Presenting the
joneeboi Cotton Dock
Recently, I've been noticing some clipping on my portable rig as I'm walking around the university enjoying my music. At first I thought one of my cables was being bent too hard and ruining the signal but that didn't end up being the problem. I only heard the clipping while walking with my fanny pack (yeah, that's right, A FANNY PACK! I prefer to call it my booty pack, though) zipped up inside my jacket. I suspected the problem was some static being produced on the inside lining of my pouch. Being the cheap guy I am, I tried to DIM.
This is my Qables Zen LOD
I used the legs from a pair of 100% cotton jeans I converted into cut-offs in honour of one of my top two favourite TV shows, Arrested Development.
Cut-offs, booty pack, et al.
Tobias Funke, when will you shed your layers and let your goods flap in the wind?
Felix, my cat, wants to play with the thread.
He delivers a powerful elbow smash into the LOD. Fortunately, it can take his fierce feline power.
Silly cat, this LOD is not for mortals.
I cut strategically so as to reduce work later on.
Yep, right length.
Felix in another glamour shot. So vain. Observe the intensity. I taught him that.
Observe my leet stitching. I hem it so the threads don't fray as badly as on my cut-offs. Who says head-fiers can't sew?
A hem. Your attention please. Muaha. (pun definitely intended)
I add another layer of electricity absorbing power.
The cotton is wrapped around the LOD and stitch some more to cover the cable completely.
Some of that wrap-around strategy. Wewt.
My finished product. Voila.
Some more leetness.
How do you like your pwnage? Would you like it with some leet-sauce?
FINAL RESULT:
The experiment is controlled in that I put my rig in my booty pack inside the same jacket I wear when experiencing the static. Walking a few laps around my house confirms that the joneeboi Cotton Dock is a complete failure. I still hear the crackling and now I'm out a thumb and some thread.
Anyways, thanks for reading about my misery. This is the worst day of my life. Anyone have any ideas as to how to prevent the crackly?