DIY Cable Gallery!! - Page 117 - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

PsychoZX · 10-29-2005, 04:14 PM

My first DIY project. I recabled my HD-555s. I used 24 gauge silver plated copper for the ground and 26 gauge silver plated copper for the left and right. I'm pretty happy with the way it came out. And yes I did it the hard way (through the headband and to the other earcup bypassing the pcb).

The Monkey · 10-31-2005, 05:10 AM

Well, I'm not pleased with the overall final result of this one, but it was worth a shot.

- Silver-plated stranded copper, teflon coated, red, white, and blue in a 4-way litz braid, 1/8" white techflex covered by 1/4" carbon techflex, Switchcraft RAs.

As you can see, I had some problems with the flex bunching up at the heatshrink. Sounds fine, though. I like the way the color looks. The photo doesn't quite do it justice.

Sduibek · 11-01-2005, 02:43 AM

Originally Posted by The Monkey

Well, I'm not pleased with the overall final result of this one, but it was worth a shot.

- Silver-plated stranded copper, teflon coated, red, white, and blue in a 4-way litz braid, 1/8" white techflex covered by 1/4" carbon techflex, Switchcraft RAs.

As you can see, I had some problems with the flex bunching up at the heatshrink. Sounds fine, though. I like the way the color looks. The photo doesn't quite do it justice.

Really? I quite like it.

Oink1 · 11-01-2005, 11:10 PM

My latest creation... (In readiness for my HybridHead)

MK Toughplug, Ebay cable (Shielded), Generic IEC plug - Shield earthed at plug, all conductors tinned with silver bearing solder, Plugs 'modded' to accept cable

Not to shabby for under a tenner

[AK]Zip · 11-02-2005, 06:20 AM

Originally Posted by Oink1

My latest creation... (In readiness for my HybridHead)

MK Toughplug, Ebay cable (Shielded), Generic IEC plug - Shield earthed at plug, all conductors tinned with silver bearing solder, Plugs 'modded' to accept cable Not to shabby for under a tenner

WOW that looks like a really short power cable. Came out really nicely though.

-Alex-

Oink1 · 11-03-2005, 12:38 AM

Originally Posted by [AK]Zip

WOW that looks like a really short power cable. Came out really nicely though.

-Alex-

Thanks

It's 1m long - enough for my needs

MattinSTL · 11-03-2005, 03:07 PM

Hey guys I just wanted to say thanks for this thread. This is the reason I signed up at this forum... just so I could say thanks for the pictures and information. I'll add some pics after I finish my first set.

grawk · 11-03-2005, 05:01 PM

Welcome to HeadFi, mattinstl, sorry about your wallet. I replied to your questions in PM, as this is a topic for displaying your work, not a discussion topic.

[AK]Zip · 11-04-2005, 07:17 AM

Today I put this mini to RCA cable togeather.

-Alex-

Owen Bartley · 11-04-2005, 08:59 PM

Well, first post, and first cable. But let me say thanks to all of the fantastic cable builders in here for the inspiration. This thread really made me want to do my own cables, and although I tackled a bit of an odd project for my first one, I'm sure once I track down and eliminate the problem I'll be very happy. My project was to include a Behringer Feedback Destroyer in my home theatre as a parametric EQ for my sub. Going from unbalanced to balanced and back again is proving difficult, but will be rewarding to finish up properly

I built one short RCA to XLR to go from my Denon receiver to the BFD, and a longer XLR to RCA to go from the BFD to the amp in my sub. I used Zaolla connectors all around, shielded mic cable, and white then clear techflex to add the shimmery effect.

The pics aren't great, but I was in a hurry to get them into my system and test. Now the only problem is although they do pass the signal, I have a wicked ground loop hum in the system. I'm going to try to track it down this weekend, but if anyone has done a balanced to unbalanced cable and had a similar problem I'd appreciate any advice.

Edit: Hum was fixed by adding a cheater plug to the BFD.