TheGiantHogweed
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Ever since having the MKIII K550s, it's making me dislike the fixed cable of all my other headphones, especially my original K550s. I'm thinking of buying this soon:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEUTRIK-...045677&hash=item547b6e4e22:g:KkUAAOSwi7xd8l81
Neutrik make very good connectors and have made several custom length 3.5mm cables with their rean series plugs. I used to own the K702s but didn't like them because of their cheap build and poor reliability, but i miss their XLR connector. I now have the Beyerdynamic DT880 premium as my desktop headphones, but have a spare 3.5mm to XLR cable that I never use now.
As my original K550s are well out of warrenty now, I think I will buy this connector and fix it in place.
Looking inside the MKIII K550s below, It does actually look quite simple to put this sort of connector in place. I do wonder why it looks like they had some messy fingers when wiring these up though!
These are the original K550s. Looks like it is simply this cable grip holding the cable in place. I think that carefully drilling a hole that is just about big enough for the XLR connector will do the job if it has a nut to tighten it. Then it can be sealed with hot melt glue. I just hope there will be enough room to solder it to the wires.
Has anyone done this before to these headphones?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEUTRIK-...045677&hash=item547b6e4e22:g:KkUAAOSwi7xd8l81
Neutrik make very good connectors and have made several custom length 3.5mm cables with their rean series plugs. I used to own the K702s but didn't like them because of their cheap build and poor reliability, but i miss their XLR connector. I now have the Beyerdynamic DT880 premium as my desktop headphones, but have a spare 3.5mm to XLR cable that I never use now.
As my original K550s are well out of warrenty now, I think I will buy this connector and fix it in place.
Looking inside the MKIII K550s below, It does actually look quite simple to put this sort of connector in place. I do wonder why it looks like they had some messy fingers when wiring these up though!
These are the original K550s. Looks like it is simply this cable grip holding the cable in place. I think that carefully drilling a hole that is just about big enough for the XLR connector will do the job if it has a nut to tighten it. Then it can be sealed with hot melt glue. I just hope there will be enough room to solder it to the wires.
Has anyone done this before to these headphones?