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Old 02-17-2007, 06:36 AM   #2051 (permalink)
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I haven't posted pics in this tread for a while so I thought I'd post a few of cables I've made in the last week or so.

1M mini-RCA 6 conductor solid silver








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Old 02-17-2007, 02:53 PM   #2052 (permalink)
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I know this isn't the for sale forum, but if anyone has a spare Neutrik gold plated mini or Canare F12 [the fat canare mini] or something similar [decent straight mini] that they can sell me I would greatly appreciate it. The right angle switchcraft connector that I had on my K81DJ's is faulty and there are no places in Canada that sell any mini plugs even half way decent. Thanks.
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Originally Posted by philodox View Post
I know this isn't the for sale forum, but if anyone has a spare Neutrik gold plated mini or Canare F12 [the fat canare mini] or something similar [decent straight mini] that they can sell me I would greatly appreciate it. The right angle switchcraft connector that I had on my K81DJ's is faulty and there are no places in Canada that sell any mini plugs even half way decent. Thanks.
takefiveaudio.com has the F12 mini, although they certainly aren't the cheapest place around.

Soloz2, very nice cables you got there. I'm assuming you got the silver from HGA? Those RCAs look like some of theirs.


The other day I traded my silver mini-mini with a friend for various goods, and part of the deal was a pair of Numark HF125 headphones. Needless to say, they sucked, and they had serious modding potential. A few hours of work later, they were recabled with Canare StarQuad and had newly added KSC75 drivres.

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Old 02-18-2007, 04:01 AM   #2054 (permalink)
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Hey soloz, are those Canare cables (speaker cables)?
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Old 02-18-2007, 03:36 PM   #2055 (permalink)
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Hi Madman, EFN. =P
i finally come over here.

Posting some cable i ever made.

Some of my plugs


Canare Starquad Stereo Mini-Mini (Canare 4E6S + F12)


Some mini interconnect ( Built with Starquad and Generic plugs)


Silver coated 30 AWG cable, braided and put inside heatshrink. sound is ok, but sort of Dry compare to canare starquad.


EMU 0404 customize breakout (Metal D9 + EST Japan made 1/6" Female + Starquad)


Right : RCA-RCA with starquad and F-10
Left : Canare Starquad Stereo Mini-Mini (Canare 4E6S + F12)


RCA-RCA and RCA-1/6" phono (for EMU1212)
Left : F-10 (RCA) + Neutrik 1/6" (Phono) + Starquad
Right : RCA-RCA with starquad and F-10


PX-75?? the blue and shimmer techflex make me scared to bring it out as everyone will staring at it.
Cable is Canare L-2B2AT which is dual core, and aluminum foil + Fire wire shielded.


CAT-5 interconnect (as experiment, as according to van haus, it's best for speaker cable. but i just test it out, it;s a pain to fix it in to rean plug) sound is not as good as canare starquad. as i am not using Teflon coated CAT-5 , i infact using D-Link PVC insulated cat-5. hence it's just purely made for fun.


Recabled British air-way headphone. my cousin who work in british air way found they throw this away as the cable is torned. Recabled with 4E6S too.
so he pick it up and gave to me. and i recabled it. impressive bass respond. better bass than SR60.




MYbeloved humble setup =) Mini cable from creative zen micro to amp is starquad without shield, skin and yada yada. just bare.
while cable from amp to my headphone is canare starquad.



Cmoy with Starquad as internal wiring. found that it does improve the sound stage..


Silver coated copper mini stereo interconnect, extremely flexible. Has slightly less bass respond compare to 4E6S on my headphone (HP890)


3.5mm female-female interconnect (use for extension, or to change the plugs of interconnect of some of my cable, especially for my headphone cable)
Cable : Starquad
Plugs : EST 3.5mm Female Made in japan, Fit in Taiwan made Metal plug Barrer.



Stereo-RCA Starquad + REAN + F-10



Experimental cable of mini-mini interconnect
Top-> Below = Canare 4E6S, Belden, 4E6S, silver coated cable, SATO Microphone cable, Maruni Microphone cable, braided (9 line) 30AWG silver plated cable with teflon insulation, 4E6S bare cable with techflex, Braided (3line) 30 AWG silver plated cable with teflon insulation.


short mini-RCA , made with starquad


Latest creation, Rca-Rca , starquad also. Added ferrite ring to try out the improvement. from what i heard, no significant different in the sound signature. might be placebo. but it does look good, hence i leave it there.



Latest Creation, 0.5M stereo-stereo for me to connect external soundcard to portable speaker or portable amp. Plugs = Neutrik + Taiwan metal barrer. techflex added




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Hey soloz, are those Canare cables (speaker cables)?
yep, and they sound better then the large gage ofc copper I was previously using. Larger soundstage and better lows, which is important when you have bookshelf speakers!
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soloz2: where did you ordered the solid silver???
roughly how much? i am highly interested to get some....
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I actually got most of my silver from vt4c. it's uninsulated so you have to do that yourself, but you save some $ and it sounds very good.
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yep, and they sound better then the large gage ofc copper I was previously using. Larger soundstage and better lows, which is important when you have bookshelf speakers!
I'm planning on making the samething . I am using locking banana plugs on all ends though. Probably goign to looking for a soldering type since i always experience oxidation on bare copper when it comes to speaker cables .
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Old 02-21-2007, 02:44 AM   #2060 (permalink)
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First, thanks for the 2000 posts of inspiration.

Here is the product of that inspiration. My SR-60s, de-badged, sanded down, and single-sided. 4 conductor litz-braided 22 awg kapton/teflon SPC, red shrink, black techflex, switchcraft plug. Still a little messy, but almost there: some black vinyl dye and metal screens will take them a long way.




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