Thanks for the info guys, I'll pass it off and see what he says. I had forgot about the K702 having a detachable cable, that's probably why he's considered just going that route, it would certainly make future problems easier to deal with.

Trying to fix a crappy headphone cable as well, and didn't figure it warranted a new thread because it's lame. I Deoxit'd the bits of the driver that needed Deoxiting... again, so the drivers measure what they're supposed to. And the plug solder joints are all good (measure 0 ohms) and the cable wires measure well enough (~2 ohms) except for the + on the right channel which measures anywhere from 20 ohms to 15k, so there must be a break in there somewhere. Anyone know of a good way of figuring out where exactly the break is? I've physically inspected the cable and there is only one small opening/cut on the cable but the wire that is "cut" is measuring fine.

I wasn't really sure where to post this, a friend at work has a set of K701's whose cable has apparently crapped out, can anyone offer any advice on who he might contact to see about getting them recabled at a reasonable price?

Just latching onto this thread - but if your friend can phone international call Russ Andrews. They recable K701's with Kimber stuff. I have a pair with that cabling - and they do it themselves. Phone them on +44 1539 797302 which is John Armer's personal line and mention my name - I'm sure that they will tell you the secret methods of disassembling the beast.

Trying to fix a crappy headphone cable as well, and didn't figure it warranted a new thread because it's lame. I Deoxit'd the bits of the driver that needed Deoxiting... again, so the drivers measure what they're supposed to. And the plug solder joints are all good (measure 0 ohms) and the cable wires measure well enough (~2 ohms) except for the + on the right channel which measures anywhere from 20 ohms to 15k, so there must be a break in there somewhere. Anyone know of a good way of figuring out where exactly the break is? I've physically inspected the cable and there is only one small opening/cut on the cable but the wire that is "cut" is measuring fine.

So I ended up just replacing the whole cable with an actual CAT5 cable since I'm too lazy to braid and heatshrink and sleeve and all that other crap. Terminated with 4 pin Neutrik XLR so I can't even listen to it yet until I make an adapter but it measures fine. 47.6 ohm left channel, 48.1 ohm right channel.

I actually have an amp for that -- if I can find the power supply, we can try it out tomorrow. And I have an adapter, but it's at work, but if you remind me to bring it home (along with the Koss Pro 4AAAAAAAAAAAFonziAAAAAAAAA), you're welcome to look at both/either.

Er, are you going to work tomorrow or are you at work right now (so I know when to remind you)? Or uh... I can like. Now remind you. *reminds*

wut

But yeah, I made the 4 pin XLR to 1/4" adapter so everything should be ready to be plugged in tomorrow. The CAT5 is a bit stiff though, I used solid core and all 8 conductors.

Damn this one driver is trolling me hard. Was fine yesterday but not so much today. The diaphragm measures fine when I take it out of everything, and the brass rings measure fine. I screw almost everything in, everything is fine. I screw in the final screw, it measures ~1 ohm. Something must be in there that is conductive and touching the two brass rings, I can't think of any other reason. But I can't see anything there.

What headphone is this? And the cat-5 cable simply will not do, I'll give you something better than that to use.

Nah it's cool, I'm pretty used to doing things the ghetto way. Just trying to get this dang thing working for an upcoming meet.

Pics of the headphone, Concept CE-H