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mb3k, I was looking though the pictures of your cables. How did you secure the sleeving with the profi's? Did you just slip it over the grippy plastic piece? It looks really cool.
Yes, the grippy plastic thing hold it very tight. As a matter of fact, I can't screw the Profi's all the way because the diameter of the cable+sleeving is too wide - so the fit is very snug. Someday I'll try to crank them all shut.
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Slowly building the second rig...
Hi all! First I wanna say, Echelon, man wish I had skills like you!
I have started making an IC I just have to get one more plug and mod it similarly. The blue heatshrink was the only one in house, but I think it looks quite nic anyways.
Looking good! But I dont like that plug (the looks of it) for some reason, it would look better with all that black part being brushed aluminium or something .
Looking good! But I dont like that plug (the looks of it) for some reason, it would look better with all that black part being brushed aluminium or something .
I think that's the original plug of those headphones.
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NAD S500i -> DIY ICs -> Meier Audio Corda HeadFive #126 -> Beyerdynamic DT-880
Money spent on headphones and headphone amps after joining Head-Fi: 390€
Today was quite a long day of soldering... and I still have lots more to do
First up, we have the new portable rig. ATH-SJ5 recabled with Starquad and knockoff canare connectors (can't find the canare ones in stock anywhere). A new mini to mini is in order also, and also using starquad and canare knockoffs.
After that, comes the nice ones. These are the most expensive cables I have made. Using HGA Silver w/ Cotton insulation. Using Canare F10 connectors, and Cardas solder. These were a bit tougher to make, especially with how stiff the HGA wire was, but I think they came out pretty damn good. The sound GREAT.
And yet, with all this behind me, I still have more to do. I probably won't get to it today, but I have to throw a new cable on a pair of AD900's for a friend, as well as make a 1/4 -> 1/8 adapter, and then put a new cable on my own A700's. Should be fun .
That is actually a rat shack connector, not that pretty, but gets the job done
One intresting thing abotu that recable was converting from single sided to dual
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Toshiba SD-9200 -> Fitz Mod SPC ICs-> FM JA Audio 6as7 12ax7 Amp Mazda grey plates-> F5005 & AKG K240 Sextets
Toshiba SD-9200 -> ICs -> [flea watt amp in the works] -> DIY full range horns Feedback
1st Gen Ipod Nano -> KSC75
I ordered 1/4" jacks from Markertek thinking they were stereo, but when they arrived... MONO!
But hey, I might as well use them for something. So I made a 1/4" mono female-female IC, possibly to connect 2 instrument cables as practice. Quite an interesting experience.
2x 1/4" mono plugs (TecNec), Canare L-4E6S Star Quad
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