My Neutrified Denkoed AKG K81

[qguy]

This is the fist time I upgraded a headphone, I did some repair work on some cheap headphones which I burned the driver, so cutting the wires on a perfectly working  headphones with barely a hunded hours on them was a bit scary. I kept saying to myself its only 3700 pesos, its only 3700 pesos as I cut the wires from the driver, after that there was no turning back as I go to the bathroom to change my underwear.

I can not comment on the sound as I use the HP at the office and brought it home for the upgrade.  I tested the HP on my kids player and the HP is easier to use as its no longer has 4 feet of extra cabling and the cable is a wee bit stiffer than the older one so its less likely to get tangled, that in itself is worth the cost/risk  of the upgrade and if the SQ improves thats just icing on the cake.

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I added this info October 12
Listening Impression after three hours. 

What I noticed immediately was the mid bass response, the sound was thicker.  I reckon the resolution was a bit higher as I could hear some high frequency detail that I could not hear before. Not sure if this  frequency band was enhanced or that the mid bass was cleaner allowing these details to be heard.
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Here are photos of the finished work.




Original connector on left,  Neutrik on Right



Original cable on left,  Neutrik on Right

[ardeeon]

sweet job bro 
 
gawd, i'm starting to get jealous to those people who can do DIY haha

[Collie]

[qguy]

Thanks .

You can practice, CDR King almost has all the supplies that you need.  cheap headphones from 60 php , soldering iron  and the thing that sucks the solder  and cheap cables to practice on.  One thing to remember is  when cutting the wires  is to do it one at a time so that the other end of the wire will absorb the heat preventing the voice coil l from burning.

sweet job bro 
 
gawd, i'm starting to get jealous to those people who can do DIY haha

[sese]

Congrats bro! Nice looking k81 on denko and neutrik angled plug.
3 converts of stock cable k81/518 to denko, 1 more on the wait. But only the 2 of us so far are on neutrik angled. 

Thanks for sharing the angled plug, bro qguy!



But of course, impressions on the a/b cable please.

[qguy]

Thanks.  I see you changed yours from the Rean to the angled plugs.  I was about to use the Rean plugs but the Neutrik just looks really nice.  I did changed my sons  JBL 410 to the Silver Reans as his plugs was hanging by a thread 

Thanks for sharing the angled plug, bro qguy!


But of course, impressions on the a/b cable please.

[d(pedr0rdep)b]

^nice job sir

where did you buy your materials (cables, plugs, and shrink tube)? and how much did they cost? TY

[sese]

Thanks.  I see you changed yours from the Rean to the angled plugs.  I was about to use the Rean plugs but the Neutrik just looks really nice.  I did changed my sons  JBL 410 to the Silver Reans as his plugs was hanging by a thread 

The silver cap rean with gold tip was real pretty on Akie. But for convenience purposes, I opted for the angled Neutrik.

[qguy]

thanks

Plugs - Audiophile, Call first before going as it seems that the angled plugs is rarer than hens teeth 
Heat shrink tubes-  Ace
Cables - c/o off Sese. I think  blackwing sells this too
 

^nice job sir

where did you buy your materials (cables, plugs, and shrink tube)? and how much did they cost? TY

[ardeeon]

where did you bought the cable sleeves bro sese? they look sexy

[Maniacal71]

Very nice job overall, It adds an audiophile charm to it.

[JoLo]

So is it way darker from the stock? I'm havin a hard time choosing between denko or some other cable

[edsamac]

Reading things like this tempts me to "denko-ify" my 242s, hehe.   Around how much would a mod like this cost on average?

[Anubis]

Super tempting! I think I should start learning to DIY so I can post awesome stuff like this!

[qguy]

Listening Impression after three hours.

What I noticed immediately was the mid bass response, the sound was thicker.  I reckon the resolution was a bit higher as I could hear some high frequency detail that I could not hear before. Not sure if this  frequency band was enhanced or that the mid bass was cleaner allowing these details to be heard.