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post #736 of 1002
11/28/08 at 7:13pm
I'll second the TakeFive recommendation, I use them pretty frequently for orders.
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post #737 of 1002
11/29/08 at 8:07pm
awsome, thanks guys
placing an order on monday =)
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post #738 of 1002
12/4/08 at 6:09pm
Ok, So I've got

a. 22 AWG Vampire Solid Core Silver (Ground)
b. 22 AWG Neotech Copper Strand (Signal)
c. Vampire 557 RCA


I still need a 3.5mm connector to fit the 4 cables into. There was nothing from Take Five Audio that I could get that would fit. If anyone has any Switchcraft minis, or anything else that you know would work that they can let go, would you please pm me!
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post #739 of 1002
12/4/08 at 9:19pm
Hey, TakeFive sells the Canare F12 which is huge and can fit all the wires you use.
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post #740 of 1002
12/4/08 at 10:06pm
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Originally Posted by Lil' Knight View Post
Hey, TakeFive sells the Canare F12 which is huge and can fit all the wires you use.

Not available atm..
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post #741 of 1002
12/10/08 at 8:16pm
If the headphone jack (3.5mm) doesn't have a clamp, would you need to tie a strain relief????
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post #742 of 1002
12/10/08 at 8:33pm
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Originally Posted by mambo5 View Post
If the headphone jack (3.5mm) doesn't have a clamp, would you need to tie a strain relief????
You can also use adhesive heatshrink, which makes an even stronger strain relief.
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post #743 of 1002
12/11/08 at 2:55am
Having some trouble with TakeFiveAudio and the way they market their products, in this case, product description.

Well, anyways,

It was suppose to be clear insulation + wire for both the copper and silver, I ended up getting red for my copper... They reported back to me saying
"The Neotech wire ships to us in various colours from time to time. I believe this may be the source of confusion, as our 22 Teflon that is currently shipping is in a red jacket."

Unfortunetly, anyone purchasing this particular item, including myself, would assume its shipping in a clear jacket from the photo of the item + lack of description of colour! Sigh.
[/rant]

Still need a mini connector!

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post #744 of 1002
12/12/08 at 4:09am
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Originally Posted by markieta View Post
Having some trouble with TakeFiveAudio and the way they market their products, in this case, product description.

Well, anyways,

It was suppose to be clear insulation + wire for both the copper and silver, I ended up getting red for my copper... They reported back to me saying
"The Neotech wire ships to us in various colours from time to time. I believe this may be the source of confusion, as our 22 Teflon that is currently shipping is in a red jacket."

Unfortunetly, anyone purchasing this particular item, including myself, would assume its shipping in a clear jacket from the photo of the item + lack of description of colour! Sigh.
[/rant]

Still need a mini connector!

I say keep the red. It looks awesome. Its givin off a race car kinda vibe. White and white is plain and boring :P

And from far a way it looks like its just the red cable alone and there floating :P
Its cool.
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post #745 of 1002
12/13/08 at 11:41am
So will this be alright for making some of my own cables?
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post #746 of 1002
12/13/08 at 2:33pm
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Originally Posted by mambo5 View Post
I say keep the red. It looks awesome. Its givin off a race car kinda vibe. White and white is plain and boring :P

And from far a way it looks like its just the red cable alone and there floating :P
Its cool.
Keeping the red, it does look pretty nice actually. It's grown on me.

The great people at Take Five Audio are sending me the correct wire. Ill be keeping that handy for my next set of cables. =)



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Originally Posted by mattcalf View Post
So will this be alright for making some of my own cables?
Those cables are already built for you with 1/4 connecctors, why don't you buy canare star quad separately? Its cheaper.
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post #747 of 1002
12/13/08 at 10:05pm
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Those cables are already built for you with 1/4 connecctors, why don't you buy canare star quad separately? Its cheaper.
I plan to use it for RCA and a LOD among other things.
I can't find and seperate on ebay and that seems the only place I could get it in Australia.

Cheers.
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post #748 of 1002
12/13/08 at 10:27pm
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Originally Posted by mattcalf View Post
So will this be alright for making some of my own cables?
The Canare cable is excellent for building interconnects. My suggestion is to visit Bottlehead.com and look for the pdf file for the construction of the NAWA cable that was developed in conjuction with Diycable. This is, in my opinion, the cable type we all need to build for our equipment. This is a simple cable to make and works very, very well, especially to keep out unwanted outside noise.
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post #749 of 1002
12/13/08 at 11:55pm
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The Canare cable is excellent for building interconnects. My suggestion is to visit Bottlehead.com and look for the pdf file for the construction of the NAWA cable that was developed in conjuction with Diycable. This is, in my opinion, the cable type we all need to build for our equipment. This is a simple cable to make and works very, very well, especially to keep out unwanted outside noise.
Cool thanks for that!.
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post #750 of 1002
12/14/08 at 11:42pm
Sorry if this has been brought up before, I searched for a while and never really found a good answer. I'm going to make a 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable about 15 feet out of some mogami mini quad, with some neutrik 6mm nickle connectors and I'm wondering the best way to solder it together. A friend of mine suggested that I use two wires for left and two for right and then the shield for ground. Would this be the best way or would I want to do one left, one right, two ground. Or what? Thanks for all the help guys.
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