Don't know if you want a digital interconnect or RCA's.
I started out building DIY cables with the Max Roachlin Memorial cable (recipe at
www.enjoythemusic.com/etmcable.htm). This is a very simple digital cable using Beleden 1505A wire and some Canare 75 ohm connectors. A step up from this is a very similiar cable using either Belden 1506A or Belden 1695A
wire with an extra copper braided shield tied to ground at the source end and terminated through a .01 uF capictor at the other. I found that the 1506A type works better between my Cambridge 500SE and Art DI/O and that the 1695A type
works better between my Sony 9000ES and an Art DI/O. Don't know why but it does. Bolder cables at
www.boldercables.com sells the 1695A type, but already assembled not in kit form
I have also built the Jon Risch 89259/89248 twisted pair RCA interconnects. This recipe can be found on Jon Rischs' website at
www.geocities.com/jonrisch/i1.htm. Diycables at
www.diycable.com sells this cable in kit form called "The Fat One". If you're only going to build one set this may be the way to go. Probably a lot cheaper than trying to obtain all the parts necessary from different places. I ordered one of these kits to learn how to make the cables and then made the
rest of my cables from scratch. This kit, however, uses a Sanoprene (what I actually received was Neoprene) rubber tubing to insulate the wires from the copper braid. Jon Risch says you should quarter some teflon core material to do
this but I couldn't see myself with an exacto knife cutting something so small into quarters. There may be some loss in sound quality using the Neoprene instead of teflon but weighing the loss against going to the emergency room and getting stitches I opted to use the rubber tubing.
If you want silver interconnects there is Chris Vehaus's recipe at
http://www.geocities.com/vehaus1/diy...connects.html. I haven't made any of these but have read good reviews on them.
If you decide to go the from scratch method, Bolder Cables is one of the only places I've found that sells 89259 wire in smaller quantities than 100 feet, they also sell 1695A wire is small quantities.
Radio Shack sells 1595A part number 910-1587 and 82248 part number 910-1573. The 82248 has the same core as the 89248, the difference being the external covering, but you throw that away when you build the cables.
The cable asylum at
www.audioasylum.com is also a good place for information. Most of the posts are really courteous, but there are some "inmates" who flame pretty good. If you can get past that there is a lot of usefull information.
Hope this helps.
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