DIY Cable Gallery!!

[soloz2]

I just used Mogami starquad on a pair of SR60's and I like how they sound. I did change the screens at the same time so I'm not sure what played what part (likely the screens played a much larger role)

[Gil Schwartzman]

Originally Posted by soloz2

I just used Mogami starquad on a pair of SR60's and I like how they sound. I did change the screens at the same time so I'm not sure what played what part (likely the screens played a much larger role)

I've been wanting to try out some Mogami quad. Is there anywhere you can order it in small quantities? I've only seen it on markertek, but they require a minimum 70 foot order... and I don't need that much :P

[kpeezy]

Ah! I'd forgotten about the option of making my own 1/4th to 1/8th inch adapter. The experience and the convenience in one bundle I'll search for how to do this. Recommended materials? I am completely, absolutely clueless and I have no idea where to buy, what to buy, what cables even are (juuust kidding )

Edit: A tutorial for this is tough to find... or maybe I'm an idiot. Also, I would like to make something along the lines of the Grado 1/4" to 1/8" adapter. http://www.ttvj.com/index.php?main_p...70382e81edaa0a

[Gil Schwartzman]

Originally Posted by kpeezy

Ah! I'd forgotten about the option of making my own 1/4th to 1/8th inch adapter. The experience and the convenience in one bundle I'll search for how to do this. Recommended materials? I am completely, absolutely clueless and I have no idea where to buy, what to buy, what cables even are (juuust kidding )

Well for starters, check the DIY Cable guide sticked in this forum, it will help. For parts, what I would use is Canare Starquad. As far as connectors go, I am partial to the Nuetrik 1/4 plugs. The Nuetrik locking 1/4 jacks are nice also for the adapter, and for a 1/8 plug, I really like the switchcraft plugs. You can get all of those at www.markertek.com. Then, I would head over to www.wirecare.com and pick yourself out some kind of sleeving to use, they have lots of it. Might not hurt to get some heatshrink also. While neither are explicitly necessary, they add a nice cosmetic touch, and make the cables a bit stronger.... and can be had pretty cheaply.

[soloz2]

Originally Posted by Gil Schwartzman

I've been wanting to try out some Mogami quad. Is there anywhere you can order it in small quantities? I've only seen it on markertek, but they require a minimum 70 foot order... and I don't need that much :P

I ordered 50' of the mini starquad from Markertek a couple weeks ago

you can get it from Redco as well, but it's more $/ft there.

[aaron-xp]

My first attempt at RCA-Mini interconnects.



Not exactly beautiful or exotic, but usable. Used neutriks connectors (cheaper, especially important as this was my first attempt) and Canare L-2B2AT.

[Televator]

Hi all... I'm sorry, but this will be a big post with lots of pics as this is my first recable (and my third cable ever) and I'm quite proud of it to be honest

so here's the workspace that made it possible:


and the components I used (black heatshrink in different sizes, nylon multifilament sheeting, neutrik RA 1/8" gold plated plug, 2 colors of 24awg SPC teflon covered wire from Navships litz-braided and a leftover neutrik RCA-strain relief which I used for the Y-split):


The model I used for my experiments:


I also did a rescreen as I had opened them up:


I used a splatter screen (for skillets) as it had nice mesh:


And the end result (sorry, no pics of the work in progress as I was too focussed to think of taking some):


Some closer pics of the plug and Y-split:




and the strain relief and screen:


and finally one beauty shot to finish:


I hope I haven't bored you all with yet another grado-recable... but hey this is a gallery

I had been thinking about reinstalling the SR-60 buttons as they did come off without any damage... but without them the phones do look very clean and match my MS2i much better

[bearmann]

Greetings,
really nice work man! "Clean" is the right word, I think.

best regards,
bearmann

[robbmcaulay]

Wow nice job televator! I love the new screens, very sharp!

I'm new to this, i'm waiting for my first batch of parts to come in the post I was just wondering... how is the Y splitter held in place?

[Televator]

Originally Posted by robbmcaulay

Wow nice job televator! I love the new screens, very sharp!

I'm new to this, i'm waiting for my first batch of parts to come in the post I was just wondering... how is the Y splitter held in place?

thanks for the nice words robbmcaulay and bearmann!

- first I put some heatshrink over the bare cables at the split so the switch from 4-wire braid to 2 x twisted pair couldn't move (1 small piece over each of the twisted pairs did the trick)

- then I put the nylon sleeving right up to the split and secured it with heatshrink (3 pieces, one bigger for the 4-wire part and 2 smaller for the 2-wire parts, measured so they would be covered by the neutrik strain-relief part)

- the neutrik strain-relief part fitted precisely (even required some 'persuasion') over this so it really couldn't move anymore. If it wouldn't have, I would have used some hot-melt glue on the Y-split before slipping the neutrik part on

- I then covered the whole thing with one extra layer of heatshrink which lends even more strength to the whole construction and hides all underlying layers as well giving it a cleaner look (I like clean... but I think you would have guessed that by now)