Operation Dark Matter

We have been working on a new range of cables with a few improvements. Firstly we will be using a cotton cover rather than nylon and more excitingly we will be coating our Litz wire in graphene to add shielding without adding too much weight. We have made a few test cables by hand coating the wire but are now putting the finishing touches on a machine to coat it an anneal it automatically.

Here is a look at one of our test cables.
It is a balanced Audeze LCD cable with our new graphene coated ( dark matter ) wire.

4.4mm balanced Sennheiser HD650 cable

It looks like 4.4mm TRRRS balanced jacks are becoming more common now. They are good for us as they fit out fat cables much better than most 2.5mm balanced jacks.

I’m back – and knocking out a lot of headphones over the next couple of months

After a long break while I have been studying product design, I am back in the spraybooth and making some fancy headphones.

Here are some of the more interesting sennheiser HD25s we have done recently

Engine cover phase 3

filling in the background

Here I have hit it up with some mazda 29Y to match the rest of the car

on second thoughts – black is better

Engine cover Phase 2

I have now gone back in and added a bit more light, shade and detail

Airbrushing an engine cover for the CanMobile ;)

Phase one the design. I wanted to make something like Gem from tron with a rotary  backpack

Next a bit of masking and spraying

Phase one complete – time to spray it with a mid coat so I can have a certain amount of “undo” when I put in some more detail

HD 25 headphone connection Mod

The Sennhesier HD 25 Headphones are legendary, having been around for over 25 years, they have been the headphone of choice for DJ’s and and recording professionals all round the world, and in all areas of the industry, this universal adoption has been down to there mix of fantastic audio quality/sound isolation, and there rugged reliability.

However this is not to say they we at custom cans do not see them back for repair from time to time, and as such we are always looking at mods and adjustment’s to improve the reliability of these fantastic headphones.

One of the most common issues we are being asked to fix is a loose or poor connection to the drivers, this tends to show as loosing audio in one ear, that can sometimes be fixed by wiggle of the cable, and is often caused by a bit of corrosion or dirt, between the connector and the spring in the socket that it connects to.

we have in the past produced a video on our you tube page showing how to cleanup and adjust these springs to try and improve these issues, but we have come up with a better solution.

As of today we have Replacement Gold Springs available to replace the stock ones that sennheiser supply as standard, the replacements will not corrode the same as the original ones, and as a side effect should also offer a better connection to the driver itself.

HD 25 Driver with replacement gold springs fitted

They will also fit the the HD600 and HD650 and all Sennheiser series of headphones that use the two pin spade connector.

Original & Gold Spring Comparison

they are available in pairs fro just £5 plus postage but they can be a bit tricky to fit, so if you are having an issue with your headphones we can also fit them for you, email us for details of out fitting and repair services.