Good replacement cable for AKG K240 (600 Ohm) Monitors?

[filmis]

I have an original, made in Austria pair of AKG K240 Monitors (not bragging, it's actually relevant to my question). They are great and work perfectly and I love them except the plastic cable covering at the jack end is coming apart, and it's a damn ugly cable overall.

I'm thinking it's high time to replace it, preferably with something that has one of those screw-in 3.5mm-to-6.35mm adapters.

Any suggestions? My biggest concern, and reason for posting here for advice, is because I want a replacement cable that has some kind of plastic stopper at the headphone end, so in case it gets accidentally pulled, it won't cause damage to the speaker connections.

 

[RamblinE]

Call AKG support and ask for their parts department. Their office is in Northeidge California. I’ve gotten elastics for headbands, earpads and cables for repairs.

 

[musichal]

I put this on mine and it is a high-quality cable, with screw-on adaptor and strain relief. The braided covering provides a quality tactile feel, also. And, it's on sale right now for only $13 in a 1.2m length (other lengths available), I paid more, and don't regret it at all. I highly recommend it, for both quality and value, especially at this price.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KALQQJI/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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[RamblinE]

I put this on mine and it is a high-quality cable, with screw-on adaptor and strain relief. The braided covering provides a quality tactile feel, also. And, it's on sale right now for only $13 in a 1.2m length (other lengths available), I paid more, and don't regret it at all. I highly recommend it, for both quality and value, especially at this price.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KALQQJI/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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It’d be nice if that was all that was required. I use this cable with my Q701 and it’s great. However, the old 600ohm K240s have nonremovable cables.

 

[musichal]

It’d be nice if that was all that was required. I use this cable with my Q701 and it’s great. However, the old 600ohm K240s have nonremovable cables.

Ah, old ones. I missed that. Didn't miss them at the time though - had a pair of the old ones way back when which I bought new, of course. Loved 'em. Sound great, and so comfortable.

 

[wyceeric]

Don't know what the inside of that ear cup looks like, but if you mod it with a socket, you can do whatever you want with the cord and plug arrangement. Might not hurt to poke around Parts Express or other such websites to see if something jumps out. I used part # 090-317, but not on the same brand/model cans, so YMMV.

 

[boza]

If the part of the cable that comes from the ear cup is ok you could fit something like this

 

[filmis]

If the part of the cable that comes from the ear cup is ok you could fit something like this

I see, so you cut the cable and attached a female 3.5mm jack to it?

 

[boza]

I see, so you cut the cable and attached a female 3.5mm jack to it?

Yes it was very easy to do and now I can use any length of cable I need.

 

[RamblinE]

If the part of the cable that comes from the ear cup is ok you could fit something like this

I see, so you cut the cable and attached a female 3.5mm jack to it?

I watch a YouTube reviewer from India who does this with a lot of his vintage headphones. And all his AKGs. I've taken a peak inside of the earcups at how tight the space is and how tightly the wires are folding in there. I'd much rather splice in a female 3.5mm then recable. This is a good idea.

 

[filmis]

I watch a YouTube reviewer from India who does this with a lot of his vintage headphones. And all his AKGs. I've taken a peak inside of the earcups at how tight the space is and how tightly the wires are folding in there. I'd much rather splice in a female 3.5mm then recable. This is a good idea.

Yeah, I think it's an elegant idea. Besides, if I ever need to change the cable again, I can do so without having to resolder anything.

 

[wyceeric]

Based on what I can tell about the internal architecture of AKG, it looks like boza's solution is the perfect one for this circumstance. In a can with a little more room, I would go the route I did because I like the nice clean look, but if you don't have the space it rather limits your options.

 

[transmaster]

I had Blue Jeans Cable build me a set of cables for my AKG 240 Mk II’s. One a stereo 25 feet long, and a mono 15 footer. These are cables they build for recording studios.