DIY Cable Gallery!!

[hembergler]

Originally Posted by Owen Bartley

From what I gather, some people have achieved a comparable look using shoelaces. Obviously you would have length limitations with those.

What a great idea. I might have to try that.

Oh... and 1,500th post!

[hoosterw]

I found it time to upgrade my mini to mini.


I think it came out quite good. High performance Switchcrafts, 0.4mm silver cores.

This mini to mini is ultra flexible and heavy duty. For extreme durability by in-/out plugging nickel tip Switchcraft would be advised over a goldplated tip.
But I choose for goldplated performance tips.

Happy listening and don't forget to upgrade!!

Hans

[Lostlamb]

Here are some pics of my re-cabled K501s.

It's 3 wire braided, PTFE, silver plated copper, with a passive shielding. It was a beach to sheath my braided wires through the shielding. It's a bit heavy with the braided tin shielding, but it really feels like quality, with lots of heft in it. Overall, I think I have a bit more bass and the soundstage is a bit more expansive. Terminated with Neutrik connector.

First pic, raw material.


second pic finished product.


Another one...


next project is to re-cable my ATH-FC7, KSC75, and DT880. Fun!

[hembergler]

Looks like a pretty thick cable, is it at all heavy?

[mb3k]

Just finished these 18cm RCA cables tonight.
Techflex Reflex Carbon Fiber Sleeving, HGA IC-3 silver wire braid, LOK Rhodium RCA's, with a touch of Cardas Quadeutectic solder.

[Lostlamb]

Originally Posted by hembergler

Looks like a pretty thick cable, is it at all heavy?

Not that bad at all. It's a bit heavy, but since I'm never hardly more than 2-3ft away from my source it doesn't bother me.

[Jam_Master_J]

Originally Posted by mb3k

Just finished these 18cm RCA cables tonight.
Techflex Reflex Carbon Fiber Sleeving, HGA IC-3 silver wire braid, LOK Rhodium RCA's, with a touch of Cardas Quadeutectic solder.

Snazzy I like that type of techflex.

[rokk]

This is a 'cheapo' DIY cable i made for my mothers system,
It's braided AWG 24 copper wire, in teflon tubing covered with tinplated copper mesh and transparent heatshrink.
Terminated with Neutrik goldplated RCA-plugs.

Total cost for a pair of 0,5m Cables was about $10 since i had alot of material around from old projects.

Far from the best but surely an upgrade from the thin stock cables.

And my own cables for use with my portable headphone amp:



4x 32 AWG silverplated copper cable braided, termination is neutriks.

[cantsleep]

nothing fancy. just ksc75 recabled with grado stock cable. eliminated the Y because it tangles too much..

[mb3k]

Freshly made...
Neutrik mini's with IC-3 pure silver braid:

Bare naked:


There's some heatshrink on the inside of the connector


Sounds great