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Hey all, I'm going to need the knowledge of the resident audiophiles for this.

I am sick of my headphones coiled cord, to be polite: it pisses me off.



Sennheiser made a great decision in designing this headphone set to be repairable by making certain parts easy to replace. What I want to do is replace the coiled headphone cord with a straight headphone cord.



This is the end of the default cord that plugs into the inside of the set.

Does anybody know of where I can get a straight cord to replace this coiled one? Maybe it comes from a different model or brand? Or maybe its available on some third party site as just a replacement cord?

Last resort would be to desolder that little connector off and onto another cable. I'll need some tips for that.

Thank you for your help!

the only thing you need to do is use a multimeter and check which pin on the stereo jack connector goes to which pin on the multi connector, i would also check the resistance on the cable, i have heard some people (who make their own cable) put in resistors to actually increase the "impedience" of the headphones, to make them sound a little different with amplifiers.

maybe try sennheiser themselves for the cable :)

My HD555s have a replaceable straight 10' Kevlar reinforced cable that has a 1/4" plug on it. I don't know if the replacement comes with the 1/4"-1/8" adapter my phones came with or not. I don't see why you couldn't just order an HD555 cord and either hope the can plug is the same or use the one from your 280s.

Thanks for the tip Frag, I was hoping that I could get something like this from Sennheiser. I don't suppose that you could take your headphones apart and take a picture so I can see if they do in fact match? I know its a lot to ask so its all right if you don't want to.

Thanks for the tip Frag, I was hoping that I could get something like this from Sennheiser. I don't suppose that you could take your headphones apart and take a picture so I can see if they do in fact match?

No need to, Sennheiser shows the plug to be the same on the HD555s as indicted in their pdf replacement instructions:

http://www.sennheiserusa.com/media/productDownloads/otherDownloads/HD595_Changingthecable.pdf

Shouldn't be hard at all. You could probably call or email them just to be sure, but I really don't think it's necessary.

My cable's been pretty durable. It's lasted several times being rolled over by my task chair on a low pile carpet floor. Yeah I know, I'm clumsy sometimes, what can I say. :P