[wwmhf]

Please see:

http://www.erji.net/read.php?tid=96321&fpage=1

This might be a better way to replace the cable from the point of view getting a better sound because it avoids one connection between the amp and the driver. Its limitation is the inconvenience of exchanging the cable if we want to do it later.

Interesting idea.

 

[pabbi1]

Babelfish, anyone?

Just hard to make that kind of committment.

 

[palchiu]

Poor wires to the 650.

 

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[eweitzman]

Snag that cable once and it's game over, baby!

 

[chillysalsa]

Holy flippin' crap.

Why would someone want to solder such a garbage wire onto those?

My only guess is that they wanted the in-line volume control - is that what that is?

Man! That's like... taking off the 17" magnesium rims that come on a sports car, and putting 13" steel rims with those chrome-plated plastic hubcaps that keep spinning on instead.

 

[chillysalsa]

Oh.. it gets better on pg. 2, they connect it to a POS mp3 player that couldn't possibly drive the headphones well anyway.

So at least they won't have a clue how crappy that wire is sounding, because it's going to sound crappy regardless.

 

[eweitzman]

There seems to be some debate about the reasons for using this cable. It's very cold outside where this person lives ... at least that's the impression I get trying to read it via google's translation.

 

[Nak Man]

Imo one of the biggest advantage of senn plugs is being able to swap cables easily. Although direct connect would give best transfer, but this one is just too aaaarRRrggggh .... to put it mildly.

 

[bg4533]

I imagine this voids the warranty too.

More bad then good about it I think. Ill pass...

 

[Magsy]

I was actually going to to this to mine, if I had of had some cable it would be done!

I don't see it as a really bad thing to do. When was the last time you need to unplug your headphones from their cables? Also if you have $200-400 headphones you tend to treat them with some care, so cable tugging issues shouldn't be a problem.

Quite why he has used that awful cable though I don't know..

 

[eweitzman]

If you don't use the loop of plastic that goes around the bottom of each cup, you have access to four nice holes to run a knotted or beaded cable through. No problem with pulling out the wires. I wonder if they're cosmetic or have some influence on resonance or something.

 

[Nak Man]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Magsy Also if you have $200-400 headphones you tend to treat them with some care, so cable tugging issues shouldn't be a problem.

Well, there's this little thing called 'accident'.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Magsy Quite why he has used that awful cable though I don't know..

That was what the aaarrRRgghhh for ... I wouldn't really mind had he soldered stock cable straight to the posts.