he makes cables, i'm powerless against him

he makes cables, i'm powerless against him

You could put a note on your Web site saying SAA umbilicals have been determined to sap the vital juices from BHSE electrons and usage will thus void all HeadAmp warranties.

he makes cables, i'm powerless against him

I wonder if he's assuming the cables are straight-through, or requires a customer to provide their umbilical.

he makes cables, i'm powerless against him

Actually not. You can switch to the military amphenol connectors. You can

order them with a proprietary rotary angle offset. (i think you have to buy

only 25 sets). Then no one will be able to buy the connectors, and then they

can't make stupid ass cables.

In any case, use an aftermarket cable and void the warranty.

justin, you had your own upgraded version of the cord too, though, right? Think I read that somewhere around here.

C'mon, this is ridiculous, void the warranty for using another umbilical cable?

Is the HeadAmp official umbilical cable some kind of magic cable that can't be replaced?

What, use something else and the amp will crap out?

I was joking.

We have seen some of the magic cables produced by some of the whacked out

cable manufacturers. One of which fills their cable with conductive crap. With

800 volts inside the cable, stuff like this is probably not a good idea.

Neither is accidentally wiring the cable wrong and getting one of the high voltage

lines switched with a low voltage line. Instant and very serious kaboom.

You think these people are actually going to test their cables ??

Are they going to get a real cable to copy from... The filament lines are different

sized wires from the high voltage lines. Will they know. Would they even care?

Edited September 5, 200917 yr by kevin gilmore

Hey, some of us don't know much about DIY electronics, we rely on you guys to tell us this stuff.

I agree it's doubtful that SAA have actually tested their umbilical on a BHSE. But they know what the connectors are, maybe from checking out the amp at a meet.

Hey, some of us don't know much about DIY electronics, we rely on you guys to tell us this stuff.

I agree it's doubtful that SAA have actually tested their umbilical on a BHSE. But they know what the connectors are, maybe from checking out the amp at a meet.

Maybe by rubbing their genre differentiation attributes over the PC monitor? Come on, there's little way they can know which wires/pins carry low voltage or high one by just looking at the amp at a meet

They asked me by email what connectors I was using and that was our only contact on it. This was before a BHSE had shipped

They asked me by email what connectors I was using and that was our only contact on it. This was before a BHSE had shipped

Did they even ask if it was a straight though connection?

just checked, to be fair, he said they were approached by someone who had ordered a BHSE to make the cable.

And that someone had received the BHSE and knew with certainty how are the voltages inside? still

I would certainly make it quite clear that using an after market umbilical would void the warranty. I'm not saying that the stock unit can't be improved upon (twisted filament wires could lower the already inaudible hum a bit) but I simply wouldn't trust these idiots to do it.

I would say that if an aftermarket cable is used, and is not correctly made, then you will not be held responsible for any damage that may result.

If the cable doesn't fail on first use but does later on then Justin will likely be blamed. The magic cable can't be to blame...?

I do remeber somebody from SAA talking about these cables a long time ago and I called them on their shit. They promptly invited me to a NY meet to audition cables... Do they even know what the stock cable is made of?

If the cable doesn't fail on first use but does later on then Justin will likely be blamed.

And that's exactly why I think he should state something.

Yup and also offer a delux cable which just has some fancy nylon on it at 200$ extra.

Do they even know what the stock cable is made of?

Doesn't matter, aftermarket automatically equals better to these people.

True. For what it's worth the stock cable is made by Belden ...

geez, I wonder if the guy would sell the stock cable to me Can't be worth more than $50 or so I figure wink, wink, nudge, nudge..

geez, I wonder if the guy would sell the stock cable to me Can't be worth more than $50 or so I figure wink, wink, nudge, nudge..

Put a thread up about recycling your worthless old umbilicals. If worded properly you may not only get them free, but get them to kick in the shipping as well.

Tell them they're going to be used to make industrial strength nests for Spotted Grey Owls.

he makes cables, i'm powerless against him

Post something on your website and include a note with every BHSE shipped out saying that the SAA cable voids the warranty. Should take care of any idiots actually buying it from those idiots.

LOL @ "...powerless..."

LOL @ "...powerless..."

Good eye, I didn't catch the pun.