chuckempire Posted November 23, 2004 Report Share Posted November 23, 2004 Hey all, I just bought some Sennheiser HS497s, these head phones come with a detachable cord which can be bought as a spare part. It doesn't seem like it would be too hard to make a short cord out of a regular cord, especially since there isn't so much risk involved. Has anybody else performed this kind of operation? --Chuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffS Posted November 23, 2004 Report Share Posted November 23, 2004 check out www.headfi.org head over to the DIY section, and you'll find lots of great info on this and similar tweaks. In short, it's been done, and you can create much higher quality cord than shipped with the phones. Then it's all a matter of opinion as to whether you can hear the difference between stock, and you're home made super high grade custom job :grin: Seriously though, building your own interconnects (which is pretty much what this is) is easy, and you'll be suprised at the increase in quality you can get. I don't have these phones, so I can't speak as to the stock cord that came with them. I'm just a tinkerer who never turns down a chance to disassemble things in my house. -Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeriyn Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 I've done it. :grin: Shortened the cord of several pairs of inexpensive earbuds as well as put resistors inline with the wires to raise impedance, to prevent my brothers from destroying their hearing prematurely. :laugh: I'm planning on making my own P to S converter cable as well. Audio DIY is addictive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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