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10-28-2005, 05:19 AM
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I finally got around to posting some of the Senn cables I make fo myself. Each one has a purpose. Right now the three cables I have made are from the Starquad family, two beeing Canare, and on beeing Mogami. I have not spent enough time with all three to comment on sound, other than they all sound better than stock.
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Wow man, that is genius. I never would have thought that a green wire would look so good with the grey HD-580's...but is looks sweeeeeet.
Also I have to commend you on that Y thing under the shrink tube...the fact that it has ribs like the connectors makes it match, looking VERY professional. If the shrink tube was just a little cleaner (straight lines) it would look like it came from the factory that way...though then it wouldn't be hand made...so it wouldn't be as cool. Keep up the nice work.
Strangely enough I want to get some HD580's now...to recable! Oh well my HF-1's just said they didn't think it was a good idea. You ever considered selling HD-6## series recables like this? I'd be interested in that green one (present for my brother who has some HD600's).
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Wow man, that is genius. I never would have thought that a green wire would look so good with the grey HD-580's...but is looks sweeeeeet.
Also I have to commend you on that Y thing under the shrink tube...the fact that it has ribs like the connectors makes it match, looking VERY professional. If the shrink tube was just a little cleaner (straight lines) it would look like it came from the factory that way...though then it wouldn't be hand made...so it wouldn't be as cool. Keep up the nice work.
Strangely enough I want to get some HD580's now...to recable! Oh well my HF-1's just said they didn't think it was a good idea. You ever considered selling HD-6## series recables like this? I'd be interested in that green one (present for my brother who has some HD600's).
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I definately do not plan on ever making cables like RnB, it just takes me too long. It was easy to get the color though, it is just blue canare starquad with ogre colored tech-flex. And they look even better in person.
The y connecter cover is actually stock, as I made from the starin relief of the original 1/4" connecter for the 650 cable. I know that the shrink blows, and I plan to fix it in the future.
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Looks great! How do you find the Mogami compared to the Canare Starquad in terms of flexibility?
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It is more flexible, but only because there is no covering on it. I have never directly compared them in naked flexibility, but I think the canare might come out ahead.
Thanks for the comments, suggestions are welcome.
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10-29-2005, 03:42 AM
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It was easy to get the color though, it is just blue canare starquad with ogre colored tech-flex.
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Not sure what 'orge' is, but do they look green in real life? The top photos looks very green...now the one below it with the 1/4" plug, that is a different flex (white) over the same blue wire correct?
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Not sure what 'orge' is, but do they look green in real life? The top photos looks very green...now the one below it with the 1/4" plug, that is a different flex (white) over the same blue wire correct?
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Look on wirecare for ogre, its under their color options for standard techflex, none of the fancy stuff, just simple PET
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Look on wirecare for ogre, its under their color options for standard techflex, none of the fancy stuff, just simple PET
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So that is where the green came from. Cool.
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My first DIY project. I recabled my HD-555s. I used 24 gauge silver plated copper for the ground and 26 gauge silver plated copper for the left and right. I'm pretty happy with the way it came out. And yes I did it the hard way (through the headband and to the other earcup bypassing the pcb).
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Well, I'm not pleased with the overall final result of this one, but it was worth a shot.
- Silver-plated stranded copper, teflon coated, red, white, and blue in a 4-way litz braid, 1/8" white techflex covered by 1/4" carbon techflex, Switchcraft RAs.
As you can see, I had some problems with the flex bunching up at the heatshrink. Sounds fine, though. I like the way the color looks. The photo doesn't quite do it justice.
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Well, I'm not pleased with the overall final result of this one, but it was worth a shot.
- Silver-plated stranded copper, teflon coated, red, white, and blue in a 4-way litz braid, 1/8" white techflex covered by 1/4" carbon techflex, Switchcraft RAs.
As you can see, I had some problems with the flex bunching up at the heatshrink. Sounds fine, though. I like the way the color looks. The photo doesn't quite do it justice.
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Really? I quite like it.
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My latest creation... (In readiness for my HybridHead)
MK Toughplug, Ebay cable (Shielded), Generic IEC plug - Shield earthed at plug, all conductors tinned with silver bearing solder, Plugs 'modded' to accept cable  Not to shabby for under a tenner
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WOW that looks like a really short power cable. Came out really nicely though.
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WOW that looks like a really short power cable. Came out really nicely though.
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Hey guys I just wanted to say thanks for this thread. This is the reason I signed up at this forum... just so I could say thanks for the pictures and information. I'll add some pics after I finish my first set.
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Welcome to HeadFi, mattinstl, sorry about your wallet. I replied to your questions in PM, as this is a topic for displaying your work, not a discussion topic.
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Today I put this mini to RCA cable togeather.
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Well, first post, and first cable. But let me say thanks to all of the fantastic cable builders in here for the inspiration. This thread really made me want to do my own cables, and although I tackled a bit of an odd project for my first one, I'm sure once I track down and eliminate the problem I'll be very happy. My project was to include a Behringer Feedback Destroyer in my home theatre as a parametric EQ for my sub. Going from unbalanced to balanced and back again is proving difficult, but will be rewarding to finish up properly
I built one short RCA to XLR to go from my Denon receiver to the BFD, and a longer XLR to RCA to go from the BFD to the amp in my sub. I used Zaolla connectors all around, shielded mic cable, and white then clear techflex to add the shimmery effect.
The pics aren't great, but I was in a hurry to get them into my system and test. Now the only problem is although they do pass the signal, I have a wicked ground loop hum in the system. I'm going to try to track it down this weekend, but if anyone has done a balanced to unbalanced cable and had a similar problem I'd appreciate any advice.
Edit: Hum was fixed by adding a cheater plug to the BFD.
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