[InsanityOne]

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

  Peterek just did a detachable cable mod on my Denon D5000 w/ Lawton mods (I'm not the original HP owner so I'm not certain about the history). It came out great, sounds great, I'm super happy with the results and he provided me some great pix I wanted to share.
 

 

 

 

 

 
I'm really pleased with the results. I think they look and sound fantastic. The man does great work! I also had a mini-XLR to 3.5mm adapter made...
 

 
Some people I know were hassling me about "Couldn't you just do this yourself? Why pay anyone to do that?" I would have had to buy more tools and parts. I also don't get any practice so who knows how good/bad the results would be? I think such nice headphones deserve better treatment than me accidentally breaking them. IMO the mod is a little bit unnecessary/luxury to get the replaceable cable. However I wasn't entirely thrilled with the cable that was attached when I first got the headphones (the cable has a lot of microphonics noise as it brushes into things, it's rather thick and unweildy, and it also had a short in the plug which made them unusable in the beginning). For me at least it's a useful upgrade and I look forward to having better cable options in the near future!
 
Edit: I love these headphones!

 

 
Honestly Lawton modded Denons / Fostex headphones are some of my absolute favorites, both because of their modding potential and their awesome house sound. I so regret selling my fully modded pair of TH600's. I'll do another pair someday, or at least that is what I tell myself. But anyways, great pics and thanks for sharing!
 
- InsanityOne 

 

[axtran]

Absolutely beautiful. Convinced me to get my own D2000 for modding!

 

[lotech]

Having Brandon recable a pair of Westone UM1s for me, the original cable started splitting just above the strain relief on TRS plug.
And as stated he's building balanced cable for me.
 
oh and Congrats to Brandon on addition to family!!!
(this might be why y'all aren't hearing from him immediately).
 

This is the first cable Brandon made for me Double Helix custom 6 strand with Eidolic MMCX and splitter.
Looks fantastic and sounds even better

 

[Change is Good]

  Having Brandon recable a pair of Westone UM1s for me, the original cable started splitting just above the strain relief on TRS plug.
And as stated he's building balanced cable for me.
 
oh and Congrats to Brandon on addition to family!!!
(this might be why y'all aren't hearing from him immediately).
 
 

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

 
This is the first cable Brandon made for me Double Helix custom 6 strand with Eidolic MMCX and splitter.
Looks fantastic and sounds even better

 

 
I need to give in and just get one of these for my H3.

 

[Change is Good]

I'm selling my white TH-600 cups that Peterek painted if anyone of you Fostex owners are interested.

 

[InsanityOne]

  I'm selling my white TH-600 cups that Peterek painted if anyone of you Fostex owners are interested.

 
So then what cups are taking their place?
 
- InsanityOne 

 

[axtran]

I'm selling my white TH-600 cups that Peterek painted if anyone of you Fostex owners are interested.

Weird question, but could you take a picture of the inside if you have a removable cable? I'd like to see what Peterek does for those jacks.

 

[PETEREK]

 

I'm selling my white TH-600 cups that Peterek painted if anyone of you Fostex owners are interested.

Weird question, but could you take a picture of the inside if you have a removable cable? I'd like to see what Peterek does for those jacks.

It's a small groove. The TH-600 cups are made of metal, so the notch is actually more square than on the wood sets I do. PM me.

 

[Change is Good]

So then what cups are taking their place?

- InsanityOne :tongue_smile:

Rosewood baby! I'll share a picture when I get a chance. For now someone please buy my white cups! It will help fund another PETEREK cable haha.

 

[Change is Good]

This one's for you @InsanityOne! They're E-MU rosewood cups. Sorry for the low pic quality, using my cheap phone.
 

 

[InsanityOne]

  This one's for you @InsanityOne! They're E-MU rosewood cups. Sorry for the low pic quality, using my cheap phone.
 

 

 
The E-MU cups have the same mounting design as the standard Fostex TH-XXX series headphones do? I guess that makes sense though seeing as EMU uses the same OEM frames that Denon used for their AH-DXXXX series which is the same OEM that Fostex now uses for their TH-XXX series. Cool idea! I like it!
 
(The image link is broken by the way, so it doesn't display at all though.)
 
- InsanityOne 

 

 

[Change is Good]

   
The E-MU cups have the same mounting design as the standard Fostex TH-XXX series headphones do? I guess that makes sense though seeing as EMU uses the same OEM frames that Denon used for their AH-DXXXX series which is the same OEM that Fostex now uses for their TH-XXX series. Cool idea! I like it!
 
(The image link is broken by the way, so it doesn't display at all though.)
 
- InsanityOne 

 

 
Just noticed haha. Fixed 

 

[Hawaiibadboy]

I'll be sharing a pic of a re cabled (balanced) Sony Ma-900 in the future
Very stoked.
I love that set.
Did I mention stoked?

 

[InsanityOne]

  I'll be sharing a pic of a re cabled (balanced) Sony Ma-900 in the future
Very stoked.
I love that set.
Did I mention stoked?

 
The headphone models of Sony's glory days always make me drool. I'm sure they will look awesome (and sound awesome) balanced!
 
- InsanityOne 

 

[axtran]

   
The headphone models of Sony's glory days always make me drool. I'm sure they will look awesome (and sound awesome) balanced!
 
- InsanityOne 

The glory days are back... that Z1R is something SPECIAL!