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Cardas Fat Pipe for AKG K702 / Q701 - 10ft
Exclusive HeadRoom Cardas 'Fat Pipe' replacement cord for AKG headphones. Quick-detach, owner-replaceable design fits the unique AKG K702 and AKG Q701 mini-XLR cord receptacle. Excellent sound quality upgrade clarifies and maximizes the clear acoustic properties and full sonic performance of your beloved AKG cans. Also fits the AKG K271MKii and K240MKii models. 10ft length; Full-size 1/4" stereo plug termination to your audio source.
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Product Features:
- Improves detail resolution and overall sound quality
- Maximize the acoustic performance of your beloved AKG headphone
- Proprietary 'Fat-Pipe' cabling design exclusive to HeadRoom & Cardas
- Limited lifetime warranty against cord defects and workmanship
- 1/4" stereo plug termination. Engineered & manufactured in the USA
What's In The Box:
- (1) Cardas/HeadRoom Fat Pipe Headphone Cord for AKG - 10ft length
Exclusive to HeadRoom, the Cardas Fat Pipe replacement cord for AKG headphones improves your audiophile listening or your money back. Quick-detach, owner-replaceable design fits the unique AKG K702 and AKG Q701 'mini-XLR' cord receptacle. Excellent sound quality upgrade clarifies and maximizes the dynamic acoustic properties, open timbral characteristics, and accurate sonic performance of your beloved AKG cans. Also fits the AKG K271-MKii and K240-MKii models and all in-production AKG headphones with a detachable cord.
The Cardas 'Fat-Pipe' cord geometry is a four-conductor design utilizing a braided shield cable featuring Cardas' own Constant-Q Golden Ratio configuration. It employs oxygen-free pure copper Litz wire with pure teflon dialectrics. Also, since standard single-ended headphone outputs utilize a shared ground at the plug, the beefy Cardas 1/4" plug connector is engineered to minimize any potential signal degradation. We think it offers superior sound versus many of the more expensive "boutique" headphone replacement cords seen elsewhere.
10ft total cable length with unique black color scheme and sweet 'Fat Pipe' logo displayed on our own HeadRoom / Cardas AKG headphone replacement cord with 1/4" stereo plug termination. Our wonderful Cardas 'no-worries' limited lifetime warranty is free with your groovy HeadRoom 'authorized dealer' purchase receipt.
Specifications:
- Cable Type: Headphone Replacement Cable
- Connector Type: 1/4
Average Rating
Posted by Welly Wu from West Orange, NJ on 2013-03-02
Recommend Product: Yes
Pros: Everything sounds much improved
Cons: Expensive
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Posted by twm from NC on 2011-06-12
Recommend Product: Yes
Pros: Improved sound quality, good value
Cons: Excess heat shrink tubing on mini-xlr affects comfort
The one quibble I have with the cable is the length of the heat shrink tubing used on the mini-xlr connector. The tubing stiffens the cable enough that it rubs against my shoulder which is annoying. Shortening the tubing by an inch or so would fix the problem.
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Posted by Alex699 from Sydney, AUSTRALIA on 2011-05-07
Recommend Product: Yes
Pros: Massive improvement in frequency range
Cons: heavy
On the down side allow for at least 40 hours + of break-in time, allowing 10-15 minutes every time for the cable to warm up. And another recomended 10-20 minutes of rest for the cable before use. What this means is: because the copper wiring inside is under no tension, unlike almost every other brand on the market. But because of the 'no tension' issuse you get what is called the "Q" mark meaning that the previously unachievable highs and lows now are.
Also this cable being a 'fat pipe' means it's roughly 2.5 times as thick as the standard one that is given with the cans. This also means the cable feels heavy with slight movements, and can also feel a little pull just by standing up with the cans on. But this is in itself a rather small issue that I got used to with in the first 10 minutes of use.
A highly recommended upgrade cable, by one of the world's best cable manufactures.
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