[mclaren20]

Which performs better? Carnere or Grado stock cable. I want to do a wire transpalnt/extension to my Grados, and am wondering if it is worth it. If not, please, give me suggestions on the type of wire.

 

[Budgie]

The Grado cable is nothing special, and is an area worth some experimentation. (my opinion, not neccesarily fact) I have disassembled a pair of 60's with the intent of a cable upgrade and have not got around to buying the cable yet. I will be interested in getting your opinion if you go ahead with the mod.

 

[mclaren20]

Well, im up for it, if i get some good cable recomendations...

 

[Budgie]

Okay Okay!

I finished the project, which for me consisted of removing the stock cable and converting to a single left side wire instead of the damn Y cable. I used a 6 foot "rat shack gold" cable with 1/8 inch stereo plugs. I cut one end off and ran directly into the left earcup and then pushed a small stiff piece of plastic through the headband cover, taped a short piece of two conductor cable on to the plastic and pulled it through. End result is a single sided cable, 5 foot long. (I will take pics, if anyone wants to see them)

As to the sound- I definatly don't hear any loss of sound quality with the rat shack cable and I think the bass is actually tighter sounding now. The mids are unchanged and the treble is clear and extended. Maybe also a bit better. I think that a better cable could offer further refinement, and a star quad configuration would allow a Y cable to be made as an exact replacment, which would be alot less work then what I went through. Also, the original cable would be easy to re-install if the results don't please you.

Other cables to consider are reviewed here-
http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/showt...&threadid=8751