[hngls]

 
ha ha... pretty sure that the wood splitters are an option and can be done away with completely and you would have to BYO....in regards to the beaver option   

 

[Red Jacket Mike]

You can also order the splitters plain, without any logo or carving on them, if you wish.

 

[dyl1dyl]

alo salty peppers

 

[kwkarth]

Also the Q-cable, the original litz solution.

 

[olor1n]

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Step 1: Buy a beaver.
Step 2: Show beaver the cable.
Step 3: Wait.
Step 4: Make beaver into hat.
Step 5: Cable is done.
 
Since Trevor's putting them on there after braiding the cables, I'd be pretty confident that they can be opted out of.
 

You should name one of your cables The Beaver Split. I'd buy it.

 

[scootermafia]

Put this on a cable.  The stuff nightmares are made of.
 

 

[TigzStudio]

 

Figured I would post to clear a few things up in regards to the questions posed in this thread.
 
 
 
Splitters are just an option, you can get a cable without them
 
The breakout does not come untwisted, it takes a fair amount of effort to do so
 
 
 
In regards to the beaver thing, very funny
 
If you don't want a beaver to eat your cable simply choose not to have a splitter put on. 
 

 
 

 

[TigzStudio]

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You have a way with words.  Let's be friends.
 
Edit: and Tigz, I'm sorry for making fun of your wood splitters.  They're definitely the nicest I've seen out there.  

Thank you.  The splitters actually do take a significant amount of labor. 
 

 

[drez]

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Put this on a cable.  The stuff nightmares are made of.
 

that is truly hideous

 

[cifani090]

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Put this on a cable.  The stuff nightmares are made of.

Can i get this on a cable?
 
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that is truly hideous

You mean hilarious?

 

 

[WNBC]

Just ordered myself.  Will post impressions in the upcoming weeks.  For kicks listened to the stock cable tonight because it's never been out of its plastic envelope.  Not a bad cable but doesn't get across the transparency of the LCD via the Norse cable.  The stock cable does do justice to the LCD mids and low end but speed and higher frequencies are not its strengths.  
 
In any case, 6 months ago I would have been a skeptic of the role of headphone cables but now I'm a true believer that the good cables get out of the way and allow our cans to live up to their full potential.  It's one of those things we just have to experience.  What's next?  There may be a big hamster in the sky!  Edit:  Big Beaver in the Sky
 
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Just ordered these new 4 wire Litz from TigzStudio
 

 

 

[USAudio]

I understand all these aftermarket headphone cable assemblers have to cover their overhead, R&D costs, labor, etc. but out of curiosity and excluding all those other costs, what are the actual material costs for a headphone cable?
Connectors, solder and cabling ... how much do those materials cost approximately ?

 

[scootermafia]

Not that bad.  You can build the vast majority of cable types, even really nice ones, for <$200.  Super high end XLR and RCA connectors are the real price killer.  Try the Valab brand connectors on ebay (you'll have to poke around vintage audio lab's list of items for sale since they are really bad about titling their auctions clearly), really nice rhodium-plated, pure copper, carbon fiber trimmed stuff for very cheap, and it's killer quality.

 

[USAudio]

Would it work to use decent woven speaker cable to make a headphone cable, like Kimber 4TC or even 4PR?  http://www.kimber.com/products/loudspeakercables/
Anyone try this?  Maybe the cabling would be too thick?

 

[cifani090]

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Would it work to use decent woven speaker cable to make a headphone cable, like Kimber 4TC or even 4PR?  http://www.kimber.com/products/loudspeakercables/
Anyone try this?  Maybe the cabling would be too thick?

I wouldn't try that if i were you. Those are really nice speaker cables, what do they cost?