Sennheiser HD800s cable build
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Had the Mainline hooked to the 650’s and was happy with the bass (some complain that the Mainline is bass weak). Thought about that as I usually listen with the 800’s. Realized that I was using a stock cable with the 800’s.
So... Sir Halo and I traded services for the last 12 feet of the cloth techflex leftovers and I bought the Furutech 800 ends and 1/4 plug.
High heat is the trick on the Furutech 1/4 end and pre-tin the microfrickinscopic 800 end pins. Breaking in now but it’s better by a long shot. WTF with stock cables?!
The microfrickinscopic end compared to an rca end that was laying around. This was the easy end!
So... Sir Halo and I traded services for the last 12 feet of the cloth techflex leftovers and I bought the Furutech 800 ends and 1/4 plug.
High heat is the trick on the Furutech 1/4 end and pre-tin the microfrickinscopic 800 end pins. Breaking in now but it’s better by a long shot. WTF with stock cables?!
The microfrickinscopic end compared to an rca end that was laying around. This was the easy end!
Aaron
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Nice work, Aaron. Mildly envious of your stable of headphones and related gear.Jay
SDA 2BTL * Musical Fidelity A5cr amp * Oppo BDP-93 * Modded Adcom GDA-600 DAC * Rythmik F8 (x2)
Micro Seiki DQ-50 * Hagerman Cornet 2 Phono * A hodgepodge of cabling * Belkin PF60
Preamp rotation: Krell KSL (SCompRacer recapped) * Manley Shrimp * PS Audio 5.0 -
Those look really sweet! Glad they are an improvement over the stock cables.
Is anything you own still "stock?"
Audio: Polk S15 * Polk S35 * Polk S10 * SVS SB-1000 Pro
HT: Samsung QN90B * Marantz NR1510 * Panasonic DMP-BDT220 * Roku Ultra LT * APC H10
