I recently bought this headphone and wanted to share a few observations.
1. I had read some on this site looking for a shorter 3.5mm cable for mobile use. I personally contacted Sennheiser USA and had them custom a 3' vresion with a 90degree 3.5mm jack. This jack is the best 3.5mm jack I've ever seen, solid metal casing and works very well with the stock cable which they use to do the customizing. Mind you $50 for cable, customizing and shipping is a bit pricey but worth it IMHO.
2. I saw the picture of the Oyaide cables in the article
FujiyaAvic 2012 Autumn Headphone Festival in Tokyo report by Currawong . I contacted them and they provided me right away with a Canadian Distributor, Planet of Sound in Toronto. This is what they provided for those who wish to know
We have just released the HPC-35/62HD598 headphone re-cables for Sennheiser HD598.
35 stands for the cable with 3.5mm mini phone plug and 62 stands for the cable with 1/4" phone plug.
You can get it through our authorized dealers in Canada soon.
Please contact our Canadian distributor, they will help you how to get it.
their e-mail address is info@planetofsounddistribution.com .
But please remember that the cable length is only available with 1.3 m (about 4' 3") or 2.5 m ( about 8' 2").
So you can't order 10' length one. ( about 3.0 m).
3. My impressions of this headphone are damn fine beast. I listen primarily to Blues, Folk and Rock and it's fitting the bill for each and all both on my Blackberry RIM, to and from work, as well as my recently acquired Burson Soloist. I especailly love the sound through the Soloist, it's so clear and impactful that I am looking forward to listening to many of my favorites in my library all over again. I am waiting on a recently ordered Centrance Audiophile Desktop system and will update my impressions of the sound once I can compare this DAC/Headphone Amp against the Soloist.
Regards,
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