My beloved T50rp had the jack go a little wonky on me so I ordered some mini XLR female connectors because I know many people have done this mod I figured I could as well. I purchased helping hand’s and a nice budget soldering iron; though it’s still in pieces because I can’t make sense of how it should be wired. On top of that they are NOT easy to solder that tiny, but that’s just a skill issue. Is there some kind of guide showing how to wire these headphones to a female connector? I’m certain it will come down to the standard used by the wire, but I don’t know how to figure out what should be where. I have a multimeter and could figure out what pin goes where, but I don’t know which is which. I’ve considered messaging Ryan from Modhouse but not certain if that’s best practice because I know he is very busy. I’ve also thought about messaging Hart audio cables for insight, but again… they’re running a business and while I know both companies, first hand to have excellent customer support; I figured I would try and get help elsewhere first.
Are you saying you want to cut the connector off the end of the cable that connects to the amp?
That connector would be male but you said you bought a female xlr. Is this to use with the Hart cabling system?
From Hart’s site the T50rp (non 50th anniversary) uses standard 3.5" (single ended) connectors. Are you trying to do the balanced mod?
I’m trying to rewire the female connector inside the headphone so it’s balanced, yes I’m doing the balanced mod. I just need some kind of standard I can go off to wire the headphone and then stick to that for the cable. I can easily order a new cable but I’m just stumped as to how to wire the headphones internally.
This looks to be a bigger project than just replacing the connector.
Here’s a video that shows someone doing the whole mod:
T50rp Balance Mod
(Original post - Ignore this!) I’ll also note that once you do the balanced mod you can no longer use a single-ended cable. You must use a balanced cable to a balanced amp connection (no adapters).
Edit: Connecting a balanced headphone connector to single-ended amp connector is ok, with the appropriate cable or adapter.
You can’t connect single-ended headphones to a balanced amp connection, as this would short the two ground pins of the balanced amp output.