DIY Cable Gallery!! - Page 89 - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio

TURBO · 08-07-2005, 02:40 PM

Koss KSC75 in its natural state, yeah right. Cable is all copper, Gauge 22 and braided by me. If this mod was worth it? Hell, yeah. I can hear more lows and highs extension. Sound stage stays the same. Overall, I hear more details from the spectrum.

Songs echoes and delays, are more evident that never before. Led Zeppelin's "Whole lotta love"' sounds very nice. I even get dizzy in my bed. Just imagine.

I am a believer, regarding cables. They can change sound. Hell yeah.

VR6ofpain · 08-08-2005, 03:17 AM

8 way litz RCA-to-3.5mm

Dayton RCA's
Neutrik 3.5mm
24awg teflon insulated, silver coated copper (R+,L+) blue
6x 26 awg teflon insulated, silver coated copper (grnd) yellow
"Carbon" techflex

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a15...n/DSCF0817.jpg

Did the "pants" to the Y with adhesive lined 3-to-1. Turned out very good, I forget who's idea that was, but it works quite well.

BTW: 8-way litz braiding is very time consuming....but it looks cool, with a 'snakeskin' effect, which you can see through the PET.

Garbz · 08-08-2005, 10:03 AM

mine

, ok ok i think I got the idea from Highflying or RnB180

TURBO · 08-09-2005, 02:12 AM

My first Soic soldering. THS4601ID on a Browndog Adapter, for my Rockhopper M3.

Sduibek · 08-09-2005, 03:00 AM

VR6 that is a cool cable. lose a bit more heatshrink and it'd be dy-no-might!

VR6ofpain · 08-09-2005, 03:19 AM

Originally Posted by Sduibek

lose a bit more heatshrink and it'd be dy-no-might!

lose a bit more? I am not sure about the grammar. Since I was not losing heatshrink, I don't see how I could end up losing more.

Did you mean 'use a bit more'?

Either way, I wanted to cover the whole plug, so it would match the black Y/pants. The bulge in the plug is a short section of adhesive lined shrink, which was for strength and strain relief. I put the normal 3:1 over it, for a clean, matching appearence.

Thanks for the compliment though. I like the way the braid turned out, the visual effect is cool.

Sduibek · 08-09-2005, 03:25 AM

Yeah, that grammar was definitely rather horrible. You tend to lose it when you're away from school for 2+ years

Anyhow, what I meant to say was, IMHO FWIW YMMV, I don't think the All-heatshrink look is very catchy on terminations of any kind. Especially the plug since it's the most visible many times. Reduction of visible heatshrink surface is a big plus in my book.

Then again, I can't DIY, so I really have no room to tell you how to run your hobby/business

Just trying to be helpful

VR6ofpain · 08-09-2005, 06:19 AM

Originally Posted by Sduibek

Yeah, that grammar was definitely rather horrible. You tend to lose it when you're away from school for 2+ years

Anyhow, what I meant to say was, IMHO FWIW YMMV, I don't think the All-heatshrink look is very catchy on terminations of any kind. Especially the plug since it's the most visible many times. Reduction of visible heatshrink surface is a big plus in my book.

Then again, I can't DIY, so I really have no room to tell you how to run your hobby/business Just trying to be helpful

Oh ok. It is a hobby (don't think I could make much money selling this stuff). So I assume you are not a fan of the visual look of cardas replacement cables (like for the HD-600). I like that large blue shrink tubed connnector, looks kinda slick. Plus for tactile purposes, I like the feel of the soft connector.

Hey monster cable uses huge chrome connectors with no heat shrink in sight. You should pick some up!

j/k

Thanks for the compliment.

Little J040 · 08-09-2005, 11:26 PM

I have a few cables under my belt, around 5 or so. My latest is blue techflex, but I've always liked the black w\ white tracer and the RED and black mixed ones. Where do you guys get these? I'm getting all my parts from Parts express Is there other places that sell Techflex in bulk, More than 50' of it?

EDIT: another quick question. When ever I apply the heatshrink to the bases of the connectors, the techflex frays a little. Kind of makes it look a little messy, Im still trying to get really really proffessional looking ones.

Cheers,

Jeff

VR6ofpain · 08-10-2005, 12:22 AM

Originally Posted by Little J040

I have a few cables under my belt, around 5 or so. My latest is blue techflex, but I've always liked the black w\ white tracer and the RED and black mixed ones. Where do you guys get these? I'm getting all my parts from Parts express Is there other places that sell Techflex in bulk, More than 50' of it?

EDIT: another quick question. When ever I apply the heatshrink to the bases of the connectors, the techflex frays a little. Kind of makes it look a little messy, Im still trying to get really really proffessional looking ones.

Cheers,

Jeff

Too much heat. The techflex (at least the PET from partsexpress) cannot take that much heat. what I do is try to be careful with less heat, and also angle the wire with the techflex down, and the heatshrink(and/or connector) up, so heat does not 'rise' to the flex, but away from it onto the shrink tube.