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Old 04-28-2007, 12:03 AM   #2251 (permalink)
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Integrated amp only has RCA out. Subwoofer only had 1/8 stereo jack plus I only have a male RCA to 1/8 stereo jack... so I made a crappy female to female connector with what I had laying around.

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Old 04-28-2007, 12:14 AM   #2252 (permalink)
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crappy pics but o well.

Vampire SCV digital SPC cable, Vampire 557Y RCA's, cardas solder.


24awg Mill spec silver plated copper, neutek XLR ends, cardas solder.


~504ft(per cable) of 24awg Teflon coated copper (belden 1585A Cat-5) Cardas GRS R Spades
as per Ven-Haus' instructions.
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Old 04-28-2007, 12:24 AM   #2253 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by EFN View Post
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Sennheiser HD497 given a new lease of life

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Did you just solder a new cable directly to the phones, or did you make use of a plug? If you did, please tell me how!
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Old 04-28-2007, 08:11 PM   #2254 (permalink)
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Yeesh, I'm busy for a few weeks and everyone has made so many beautiful cables in the meantime! Well, I decided that in order to stay competitive, I'd have to make something special. (I'll take some better photos in the future)

Here's my latest:


Up close on the most tedious braid ever:


8x 26AWG silver
8x 26AWG copper
Canare F12 3.5mm
Canare F09 RCAs
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Old 04-28-2007, 09:59 PM   #2255 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by drizek View Post
very nice. What kind of cable is that?
The pinkish/copper wire is 22awg 99.99% ofhc copper, the silvery/white wire is 22awg 99.99% silver, and the white wire is silver plated copper.

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@skyline889 . Those cable are breath taking...
WOW....
Thanks PcWork, I almost didn't want to let them go! They're definitely some of the more aethetically appealing cables I've made.

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Yeesh, I'm busy for a few weeks and everyone has made so many beautiful cables in the meantime! Well, I decided that in order to stay competitive, I'd have to make something special. (I'll take some better photos in the future)

Here's my latest:


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8x 26AWG copper
Canare F12 3.5mm
Canare F09 RCAs
Beuatiful work Hembergler! 16 wire braid, wow, the most I've ever done was 15 with 22awg spc! Just think, if you remove that strain relief you can fit even more wires in there!
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Old 04-28-2007, 10:20 PM   #2256 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by skyline889 View Post
Beautiful work Hembergler! 16 wire braid, wow, the most I've ever done was 15 with 22awg spc! Just think, if you remove that strain relief you can fit even more wires in there!
I'll stick to not thinking.
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Old 04-29-2007, 04:02 AM   #2257 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by EFN View Post

Sennheiser HD497 given a new lease of life
Looks almost exactly like what I did with mine a few months ago.

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Did you just solder a new cable directly to the phones, or did you make use of a plug? If you did, please tell me how!
I can tell by looking at them that he did not. The plug comes out very easily. However, if you did want to use a plug, they are 2.5mm jacks, and you can buy 2.5mm plugs at markertek, but just be warned, thats probably going to be some difficult soldering
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it looks good hembergler! I try to stick to 12 or less
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Out of curiosity, what is the benefit to using more wires?
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EFN, do you know how many conductors the HD 497 has in the stock cable--3 or 4?
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