[joelongwood]

A quick question for the DIY crew, if you please. I'm attempting to add a 1/4 plug to the 4 bare wires of the stock cable of the AKG K1000 headphones. I picked up a 1/4 plug at RS (I know, I know)........but it doesn't tell me where the wires go. There are 3 places to connect the wires......what goes where? I do know which of the cable wires is which (R+L+, R-,L-).
Thanks for any help you can give me.

 

[Sol_Zhen]

A stereo phono plug has three connections. The grounds will share the common ground connection (on the sleeve). The center contact point should be for the tip and that is the left channel. The other contact point is for the ring and that’s the right channel.

 

[joelongwood]

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Originally posted by Sol_Zhen A stereo phono plug has three connections. The grounds will share the common ground connection (on the sleeve). The center contact point should be for the tip and that is the left channel. The other contact point is for the ring and that?s the right channel.

Thanks, Sol...........by "sleeve," do you mean the outermost connector?

 

[Sol_Zhen]

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Originally posted by joelongwood Thanks, Sol...........by "sleeve," do you mean the outermost connector?

The ground is usually the part that has the crimp to add stress relief.

 

[joelongwood]

Thanks, Sol......I think I got it.

 

[Sol_Zhen]

good luck.

Will the amp with the 1/4 output have enough juice for the 1000s? ?

 

[joelongwood]

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Originally posted by Sol_Zhen good luck. Will the amp with the 1/4 output have enough juice for the 1000s? ?

Actually, my purpose in doing this is that I'm interested in seeing if there is a sonic difference using the stock cable, as I already have a custom cable patterned after Orpheus' design, built by aeberbech. I've used both the RKV (fantastic) and the Sugden (very good) so far.
Thanks again for the help.

 

[puppyslugg]

Hi Joe,

Didn't realize you were such a diyer.

 

[JMT]

Ask him about his matchbook mod.

 

[blip]

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Originally posted by JMT Ask him about his matchbook mod.

Okay... I'll bite.

 

[puppyslugg]

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Originally posted by JMT Ask him about his matchbook mod.

Say, what?

What did I miss?

Joe, did you a lawyer or something?

 

[JMT]

May be a while for JL to respond as he visits here infrequently.

 

[joelongwood]

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Originally posted by JMT Ask him about his matchbook mod.

Ah, the famous (infamous) matchbook mod. Only a few people have been privy to this (JMT, Neruda), but it definitely works wonders with an MG Head. It should more accuartely be referred to as the matchbook "fix."
For some reason, which I couldn't find, my MG Head developed a situation that caused the sound out of both headphone jacks to be intermittent if the cable was wiggled. I took it apart, checked all connections, and evrything looked fine.
I found that if I pulled the front metal face plate forward slightly, the sound remained constant. Hence, the idea of wedging a matchbook cover in between the front plate and the chassis.......voila!
So, you see guys, my DIY exploits have gone unnoticed on this site. But now that I have a track record, I hope i get a bit more respect.
One question, though........can I just use a paper clip in place of solder for the 1/4 plug, since they look pretty much the same?

 

[Voodoochile]

Matchbook mod... hmmmm. Got me on the line for sure.

 

[JMT]

Schematics please.