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Hoppergrass - I've been looking at those particular LOK connectors and was curious about your opinion of them. Also, would it be possible for you to post a closeup pic of one of them with the outer sleeve unscrewed? I'm curious how the ground wire is connected.
well, i can't give a lot of comparison since i've only built 4 cables in my entire life, but they were a bit more difficult to work with than the minis that have the regular looking connection points inside. the LOK RCAs look just like all of the pricey RCAs on the inside as far as design goes. mine are the silver performance series (the $9 ones). and i found that you definitely need to solder the ground first because it is difficult to get to if the signal wire is in the way. out of the two cables that i made with them, a total of six RCA connectors, i had trouble getting two of them to stick. I THINK i finally figured out what my problem was...i was heating the wire and then applying solder and just couldn't get it to stick well to the silver plating. I THINK that once i made a point to heat the wire AND the plug surface i got it to stick just fine and haven't had any problems with them coming loose at all. i will add that the silver ones look great in person. the black ones look great everywhere but i didn't expect to like the look of the silver ones the way i do.
Thanks. That was very helpful. As far as soldering the ground wire to a heavy connector, I find it helpful to tin the wire first, then tin the connector with a good bit of solder and make sure that it flows well. That way, I know that the connector is heated enough. Then I solder the ground wire to it right away while it's still warm.
for those of you that have made iPod LODs, where did you learn which pins to solder to? i'm interested in making my own but i'm not sure where to start. thanks
for those of you that have made iPod LODs, where did you learn which pins to solder to? i'm interested in making my own but i'm not sure where to start. thanks
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I use Google - came across iPod Linux and pinouts.ru
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