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4/7/11 at 5:21am
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Hi all,

 

I've trolled through several threads looking for some good ideas of cable material to make my own IEM cable (have JH16s). I can't get those molded pins anymore cause the guy in HK says that they have stopped manufacturing them! Anyway, I have purchased some 21 and 20 awg sterling silver pins to see if they will do. As for the cable itself, I remember seeing someone post something about not using coaxial cables for audio, but didn't go into any detail. Because these are IEMs, I know I want something flexible, non microphonic and I'm after something in pure silver, since I bought a lune cable for my TF10s a while back and they definitely sound better on my JH16s than the stock cable (less noticable for the TF10s)

 

Here are the options I'm currently looking at:

http://www.wires.co.uk/acatalog/si_bare.html

Getting some of that 0.1mm diameter pure silver wire and running 3-4 strands up a teflon tube (0.5mm diameter) to make my own cable. Would I have to litz braid the whole thing or can I just thread them all in side by side without insulation between them?

 

http://www.vt4c.com/shop/program/main.php?cat_id=4&group_id=3&hit_cat=

silver arm wire either will do, but the 225 version allows me to cut it in half for each strand to give me a cable ~110cm long which is fine for me, so I would only need 2 lots of that instead of 4 lots of the other one.

 

http://www.a-msystems.com/p-796-785500.aspx

I can make a 6-stranded cable from this - 2 to the left, 2 to the right and 2 grounds.

 

Suggestions and input welcome and wanted. Cheers.

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