DIY Cable Gallery!!

[Ech0]

Originally Posted by Lil' Knight

Maybe a dual-wall heatshrink there is enough.

Maybe, that's what's helping. After listening for 3 hours I'm not having any issues unless I try to make noise. The plugs (cardas hpsc) are potted w/hot glue too.

Did you try nylon multifiament sleeving?

Truth is I screwed up on my order w/wirecare and just went with it once I got the order rather than ordering again (techflex).

[Lil' Knight]

Originally Posted by Ech0

Maybe, that's what's helping. After listening for 3 hours I'm not having any issues unless I try to make noise. The plugs (cardas hpsc) are potted w/hot glue too.

I wonder if those Cardas connectors have L or R marl ? How can you distinguish which one is L or R ? The colour ?

And, your Canare plug look very neat. Did you hard-glue it? I always have trouble hard-seal the plug. The only way I can do now is to fill the glue into the hole of the barrel which sometimes look like a mess

Is there any way to seal the plug without using that way ?

[soloz2]

Originally Posted by Lil' Knight

I wonder if those Cardas connectors have L or R marl ? How can you distinguish which one is L or R ? The colour ?

And, your Canare plug look very neat. Did you hard-glue it? I always have trouble hard-seal the plug. The only way I can do now is to fill the glue into the hole of the barrel which sometimes look like a mess

Is there any way to seal the plug without using that way ?

black is left, red right. Alternatively you could reverse this if you wanted...

You don't necessarily have to completely fill the plug...

[Ech0]

Originally Posted by Lil' Knight

I wonder if those Cardas connectors have L or R marl ? How can you distinguish which one is L or R ? The colour ?

And, your Canare plug look very neat. Did you hard-glue it? I always have trouble hard-seal the plug. The only way I can do now is to fill the glue into the hole of the barrel which sometimes look like a mess

Is there any way to seal the plug without using that way ?

I used hot glue gun to fill the cavity, waited for it to dry/cool a bit then packed it gently w/my finger, be careful. Heat shrink, trimmed excess glue w/an exacto knife then second layer of heat shrink.

I've read here somewhere that potting the cardas plug w/glue is necessary otherwise I believe shorts can be an issue. Also, I saw a recommendation on TRAudio's ebay listing to use epoxy or hot glue.

Just thought of something regarding hot glue sticks. You may be able to cut an appropriately sized piece off of a glue stick, set it on top of the cavity and then melt it w/a hot air gun. This would keep the stringy pieces of glue away. It might work?

Ech0

[Zodduska]

my second and third builds:







22awg Teflon coated silver plated copper, these sound great.

[Lil' Knight]

Originally Posted by soloz2

You don't necessarily have to completely fill the plug...

I've seen many DIY cables that the hole of the barrel don't have any glue. How do they do this? Or does that mean that I can still screw the barrel out?

[Ech0]

Lil' Knight, If you're talking about the Canare TRS type of plug, I have a 12' extension cable that is not filled w/glue at all. It's fine. There's a crimp on the inside for strain relief. Then I heat shrink over that. And, yes I can still unscrew barrel. Just my 2 cents.

[Lil' Knight]

Originally Posted by Ech0

Lil' Knight, If you're talking about the Canare TRS type of plug, I have a 12' extension cable that is not filled w/glue at all. It's fine. There's a crimp on the inside for strain relief. Then I heat shrink over that. And, yes I can still unscrew barrel. Just my 2 cents.

Got it

[FallenAngel]

Since my RS-1 were re-terminated to balanced before I got them, I decided why not make a cable for the Sennheiser HD650 balanced as well and of course I need an XLR-TRS adapter. Both are made using Stephan Art Equinox Sennheiser cable, Neutrik XLR and Cardas Sennheiser connectors.

[ruZZ.il]

Regarding a few posts back:

As per many recommendations, I tried multifilament nylon instead of the normal techflex for headphone cables I was making. BIG improvement in microphonics.