[ballerificalvin]

hey guys new here
um i recently bought sennheiser 201's for my ipod.
n they're great quality and the sound is AWESOME [if a lil quiet]
but my one problem with em is that the cable is 3m long....
and it gets awfully tangled up when i carry it around school n stuff.
so

any advice on how to keep the rebel cable under control??

 

[feh1325]

cable turtle
velcro straps
cut it off and reterminate

 

[ballerificalvin]

aite im gonna get a cable turtle
but theyre pretty expensive
15 bucks for a piece of rubber?
oh well. which size shud i get for my headphones?? i need about 70 cm of cable,
but i the cable is act. 3m. so shud i get a regular size or what??

 

[Herbal]

You should really reterminate.

Looking at that cable turtle I can see two issues.
1 - Winding your cable up like that put's nasty stresses on the internals of the wire. I suppose if you only did it once then it wouldn't be so bad.

2 - Wrapping it up like that 'can' cause an increase in inductance which will effect your sound most likely for the worse.


Reterminating has the benefit of getting the cable length custom to you and your use and secondly cuts out unneccessary cable which reduces resistance and shortens the signal path, both of which are good things (albeit whether it's noticeable is another discussion).

 

[voxr3m]

If you're comfortable with it, I'd reterminate as well. If you need it longer later on, make/buy an extension.

If you're not comfortable modifying it, just wrap it up with a cable tie.

 

[JLS79]

would you re-terminate with the cable for senn 650's or is it better to buy a shorter cable? any good ideas where to get the shorter cable from?thanks

 

[65535]

If I have too much Cable I cut it and then reterminate and make myself something out of the extras.

 

[mrarroyo]

The "turtle" suggestion made earlier works great for me. Here is a picture (click on the thumbnail to view the full size picture).

 

[LawnGnome]

if you don't want to pay for for the turtle.

Do what I use, and coil your cord into a circle (not too small), then wrap those plastic coil keychain things around it, and cut off the keychain parts. works great, and costs next to nothing, ill see about getting some pics when I take pics of my portable setup.

 

[ballerificalvin]

sounds good lawngnome

ok. reterminating for dummies any1??

 

[Herbal]

The sticky in DIY forums should help.

How to make an interconnect Step by Step