K340 re-cable

[johnsonad]

Posted this in the wrong forum originally! Sorry for the repeat!


I just caught the K340 bug and received them yesterday. They have been re-cabled but it is a spotty job with the 1/4" plug fraying and electrical tape at the Y. As these were originally intended to be played with I was wondering if you all could give me recommendations on what to re-cable them again with. This would be my first re-cable job and I am willing to do it a few times until I get the sound right. What is your favorite DYI cable and what sound signature were you trying to attain? Thanks!!

 

[mminutel]

From experience, canare starquad tends to make it darker and silver wire (expensive) lightens it up. I have not had any experience with others.

 

[ericj]

I am a pragmatist, one who does not believe in the demon-haunted view of the world, and I've been thinking about this sort of thing for weeks now.

I'm starting to lean strongly toward just buying higher-quality replacement cables from mainstream manufacturers.

Double entry? hd650 cable, $11. Single entry? HD485 cable, $3 + $3 screw-on 1/4" adapter.

wire quality can make a difference, but it's the last 1/10th of 1% imnsho, with the source being the first 98%. the other 1.9% is capacitors.

 

[johnsonad]

I can understand this and really want to listen to these phones the right way. They are going out to Alex this week for a cable job.