http://www.venhaus1.com/diysilverinterconnects.html
instead of Silver Wire, I used Magnetic Oxide Coated Copper wires.
Parts Need:
A silm tube glass bottle
Isoprophil Alcohol ($1.50)
Acetone ($1.50)
Home Depot 13.7m x 3.2mm cotton rope ($1.50)
Home Depot 1/4" Polyethylene tubing (white Icemaker) $1.50
Radio Shack Magnetic Wire ($5.00 for 3 guages)
1/8" inch clothes wire hanger. free.
lit candle.
cut the 2 lengths of wire cotton needed. dip cotton ends into candle wax. form ends with fingers (otherwise it will "poof" up). let dry.
clean the glass dropper bottle and with alcohol (unless it was bought empty). let dry.
cut dropper bottle bulb (top).
fill bottle with acetone to 1".
wrap wires around rope. lightly hold with shrink tube.
insert rope into tube. (do not let cotton come into contact with the acetone). let stand 1 minute. lightly scrape wire ends with exacto knife. repeat as necessary. (use the acetone to soften the enamel). *** after awhile you should be able to use just your fingers to remove the enamle. ***
(tape small piece of wire over the heat shrink and tape. tape the other end of the 2" wire to the hanger. pull hanger through tube.
pull the two wires & cotton through the 1/4" tubing.
solder wires as usual.
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if not using rope, and you want to wrap around the outside of the polypropleyne, insert tube into RCA plug (screw on the barrel), and position as necessary. mark outside with a CD marker pen (so that when finished the wires don't go into the barrel). poke a pin though the middle of the tube a little higher than the mark (make sure it goes through the other side of the tube). remove pin. insert a long piece of wire through the two holes until they are equal lengths on both sides of the hole. from the opposite end insert the coat hanger. push the rod through so that it pushes the wire through. you should have about 1.5" of wire protruding. tape the wire to the coat hanger and the tube. [now would be a good time to heat shrink over the hole if you are not using teflon tape.]
wrap around one wire lead until you get to the other side. temporarily tape down. repeat with the other end. tape down. cut 1/4" shrink tube. position over the two holes (nearest the coat hanger side you pushed in, ot which has the 'loop') and heat. untape the coat hanger (on the end you just shrank the shrink tube). cut wire in the very middle. you now have two loose wires.
untape one wire (from the other end - non-shrinked tube end). pull the coat hanger past the small holes. push one wire through a hole. when it gets to the inner wall - stop. lightly push the coat hanger bcak through. work the wire into the hole while pushing with the hanger so that the wire comes out the end. temporarily tape this wire (after the two small holes).
pull/push the coat hanger back into the tube past the two holes. remove the second wire tape. push the wire end into the second hole. when it gets to the other inner hole - stop. push the wire hanger so that it pushes the wire out. pull both wires tightly. adjust for twist finish. hold both wires and shrink 1/4" shrink tube so that it covers both little holes. heat shrink tube.
plug both ends with cotton. i used 1" of the rope.
cut one end a little longer than necessary for a perfect fit into the RCA plug. immerse inside acetone bottle. wait a minute. scrape with exacto knife. repeat as necessary. when both wires are scraped, adjust final fit by cutting off a bit of the wire ends and solder into plug. tighten.
insert opposite plug end (RCA cap. you gotta put it in before you solder the last end). scrape one wire end. test for continuity to ground at RCA plug. (identifying wires). cut the ground wire just a little bit shorter than the signal lead.
immerse in acetone, scrape, repeat. solder. check for shorts when completly finished.
instead of Silver Wire, I used Magnetic Oxide Coated Copper wires.
Parts Need:
A silm tube glass bottle
Isoprophil Alcohol ($1.50)
Acetone ($1.50)
Home Depot 13.7m x 3.2mm cotton rope ($1.50)
Home Depot 1/4" Polyethylene tubing (white Icemaker) $1.50
Radio Shack Magnetic Wire ($5.00 for 3 guages)
1/8" inch clothes wire hanger. free.
lit candle.
cut the 2 lengths of wire cotton needed. dip cotton ends into candle wax. form ends with fingers (otherwise it will "poof" up). let dry.
clean the glass dropper bottle and with alcohol (unless it was bought empty). let dry.
cut dropper bottle bulb (top).
fill bottle with acetone to 1".
wrap wires around rope. lightly hold with shrink tube.
insert rope into tube. (do not let cotton come into contact with the acetone). let stand 1 minute. lightly scrape wire ends with exacto knife. repeat as necessary. (use the acetone to soften the enamel). *** after awhile you should be able to use just your fingers to remove the enamle. ***
(tape small piece of wire over the heat shrink and tape. tape the other end of the 2" wire to the hanger. pull hanger through tube.
pull the two wires & cotton through the 1/4" tubing.
solder wires as usual.
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if not using rope, and you want to wrap around the outside of the polypropleyne, insert tube into RCA plug (screw on the barrel), and position as necessary. mark outside with a CD marker pen (so that when finished the wires don't go into the barrel). poke a pin though the middle of the tube a little higher than the mark (make sure it goes through the other side of the tube). remove pin. insert a long piece of wire through the two holes until they are equal lengths on both sides of the hole. from the opposite end insert the coat hanger. push the rod through so that it pushes the wire through. you should have about 1.5" of wire protruding. tape the wire to the coat hanger and the tube. [now would be a good time to heat shrink over the hole if you are not using teflon tape.]
wrap around one wire lead until you get to the other side. temporarily tape down. repeat with the other end. tape down. cut 1/4" shrink tube. position over the two holes (nearest the coat hanger side you pushed in, ot which has the 'loop') and heat. untape the coat hanger (on the end you just shrank the shrink tube). cut wire in the very middle. you now have two loose wires.
untape one wire (from the other end - non-shrinked tube end). pull the coat hanger past the small holes. push one wire through a hole. when it gets to the inner wall - stop. lightly push the coat hanger bcak through. work the wire into the hole while pushing with the hanger so that the wire comes out the end. temporarily tape this wire (after the two small holes).
pull/push the coat hanger back into the tube past the two holes. remove the second wire tape. push the wire end into the second hole. when it gets to the other inner hole - stop. push the wire hanger so that it pushes the wire out. pull both wires tightly. adjust for twist finish. hold both wires and shrink 1/4" shrink tube so that it covers both little holes. heat shrink tube.
plug both ends with cotton. i used 1" of the rope.
cut one end a little longer than necessary for a perfect fit into the RCA plug. immerse inside acetone bottle. wait a minute. scrape with exacto knife. repeat as necessary. when both wires are scraped, adjust final fit by cutting off a bit of the wire ends and solder into plug. tighten.
insert opposite plug end (RCA cap. you gotta put it in before you solder the last end). scrape one wire end. test for continuity to ground at RCA plug. (identifying wires). cut the ground wire just a little bit shorter than the signal lead.
immerse in acetone, scrape, repeat. solder. check for shorts when completly finished.
let's see, I already paid for about 100' of 30 guage wire, I've got about 23' of the polyethelyene tubing, 1/2" of heat shrink is nothing, and I paid $7 for the interconnects... maybe I'll make up a set, have Greg check them out and then have him send them out to you. how's that? 
Seriously, I'd be honored to grace my system with a pair of your ICs. .5-1m would be fine since the amp will be placed on a plastic monitor shelf I bought for the wife but she didn't want. Since the amp is literally right on top of the CDP a half meter run would fit easily. I am currently using a 1.5m run and it is all curled up around the back right hand corner of the CDP before entering the Creek. At the rate things are going on getting stuff to me it'll probably make it just in time for my next birthday, but I wouldn't complain. I'd have my very own WalliJohn original IC in my possession. Proudly in my possession.
