originally Posted by Mastergill BTW i always had the feeling that Nordost cables are way way overpriced, these flat cables look so cheap you know, like computer wires ("nappe" we say in French). There's absolutely no shielding on these cables.

There is no shielding on the cheaper Nordost cables, just teflon.
Valhalla and Valkyrja have threads wound around the conductor which eliminates RFI/EMI. The background is dead black with the Valkyrja, it made soundstage huge.

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Originally Posted by Mastergill But hey congrats Patrick82!, at least that's a nice attempt to improve and correct the Achilles' heels of ALL headphones...da poor stock cable.

I hope in 10 years all headphones will come with this cable.

 

[Patrick82]

Some more pictures.

You can almost feel K1000 getting shocked when seeing so big cable...

Will try to stick this in...

See the threads wound around conductors.

Tiny binding posts.

Valkyrja connected to speaker terminals of amp. "The hole" on the right.

 

[J-Pak]

After writing my psychiatry exam this morning a part of me wants to drop out of med school and "design" audiophile cables. This thread confirms I should do it.

 

[amartignano]

It is normal that if I open this thread an advertisement of commercial cables appears on the top of the thread in the 1st page, that doesn't appear in the other threads?

Andrew

 

[cosmopragma]

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Originally Posted by amartignano It is normal that if I open this thread an advertisement of commercial cables appears on the top of the thread in the 1st page, that doesn't appear in the other threads? Andrew

Yes, it's normal.
Context sensitive google ads.
Big brother is watching you.

 

[amartignano]

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Originally Posted by cosmopragma Yes, it's normal. Context sensitive google ads. Big brother is watching you.

Ok, I understand...

 

[threEchelon]

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Originally Posted by Patrick82 Someone should make a test drive in USA too! Maybe I could send a pair there. 10 people could make a mass buy ($200 each) which makes each one of them own 10% of both the cable and K1000. Each person gets to own it for 1 month every year. They can also sell their share to someone else which gives the other person 2 months every year etc...until there is only one owner left.

Timeshare headphones!

 

[Filburt]

So, if I'm understanding this correctly, they're charging just over 4000 quid for a few metres of silver coated copper cable? Uh...

Well, at least it's shiny, I guess.

 

[SonicDawg]

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Originally Posted by Filburt So, if I'm understanding this correctly, they're charging just over 4000 quid for a few metres of silver coated copper cable? Uh... Well, at least it's shiny, I guess.

You are wrong. It is 4000 quid for a few meters of silver coated copper cable plus the prestige of owning the artifact of human foolery.

 

[Alwayswantmore]

patrick82 I applaud you for taking K1000s to the limits.

Question: Your photos do not show the circuit board in the K1000s? have you removed the board? What does the circuit board do?

 

[Meyvn]

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Originally Posted by Alwayswantmore patrick82 I applaud you for taking K1000s to the limits. Question: Your photos do not show the circuit board in the K1000s? have you removed the board? What does the circuit board do?

Yes, he removed it. From everything I've heard, what it does is get in the signal path. He also said specifically that it makes it easier to recable them if you remove the PCB.

 

[PeeeMeS]

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Originally Posted by Meyvn Yes, he removed it. From everything I've heard, what it does is get in the signal path.

Have you removed yours?

I'm going to assume that without a circuit board, you would need something that keeps low frequencies from being sent(or in low quantities) to the K1000 drivers
No clue, just speculation here



If I do get a reciever that does this, I may remove the circuit board on mine

 

[Carl]

So the circuit board is just a high-pass filter?

 

[Alwayswantmore]

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Originally Posted by Carl So the circuit board is just a high-pass filter?

Interesting if that is the case. I'm using an $800 balanced Vandersteen crossover between my amp and source. The crossover rolls off highs at 6db per octive. My crossover is set about 60hz, but I could go to 80hz. If this is a high pass filter, I don't need it. I am very interested to learn more about this thing.

 

[jjcha]

I find the ridicule of Patrick82 in this thread to be absurd.

I imagine most of you would believe that a $200 ~ $300 cable upgrade to the HD6x0 would improve the sound quality. You realize most normal people would think that that would be absolutely insane?

Talk about glass houses and throwing stones.

Patrick, I'm glad you tried this recable. It is a useful point of reference. It's too bad I don't live in Europe, else I would have loved to compare your K 1000 against my stock and my Equinox recabled one.

Best regards,

-Jason