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Cable by.. Actually, I'd prefer not to say; it's 4x22awg, insulated with ers paper and some form of cotton string in between the strand, twisted very tightly. Not as flexable as I'd like, but the sound, wow. Rich, full, and smooth. Much more critical of bad recordings, but it truely shines with a great recording.
And a neutrik np3tb plug. Which is a joy to work with.
Here is a 6 inch LOD I finished yesterday well if you look closely you can see that I haven't filled it with hot glue yet, so the Dock connector is just pressed shut lightly.
Specs are: 6 inches end to end - 4 Wire round Litz braid Mundorf Silver/Gold 24AWG->Silk Tubing->Carbon Techflex->Jester Techflex->Terminated with a Switchcraft Gold tip mini.
As you can see I still haven't taken the protective plastic sheet off the dock connector ((she's a bit shyI wan't to keep it mint until I leave the house with it)) I think it looks great but i'm sure she will look even better with her clothes off; Definitely sounds great!! it's a little stiffer than I would like because I added a layer of clear heat-shrink over the braid but under the silk which I will leave off on future builds. Still bends into place fairly easily but takes a few minutes to settle into place.
Photos snapped on a sunny day in Queensland Australia with my Nikon D70; with colour correction in PhotoShop CS2
I don't think i've ever been so happy to see an error message (Airplane mode prompt)
Now to start work on a low profile version.
This stuff is fun!!!
__________________ Portable rig: IPhone 3G->DIY Crystal Cable silver/gold piccolino LOD/DIY jena/cryo silver LOD->Headamp pico->Shure SE530PTH with adapter->Comply T400/shure black foamies Portable rig 2 32GBRockbaxed CF MODDED DIYMODED 5.5G->Crystal Cables piccolino DIYMOD blackgate NXHQ LOD/DIYMOD LOD jena/cryo silver with blackgate NX HQ>Headamp pico->SE530 or HD25 Transportable rig: CF MODDED 5.5g DIYMOD-> piccolino wired VCAP dock->eichmann silver bullet to XLO mini IC->Headamp pico->SE530/senn HD25 Home rig: Mac G5 DP2ghz->RME FireFace400->DIY Silver XLR/DIY Vampire XLR->KRK V6 active monitors/Sennheiser HD25's Incoming: building Uber Bantam Dac Next: AMB Gamma1 portable dac, Denon D2000 with Jena recable, Lisa IIIXP, Customs or Westone 3 w/UM56, Mini^3v2 Lusting after: UE11, R10, Larocco Diablo, Cranesong HEDD pre head-fi Feedback
I like it too... I also LUV my Nikon; I had seen those fingerprints LOL (especially in the 6MP photo) they magically appeared when I set the white balance and black point in Photoshop. It's nice to know that all those years spent as a graphic designer and compositor didn't go to waste (i'm a chef these days) More to come i'm building some today and tomorrow.
__________________ Portable rig: IPhone 3G->DIY Crystal Cable silver/gold piccolino LOD/DIY jena/cryo silver LOD->Headamp pico->Shure SE530PTH with adapter->Comply T400/shure black foamies Portable rig 2 32GBRockbaxed CF MODDED DIYMODED 5.5G->Crystal Cables piccolino DIYMOD blackgate NXHQ LOD/DIYMOD LOD jena/cryo silver with blackgate NX HQ>Headamp pico->SE530 or HD25 Transportable rig: CF MODDED 5.5g DIYMOD-> piccolino wired VCAP dock->eichmann silver bullet to XLO mini IC->Headamp pico->SE530/senn HD25 Home rig: Mac G5 DP2ghz->RME FireFace400->DIY Silver XLR/DIY Vampire XLR->KRK V6 active monitors/Sennheiser HD25's Incoming: building Uber Bantam Dac Next: AMB Gamma1 portable dac, Denon D2000 with Jena recable, Lisa IIIXP, Customs or Westone 3 w/UM56, Mini^3v2 Lusting after: UE11, R10, Larocco Diablo, Cranesong HEDD pre head-fi Feedback
Less "microphonic" and shorter and lighter headphone cable for my AKGs, with tubing from The Chucks Connection. Kind of stiff, using 2 pair from a cat 5e cable...good excuse to try it again . P.S.S. It's less loud than the stock one, but still quite "microphonic." The shoelace rubs on clothes and table top making noise that is far more muted than the stock cable, but it makes it more often. Removing the shoelace helps only mildly, so it looks like the next try needs to use loosely braided uber-flexible cables, instead of category cheapness.
Also, having experimented a bit, I won't be buying Neutrik NYS again (I got Switchcraft and Neutrik connectors). The Switchcraft mini tip connection isn't ideal (post, no hole/hook), but the mini and RCAs are far easier to use, don't seem to get nicked up much from banging around with other connector bits, and connect almost too securely. IMO, the shield/ground crimp point is worth the extra cost, all by itself.
The mini-XLRs are royal PITAs--well designed, but, still, PITAs. I would have loved for them to have a metal rear body. The rear body portion will not go on all the way, as the tabs from the shield insert scrape at it (it has a lip to push the shield insert and female connector end forward, but it cannot be hand-torqued flush), requiring some ugly plier work to bend them around a bit, so that they can fit flush.
P.S. as you might guess, I don't moonlight as a photographer .
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PC: Super Pro DAC707 USB | Portable: I5 1GB, cheap Koss PCDP | Amp: Xin Feng Supermini-3 | Cans: K271 mkII, E3c, KSC35 (KSC75 clips), KSC75, PortaPro |dum, dee dum dum dum...
Now little Bobby's calling--risin' up--from under a Jersey landfill...
Last edited by cerbie; 09-08-2008 at 06:04 PM..
Reason: added review of said cable, and other thoughts
I wan't to keep it mint until I leave the house with it)) I think it looks great but i'm sure she will look even better with her clothes off; Definitely sounds great!! 
it's a little stiffer than I would like because I added a layer of clear heat-shrink over the braid but under the silk which I will leave off on future builds. Still bends into place fairly easily but takes a few minutes to settle into place.
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