Elegia is currently surprisingly good off my phone. Still miles below my desktop setup, but shit I didn’t expect real portability w/o a dac/amp. Also I’m liking my iFi nano bl less and less…
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Yeah it’s not really super picky on what it likes, but in exchange it doesn’t scale as high as like a clear, but the clear sounds pretty bad off a phone
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Yeah, it’s a pair of K551s. I was thinking of doing a detachable cable mod, however, I decided I’ll just skip the detachable part and just solder a new cable to the internal contact points. This gives me the advantage of not having some awkward connector sticking out, asking to be broken if I’d pull it awkwardly by accident.
Or, perhaps, I’ll make something that lets me disconnect the cable internally to solve the problem of worn cables and the problem of broken connectors.
And yes, I was thinking of doing a mini-XLR mod to improve the broken connector problem, but I’m not sure whether the connector will fit or not. If anyone’s crammed it in there (or in other K55x models), let me know how it went.
Guess this is true, in that case most wire works just fine, shouldn’t be too hard, here is some solid wire
https://www.redco.com/Mogami-W2893-Miniature-Quad-Microphone-Cable.html
Also this guide is solid if you wanted to do a detach
The k551 mk2 uses a 3 pin xlr iirc but they did change the shape of the body to do so
Hmm since I missed the elegia sale maybe that $1100 cad clear is money better spent… seems like a leap into the focal cans but I’m fairly certain I’ll like them
At 1.1k cad you should be able to sell it with little loss if needed, so it would be most likely pretty safe imo
You make a good point lol. I’d be leapfrogging the 500-1000 cad tier which I’m kind of okay with and arguably already did with the z7 I guess.
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Yeah if you can, it’s def worth a try for sure, very impressive headphones. The asgard 3 should be able to get it there, but in the future if you go up in amps and dacs you will be greatly rewarded
Nice. I think I’ll pull the trigger if they’re still available. 
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