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[hembergler]

For shrink tubing, 1/8" should work pretty well. Either 2:1 or 3:1 should work.

[Gil Schwartzman]

Made two more sets of RCA IC's. I will need them in time, but not yet. I made them mainly just for the practice, and they came out nice. Not sure if I like the white/black & red/black combo, or the white/black & red/red. The red techflex seems a little to orange.

Canare L-2T2S Black & Red
Neutrik RCA Plugs
Techflex

[soloz2]

Originally Posted by hembergler

For shrink tubing, 1/8" should work pretty well. Either 2:1 or 3:1 should work.

I'm talking about the tubing seen here:
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showpo...8&postcount=59
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showpo...5&postcount=60

it looks like a pvc tubing that gives the cable protection and a nice round look and then the sleeving is placed over it.

[hembergler]

Originally Posted by soloz2

I'm talking about the tubing seen here:
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showpo...8&postcount=59
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/showpo...5&postcount=60

it looks like a pvc tubing that gives the cable protection and a nice round look and then the sleeving is placed over it.

D'oh, I figured I got something wrong when I realized that it was you who was asking about the tubing before.

I've actually looked for tubing like that, and haven't had too much success. Perhaps I might just need to take a trip over to a local Home Depot to get an appropriate size.

[werdwerdus]

These were really fun to make. Bought two rolls of 24 gauge SPC wire from navships on ebay, 4 Neutrik NYS373 RCA plugs, and black 1/4" Tech Flex sleeving. This is my first cables that aren't Star Quad . I used 4 wires per cable in a "litz" braid (two for center and two for sleeve). I also put a tiny bit of clear heatshrink tubing over the center pin (you can see it in the pic a little). I really like these RCA plugs, I'll probably use them for all my RCA cables in the future. I think using the SPC was a lot easier than star quad, actually. They are around 5 feet long (one is about 0.5 cm longer than the other )

Here you can see the clear heatshrink around the center pin

Cable sans tech flex

Close-up of braid

Finished cable

[cantsleep]

Originally Posted by werdwerdus

These were really fun to make. Bought two rolls of 24 gauge SPC wire from navships on ebay, 4 Neutrik NYS373 RCA plugs, and black 1/4" Tech Flex sleeving. This is my first cables that aren't Star Quad . I used 4 wires per cable in a "litz" braid (two for center and two for sleeve). I also put a tiny bit of clear heatshrink tubing over the center pin (you can see it in the pic a little). I really like these RCA plugs, I'll probably use them for all my RCA cables in the future. I think using the SPC was a lot easier than star quad, actually. They are around 5 feet long (one is about 0.5 cm longer than the other )

Here you can see the clear heatshrink around the center pin

Cable sans tech flex

Close-up of braid

Finished cable

looks nice

[laxx]

I hate how the spring strain relief looks. Is it really bad to leave it off?

[MASantos]

The strain relief must always be installed to ensure correct clamping of the cable inside the connector. What I do in some cables is to cut the portion of the spring that is outside the connector. I posted some pics of my cables a few pages before.

[laxx]

What I do is I clamp the cable with clamp on the ground piece of the plug and then heatshrink from the channel solder points down a little past the clamp, then I put the plastic sleeve that comes with the connector on, then screw the case on. I don't know if that's clear enough of an explanation, but I was wondering itf that would be strong enough.

[MASantos]

I don't understand. There is no clamp on the ground. It must be soldered.