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So after building my balanced cable seen 2 pages back i came accross a ****** realisation, 4pin XLR mini means it's incompatible with ... everything. So heres my solution:
Cable: Canare Starquad
1/4": Shiny looking Tai brand
other end: Switchcraft 4pin XLR Mini male (bastard to solder again).
Other: Ogre coloured techflex, standard heatshrink on 1/4" side, and resin cored heatrshrink on XLR side.
Final product:
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My wishes are simple. I demand only the best - Oscar Wilde
WOW. Those are my top choice of connectors...the clear hospital grade plug and clear IEC socket. Marinco...or whatever right? Or did you do WBT?
Yes those are the Wattgate and Marinco connectors. I've read very good things about them. As for the cable I went with the Belden 83803. I really like the look of using a 2 conductor wire and then wrapping the ground around it, but this 3 conductor Belden sure did make my first project a heck of a lot easier. And like HiGHFLYiN9 mentioned the black tech over the red cable turned out really well.
Yes those are the Wattgate and Marinco connectors. I've read very good things about them. As for the cable I went with the Belden 83803. I really like the look of using a 2 conductor wire and then wrapping the ground around it, but this 3 conductor Belden sure did make my first project a heck of a lot easier. And like HiGHFLYiN9 mentioned the black tech over the red cable turned out really well.
Ah this stuff:
Oh sweet, you actually built the power cable I wanted to make myself. Gotta love partsexpress. Well At least I know it looks the part! Cool man.
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Originally Posted by Tyson
I lock all my doors, because as a whiteman I need the privacy to invent better drugs to keep everyone oppressed.
This was made to pipe an iPod into a PA system. I call it my "Red Canare "
10' mini to RCA:
Canare Star Quad cable (red)
Canare F-12 3.5mm Plug
Canare F-10 RCA x 2
Black braided sleeving with white tracer (Ebay)
Kester silver solder
headchange4u: Nice work with that mini » RCA cable, what do you have over the split? And no offense, but that iPod line out cable you made is pretty darn ugly
This is my old iPod-connector, made from a Belkin-connector cannibalised from a battery-pack, microphone-cable and a customised 3.5 mm mini-plug.
Pictured with the PocketDock, a connection I never use anymore as it picks up any electric noise present and lets you listen to it with the music!
Am making a new connector with the connector from "ridax" (the first one), and a cannibalised Cardas mini-to-mini connector, as the 3.5 mm plug-housing on this is molded and small enough to allow easy use of the switches on the SuperMacro when connected.
Internal shielding of the iPod-connector is very important, to avoid picking up noise as with the PocketDock!
headchange4u: Nice work with that mini » RCA cable, what do you have over the split? And no offense, but that iPod line out cable you made is pretty darn ugly
I used a piece of 3/8 H/C Pex line (water line) frome Lowes for the Y section of the cable. Fits over Star Quad w/ sleeving perfectly.
No offense taken. Your honesty is appreciated. The iPod connector looks a lot better in real life. It sounds REALLY good so I can learn to live with it not being the prettiest cable in the world. I plan on making a iPod connector > Mini and an iPod connector > RCA using Cardas 24x4 in the near future.
I used a piece of 3/8 H/C Pex line (water line) frome Lowes for the Y section of the cable. Fits over Star Quad w/ sleeving perfectly.
No offense taken. Your honesty is appreciated. The iPod connector looks a lot better in real life. It sounds REALLY good so I can learn to live with it not being the prettiest cable in the world. I plan on making a iPod connector > Mini and an iPod connector > RCA using Cardas 24x4 in the near future.
You could make it look 'better' or at least more 'ipod'. Carefully slice off the red shrink tube and remove the 3.5mm plug. Put white techflex over the braided wire. Use white shrink tube on the ipod connector side and then get a neutrik "L" (6mm entry) nickel plug and just use the 'cover' if you want to keep the gold, because chrome/silver matches white more than black. Or you could cover the black 'cover' with white shrink tube too. Just an idea. THat way it will look better...because you said it already sounds good.
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Originally Posted by Tyson
I lock all my doors, because as a whiteman I need the privacy to invent better drugs to keep everyone oppressed.
You could make it look 'better' or at least more 'ipod'. Carefully slice off the red shrink tube and remove the 3.5mm plug. Put white techflex over the braided wire. Use white shrink tube on the ipod connector side and then get a neutrik "L" (6mm entry) nickel plug and just use the 'cover' if you want to keep the gold, because chrome/silver matches white more than black. Or you could cover the black 'cover' with white shrink tube too. Just an idea. THat way it will look better...because you said it already sounds good.
I have white SPC wire and white Techflex, and silver Neutrik connectors. I was never my intention to make it look "iPod-ish". I wanted it to look custom. I've also been in this non-Techflex mode here lately. I also really like the red,yellow, and orange Litz braid normally, but it does not look that good in this application. The next ones I make will be Cardas so the will be blue, and may end up getting some white Techflex. I am definatly going to remove the red heat shrink and replace it with black, or like you said, white or black heat shrink over the entire cable.
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