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Other Eq: Philips HP-250 (Temporary Retirement), Koss UR20 (for home use), Somic DJ-840 (broken headband fixed with twist ties and cellotape, cracking drivers - why the hell am i still keeping them???)
Arrived!!:
For girlfriend -
* LDM+
* Crossroads MylarOne X3
For 'Toying' -
* Koss KSC-75 - Done toying with it...it is now the Franken PhilKoss!!
its a sunday, im free. and i had nuttin better to do. so i made another mini-rca to test with my headamp (that makes it 3 cables to test!!)
mini is a cheapo plug. the RCA is some cheap china brand "Choseal" supposedly a "Super Pure Copper Connector" as stated on the packaging.
cable is a fake of the Canare L-2T2S. labelled as Canere L2T-2S. yes.. its spelled with an E and the "-" in the model number is in the wrong place just like the original its a 2-core shielded cable.
under the clear heatshrink, the silver cables u see spiralling around the blue and white RCA cable is actually the shield. took me some time to unbraid it. used it as ground on the mini side. but did not terminate it on the RCA side (should i have terminated it?? its a uni-directional cable anyway)
Other Eq: Philips HP-250 (Temporary Retirement), Koss UR20 (for home use), Somic DJ-840 (broken headband fixed with twist ties and cellotape, cracking drivers - why the hell am i still keeping them???)
Arrived!!:
For girlfriend -
* LDM+
* Crossroads MylarOne X3
For 'Toying' -
* Koss KSC-75 - Done toying with it...it is now the Franken PhilKoss!!
under the clear heatshrink, the silver cables u see spiralling around the blue and white RCA cable is actually the shield. took me some time to unbraid it. used it as ground on the mini side. but did not terminate it on the RCA side (should i have terminated it?? its a uni-directional cable anyway)
It won't work unless you terminate the shield at the RCA side as well.
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It won't work unless you terminate the shield at the RCA side as well.
I would like to point that a shield should only be connected at one side, not both! So it was done correctly.
If you connect a shield at both sides there can start flowing current through it and create humm, noise etc.. Always avoid ground loops for that reason!
Maybe you are mistaking with the return lead?
Rgds Hans.
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Actually I think Hevimees is right on that one, with a 2 conductor cable, mADmAN must have used to 2 conductors for signal which leaves the shield to be the ground which needs to be connected on both ends.
Actually I think Hevimees is right on that one, with a 2 conductor cable, mADmAN must have used to 2 conductors for signal which leaves the shield to be the ground which needs to be connected on both ends.
yeah im using 2 conductor cable as signal and the shield as ground. i just tested it and although theres sound...it was horrendous! no bass at all... and the vocals could hardly be heard. think ill go back and terminate the ground and see if theres any difference.
EDIT: one more question...
for the L-4E6S mini-rca i used on the previous page, i used 2 conductors as signal and the other 2 conductors as ground. the shield was left unconnected. should i have connected the shield as well? if yes on which side? source? or both ends?
Other Eq: Philips HP-250 (Temporary Retirement), Koss UR20 (for home use), Somic DJ-840 (broken headband fixed with twist ties and cellotape, cracking drivers - why the hell am i still keeping them???)
Arrived!!:
For girlfriend -
* LDM+
* Crossroads MylarOne X3
For 'Toying' -
* Koss KSC-75 - Done toying with it...it is now the Franken PhilKoss!!
yeah....thats what i did with my other cheapo plugs. only thing is i dont have a drill. had to pass the others to my best friend to do it for me. cant get him to do it now coz he just became a daddy on the 25th so hell be busy with his firstborn.
i mentioned it in stock form. as an FYI kinda thing
would still like to know if these plugs are any good...
REAN/Neutrik NYS233 are way better than those you normally find priced lower. I use them exclusively now because they proved to be quite tough and durable for frequent plug/unplug. I don't have any problem with firment because they are sized accurately for a minis unlike other cheapos which may sometimes bend a little out from factory - that could cause serious damage to the sockets and I learned a sore lesson with my CMOY jacks
Actually I think Hevimees is right on that one, with a 2 conductor cable, mADmAN must have used to 2 conductors for signal which leaves the shield to be the ground which needs to be connected on both ends.
If the shield is used as ground that is undoubtly correct. But I had not understood it as such, (my mistake).
Rgds Hans
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just like the original its a 2-core shielded cable.
- that could cause serious damage to the sockets and I learned a sore lesson with my CMOY jacks
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