I found the cable in soundmagic products to be of low quality. I have two pairs of pl30s and two pl50s and like the sound and fit a lot, but each has broken down. First they go at the jack, so I shorten the cable and replace the jack, but then they go somewhere else possibly at the y-split. The cable is extremely hard to solder too.
So I bought some Mogami 2893 and plan to recable all my soundmagic products with it. I used cat5e ethernet cable in december to check that I could recable them without damaging the driver and now have a working pair of PL50 again, but ethernet cable is so stiff and microphonic! (I would advice anyone thinking of using it for earphone cable to not bother)
So I wonder if anyone can help me with what heatshrink to use for my recabling.
I think the inner cables are 1mm so I should be able to get them through heatshrink with an ID of 1.5-2mm, right?
I read that polyolefin would be the most flexible heatshrink to use.
I think I should use 2:1 ratio heatshrink so it is flexible after shrinking.
I do not think I need selfadhesive HS for the pairs to the earpieces.
I do plan to use selfadhesive for the y-split.
I will be using large a pailiccs 1/8mm plug.
Thanks.
