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Dr_Jim
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Sep 26, 2016
Got mine very quickly via DHL/USPS and they're a pretty pleasant surprise - very easy to drive, lightweight, and the blessed things actually fit my swollen head too...
Couple of things I don't like - the fershlingner cable is just too short, the metal cans ring when tapped, and the upper headband resonates way too well right where our cats like to yowl - yeah, they get fed, but it sucks to get woken up to "Yeeee-oooow!" when you're dozing to the music.
Solutions Part 1: (will update as I learn more...)
The cable is a fairly easy replacement - for folks who make their own, the pinout is:
Amp side: Tip to Left channel, Ring to Right channel Sleeve to Common Ground
Left and Right cans: Tip is hot Ring is unused Sleeve is ground
An excellent base for constructing a 3-meter headphone cable is this USB-C cable from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/huc/view.html?ie=UTF8&newItems=C2WJSEKLKPAI55%2C1
Certified for data transfers in the gigabit range, this cable has very low capacitance, extremely low levels of crosstalk, and is pretty insensitive to local RF noise.
I wire using White to Ring (Right) at the amplifier end, Green to Tip (Left), and tie Black and Shield to the Sleeve (Ground) - at the cans, White and Green go to their respective Tips, Black goes to Sleeve, and Shield is left unconnected (floating).
I've temporarily damped the metal headband with a 3" strip of gorilla tape wrapped tightly around the middle which damps the yowling and annoys the cats.
I'll fuss around with trying different damping compounds on the metal cans and post more later.
Jim
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