![]() Instructions directed me to an ambiguous perforation accompanied by an image of scissors. The Sennheiser’s packaging was a bit more brusque. Comparatively, a set of TDK ST-700 over-ears ($149) recently arrived in a beautiful box, the ‘phones nestled within a felt lined shell, encased by an outer-cardboard wall, which slips into a larger sleek black box. Regardless, whenever any product comes in the clamshell, I pray for my fingers. Clamshell packaging is used as an anti-theft measure, a safe means of transport for fragile products, and allows for you, the buyer, to see the product prior to purchase. A quick Google search later, and the truth is revealed. My easiest guesses are: security (ie cannot be stolen from stores as easily) and also to reduce packaging costs. My initial thoughts when receiving the HD428s were… He picked up them up as a parting gift from the commemoration of Sennheiser’s 20th Anniversary in the USA. Like the Grado SR125s, the HD 428s arrived via JA. Sennheiser prices these cans at $79, but they can be found on for prices ranging from $45 to $75. Then the Sennheiser HD 428s came into to my life. I always feel awkward playing music lightly through my desktop speakers, barely interrupting everyone else around me. My in-ear headphones hurt after an extended periods of use (that includes 8 hours at a desk) plus, the right channel in my Etymoic ER6s is silent. Listening to music in my cubicle had become near-impossible. I did not want to break them with further use. Even some Grado SR125s that JA brought in for me to borrow were dead in one channel, and the headband on Stereophile’s sample of Monster Beats Studio had a crack down the center. He didn’t understand that my favorite Grado SR60s (More SR60 links: Corey Greenberg’s review and Jim Austin’s review) had a broken earpiece frame rendering themselves un-wearable in stereo. He didn’t care that my Sony MDR-V150s distorted at high volumes and always pinched out a chunk of hair from my balding scalp after I took them off. I was getting my drummer involved, but he didn’t care. I don't think it would be a bad idea to use the horn method, go until you run out of cord, and then cinch it tight using a twist tie, zip tie, whatever.“Nothing, I guess. However, I still think the last steps are a mistake, specifically coiling the cord (around itself) and cinching it against itself. I've heard of using string, but that seems like it would take too long.Įdit: I believe jayknow05 rightly pointed out that the beginning steps of twisting the cord around the horn of your fingers accomplishes exactly the same thing as over-under. ![]() "Something" usually means a twist tie I took from my grocery store's produce section, or maybe the ties that get shipped with electronics packaging. I'm still waiting to hear a better option, but my method is to do over-under, with a little practice you can do it just about as quickly as any other method, and then take "something" and wrap it around the cord, either by squeezing the loosely wrapped cord together and securing it around the center, sort of like an oval, or leaving it as a loose circle. If you've ever had one side of a cheap pair of headphones go out, you know what I'm talking about. People seem to always have a new method for wrapping headphone cords, but the problem with most "self-wrapping" methods is that they wrap the cord too tight (so that it won't come loose and get tangled), which causes damage over time to the headphone cords.
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