Re-wiring a tonearm with headphone cable.

mattjk · 28th February 2005, 02:08 AM

Anyone try this? I have a broken pair of Sony MDR-EX51LP headphones which I took apart, and the cabling looks really interesting. It is thick and really flexible with a coating like used in magnet wire. The cable is long enough to use in a single run without having to add on to it and have extra connections.

Matt

Hobbit13 · 2nd March 2005, 12:40 PM

Even with companies like AKG and Sennheiser the cable used for there headphones is bad.

I replaced the cable of my AKG k501 with $1.50/m Tasker Miccable and that was a huge inprovement.

So I would say, don't bother!

Just find yourself a offical phonocable, or leave the original one in place.

28th February 2005, 02:08 AM	#1
mattjk diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Huntington Beach, Ca	Re-wiring a tonearm with headphone cable. Anyone try this? I have a broken pair of Sony MDR-EX51LP headphones which I took apart, and the cabling looks really interesting. It is thick and really flexible with a coating like used in magnet wire. The cable is long enough to use in a single run without having to add on to it and have extra connections. Matt

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2nd March 2005, 12:40 PM	#2
Hobbit13 diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: GE	Even with companies like AKG and Sennheiser the cable used for there headphones is bad. I replaced the cable of my AKG k501 with $1.50/m Tasker Miccable and that was a huge inprovement. So I would say, don't bother! Just find yourself a offical phonocable, or leave the original one in place.

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