I'm making a DIY interconnect plan. It's my first DIY interconnect.
I figure it will save me money, teach me something and most importantly
sound good! Here is my idea which was composed by reading a number of
DIY cable designs and then putting them together:

From innermost out:
1) Silver Wire (Pure, or as close to pure so they can call it pure, hehe)
2) Teflon tape (TFE) wrapped around.
3) Electrical tape wrapped around that.

Two of these (for two signal cables).

Then they will be twisted around one another.

Solder each ends and put a braided cable cover over it.

Simple, I know... but, what do you think of it? Any suggestions?
Any tips from those who have done their cables on how to wrap and such?

How thick should I wrap the teflon tape around?

The teflon tape is easy to apply, but the electrical tape is not. It seems to go on real thick (I have tested a few wires) and is hard to control... how much should I be putting on? It would be easier to work in small amount of the tape (ie. break off three inches and put it on, then do another, etc.), is that ok?

Thanks,
-Chad

Hmmm....Your idea reminds me alot of my idea which I posted about a while ago .

Do you have a link to that post?...I can't find it...

Thanks!
-Chad

Nevermind, found it.

I was thinking of doing the ribbon type too... unsure after reading some other material. I read a lot before coming up with the above ideas. I think I'm going to stick with the silver wire, then teflon, then electrical. Two of those twisted around one enother, held by electrical tape every 1" or so, so they don't unbind and then wrapped in the cool CyberGuy's nylon wrap things.


Thanks,
-Chad

I would just use spaghetti teflon in favor of teflon tape, it would give a more even coating, which would probably make it sound better. I don't see why you'd use an electrical tape jacket, could you explain that a bit more?

I don't know if this is as crucial in audio as in networking, but one thing to consider is your twists per foot. For example, if I remember correctly, CAT5 network cable has about 20 twists per foot. It is very important that the twists are even and consisten throughout the length being used. Perhaps this is the same with audio..

I don't know, just a suggestion. I am new to all this, and perhaps somebody else has already addressed this.

The electrical tape jacket simple stiffens the wire. With just teflon, its very flimsy.

I think I'm going to test out the following:

-Silver wire, teflon tape, electrical tape... 2x.
-Then do the packing tape idea like in that article in the DIY resources links thread. That would be simple yet affective without going crazy with electrical tape to keep it structually ok.

That also would solve having to worry about twists per foot and such. According to that Synergized article in the DIY links thread, it sounds better straight but apart anyways.

This weekend I'm going to give that a shot. But first, I need to practice soldering,

-Chad