| Originally Posted by Magsy /img/forum/go_quote.gif http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showp...&postcount=243 These are similar to HD650 connectors. That was the first pair I did, I have since done a much better job on others now I have experience! Still, the pair in the post above have been on a set of phones for nearly 2 years and I have removed, reinserted and sometimes ripped the plugs out of the 'phones maybe 50 times, no issues at _all_ :] |
| Originally Posted by dcheming /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm going to play around with this DIY adapter over then next few days. For anyone interested, I measured the stock Senn connector with calipers and here are the specs: 
For the positive pin 16ga is the closest match and for the ground pin 14ga is the closest. Feedback/suggestions on this are welcome of course.
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| ehh.. ill get better in the future.. on the connectors.. |
| Originally Posted by meta03 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I made a set of DIY senn. high-end cables for my 580's, from the original connectors . . . without cutting them open and without adding an extra splice joint on to the cable. The came out real nice, however this takes real patience and care to get right. This is what I did: 01. using a small vice i gripped one of the connectors upright with the cable hanging towards the floor 02. i used small, long nose pliers to grip one of the pins 03. i slowly heated the pin i was holding, pulling driectly up on the pin with the connectors 04. the connector plastic softened just enough to pull the pin out, with the wire still attached 05. the original senn. wire was desoldered from the pin 06. steps 2-5 repeat for the second pin of the connector 07. the original senn. cable is removes from the connector 08. close fit adhesive lined inside heat shrink was thread onto the new cabling 09. each of the two wires was thread into it's respective hole in the senn. connector 10. the pins were soldered onto their respective wires of the new cable 11. a small amount of super glue was placed on the lower half of the pin 12. using larger long nose pliers the the pins were fitted back into the connectors 13. the adhesive heat shrink was slid over the strain relief and the upper part of the new cable, and a micro blowtorch was used to seal everything up The end result is a very professional looking job . . . you can't tell the difference. A limitation is the strain relief in terms of the cable diameter you can use. It fits relatively small cables . . . i had to cut away the senn. strain relief to use my favourite belden cable (my favourite signal cable period) in place of the original senn. cable. I am presently working on a fix for this. Hope this helps anyone else trying this mod. |
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| Originally Posted by meta03 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I made a set of DIY senn. high-end cables for my 580's, from the original connectors . . . without cutting them open and without adding an extra splice joint on to the cable. The came out real nice, however this takes real patience and care to get right. This is what I did: 01. using a small vice i gripped one of the connectors upright with the cable hanging towards the floor 02. i used small, long nose pliers to grip one of the pins 03. i slowly heated the pin i was holding, pulling driectly up on the pin with the pliers 04. the connector plastic softened just enough to pull the pin out, with the wire still attached 05. the original senn. wire was desoldered from the pin 06. steps 2-5 repeat for the second pin of the connector 07. the original senn. cable was removed from the connector 08. close fit adhesive lined inside, heat shrink was thread onto the new cabling 09. each of the two wires was thread into it's respective hole in the senn. connector 10. the pins were soldered onto their respective wires of the new cable 11. a small amount of super glue was placed on the lower half of the pin 12. using larger long nose pliers the the pins were fitted back into the connectors 13. the adhesive heat shrink was slid over the strain relief and the upper part of the new cable, and a micro blowtorch was used to seal everything up The end result is a very professional looking job . . . you can't tell the difference. A limitation is the strain relief in terms of the cable diameter you can use. It fits relatively small cables . . . i had to cut away the senn. strain relief to use my favourite belden cable (my favourite signal cable period) in place of the original senn. cable. I am presently working on a fix for this. Hope this helps anyone else trying this mod. |
