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Choosing Inexpensive Headphone Cable and Other Possible Modifications

Hi Goners,

A friend of mine agreed to build me a pair of open back headphones. He’s using the same drivers that are found in the Aurora Borealis headphones. I saw a pair that he made for himself and was fairly impressed with the tight construction, weight and comfort. He’s doing me a favor because I’m getting them made for essentially what they’ll cost in parts. The only thing that I can say about his design approach, is that he doesn’t really buy into the expensive cables and tweaks hype the same way I do. Anyway, I’m wanting to provide him with a good quality cable but I don’t want to spend more than around two hundred dollars. Unfortunately, DH Cable doesn’t make headphone cable. Also, I’m interested in any other tweaks or mods that might improve the sound quality. Thanks!

goofyfoot

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soix
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These are excellent cables at a very reasonable price…

https://www.lavricables.com/cables/ultimate-silver-hifiman-sundara-upgrade-cable

You obviously also need a good headphone amp so you need to budget for that too. Of course you have to like the sound of the headphones, which is not a given as it’s very personal, or the rest of this is moot. Getting something cheap isn’t necessarily right.

BTW, I spoke with Patrick Cullen about headphone cables and it wasn’t something he was interested in as it’s too specialized and not worth the effort for him.  Just fyi.  

soix
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Wondering if I can buy off the spool and then terminate the ends myself?

No, you can’t.  Good luck doing whatever you’re looking for. 

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