still, a really, really good idea!!!!!
I'm soon to own some a61s, and you guys can be DAMN SURE that they will be cut, hacked, burnt, bruised, burried, reborn...whatever it takes to at least get a 3' active cable between the mic bodies and the caps.
the a61 seems to be the key here. If we can get longer runs, great..but I bet there is a limit since there is no "active" circuitry involved in the swivels to push the signal down a length of cable.
Being able to run a 3' extention cable for 480s would be HUGE !
hows this...building on both ideas.
gut the 480bodies.
mount both PCBs into one enclosure
use a single cable out of this (5pin or something) that forks out to the two individual a61 ends where the capsules go.
I'd be more than happy to velcro that shit to my stand, or run it in my pocket when low key.
for true stealth, a 3' cable is really all you need any way. no more lc3 belts!