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rather then zip ties, Im wondering it dual wall heat shrink will work...
my grados will be rewired next week rewire grados!
__________________ I asked Jesus, "How much do you love me?"
"This much", He answered. Then He opened up His arms and died.
-anonymous "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."
-Albert Einstein my headfi feedback
rather then zip ties, Im wondering it dual wall heat shrink will work...
my grados will be rewired next week rewire grados!
Well, you only really need one zip tie inside... hell, Grado even just secures them using a zip tie and some glue (pull yours apart, you'll see). As I said over there, they really haven't changed the sound characteristic at all (I haven't given them a good listen though), but they still have the rich, full Grado sound, with 100% less right channel cut out
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ipod -> DIY Canare/StarQuad IC -> SuperMacro-3-> ER4-P
Computers -> M-Audio firewire Audiophile -> Rotel -> Grado 125 (re-wired with Star-Quad)
various DIY Star-Quad/Switchcraft cables
I need to find time to get pic's up. However, I just finished the recableing of my DT990's. It's not a "Mini Mouse Tail" (regular size recable) as I put on my DT880's. This time Mini added a "RAT Tail". This is "Mega Overkill". I used two ten foot Mogammi Neglex cables. One for the right cup and one for the left cup. There are two 24ga. wires going to each and every driver post and all the wires have that great Mogammi full copper shielding to it. One shield per side or run of four wires. OFC high grade copper. I allready have bass/detail ammundo so I went for the warmth. They are Techflexed together and split up inside the first cup and the remainder goes over the steal headband, covered by the snap on cushions, and into the second cup. LARGE and FAT? YEP, it is. Heavy? YEP, it is. Sound great? YEP, you bet your boots it does. Plus it has a certain amount of "Mega Kill, Way Cool" factor to it. Future models will come with cable support stands. And maybe a clear vinal tube blue led light strand added in for "WOW" effect.
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__________________ I asked Jesus, "How much do you love me?"
"This much", He answered. Then He opened up His arms and died.
-anonymous "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."
-Albert Einstein my headfi feedback
here's a few things I've made recently. the XLR splitter I see myself using a lot thus the use of silver wire... but the convertors I don't think I'll use much, if at all, thus the use of cheap wire. I'll probably take those apart and reclaim the connectors.
from the top:
XLR splitter (NC3FX-HD to two NC3MX-HD) using 99.99% 24AWG solid core silver covered in nylon multifilament, followed by clear techflex.
NC3FX-HD to NC3FX-HD pair using some cheap stranded copper wire from RadioShack I had around, same sleeve as above.
the other half of the pair of XLR splitters
NC3MX to NC3MX pair using the same cheap RadioShack wire as above, covered with nylon multifilament
I have some headphone cables too, so I guess I'll post those once I take pictures of them. I don't think XLR connectors are that hard to solder....
__________________ 2CPU.com Distributed Computing
(setups currently with me... also have a PS1 & MDR-R10 sitting around) AT-DHA3000 -> Wyvern Audio extension cable -> Wyvern Audio 010 cable -> Qualia 010 CEC DA53 -> Accuphase RCA IC -> HeadAmp Aristaeus -> Sennheiser HE90
LOL ayt999, are you trying to make me feel bad these connectors are giving me such a difficult time? I have to make about 3 more cables
__________________ I asked Jesus, "How much do you love me?"
"This much", He answered. Then He opened up His arms and died.
-anonymous "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."
-Albert Einstein my headfi feedback
My HD580 rewire, it is 4 runs of teflon coated 22awg silver/copper wire in Litz configuration with Neutrik 1/4" TRS. I still want to tweak it a little, but it is basically done.
LOL ayt999, are you trying to make me feel bad these connectors are giving me such a difficult time? I have to make about 3 more cables
not really. might be the cable you use (the small diameter strands of wire I use don't give me much trouble), or it might be that I have no point of reference other than trying to solder 24AWG wire onto LEMO connectors that were made to accept 28 to 30 AWG wire so what I think is relatively fine could actually be time consuming when compared to soldering other stuff.
did I mention all the headphone cables I've made so far also end in dual XLR connectors? lol
__________________ 2CPU.com Distributed Computing
(setups currently with me... also have a PS1 & MDR-R10 sitting around) AT-DHA3000 -> Wyvern Audio extension cable -> Wyvern Audio 010 cable -> Qualia 010 CEC DA53 -> Accuphase RCA IC -> HeadAmp Aristaeus -> Sennheiser HE90
My first headphone replace cable, its unterminated, gonne use it for my grado,
thank God it came out very nicely
at this point I can convert it to sennheiser, but no senn plugs, so this will go to the sr-80s, IMO this cable is much too classy for the sr-80s
__________________ I asked Jesus, "How much do you love me?"
"This much", He answered. Then He opened up His arms and died.
-anonymous "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality."
-Albert Einstein my headfi feedback
next week rewire grados!
might be the cable you use (the small diameter strands of wire I use don't give me much trouble), or it might be that I have no point of reference other than trying to solder 24AWG wire onto LEMO connectors that were made to accept 28 to 30 AWG wire so what I think is relatively fine could actually be time consuming when compared to soldering other stuff. 
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