[Allanmarcus]

Here's my latest cable
 
 
 
 
 
It's an 8 wire round braid, which was so much easier to do with paracord! I'm a little worried about the weight. I'm still waiting to get the tips from lunashops. Nothing like 45 day shipping!
 
I'm also a little worried about stress relief at the tips. As you can see, I'm ready to solder the ends to the connectors, and then I plan on simple heat shrink over the connector and the paracord. Will regular heat shrink do the job, or do I need "adhesive heat shrink", or something else? 

 

[Whitigir]

Looking good. What are the connectors ? If it has clamps then you should be good with regular heatshrink

 

[jahsavi]

Where did you buy the wire and mesh from? Was the wire already in the mesh? Thanks! Cable looks great btw!

 

[Allanmarcus]

Looking good. What are the connectors ? If it has clamps then you should be good with regular heatshrink

Sorry. HD800, so no inherent strain relief. No space for hot glue.

Where did you buy the wire and mesh from? Was the wire already in the mesh? Thanks! Cable looks great btw!

The sleeve is type 1 (95lb) paracord from Amazon. It comes with a string inside you have to remove, then you have to feed the bare wire into the paracord. Most of the wire worked great, but a few required Teflon tape. I also learned not to spare the Teflon tape, to it can fall off inside the paracord. Took about 30-60 minutes per wire (x 8), then a few hours to braid. I just did it while watching tv at night with the wife.

The wire is stripped Mogami mini quad core W2799 from markertek (72 cents per foot). The XLR jack also from markertek.

 

[Whitigir]

For Hd800 connector you will have to use heavy duty adhesive heat shrink tubes to secure the joins and also form the bottom body to plug and unplug it more securely.....the way Hd800 connectors are *_*

 

[Allanmarcus]

For Hd800 connector you will have to use heavy duty adhesive heat shrink tubes to secure the joins and also form the bottom body to plug and unplug it more securely.....the way Hd800 connectors are *_*

I was thinking of this stuff. Thoughts?
 
http://www.amazon.com/URBEST®-87Pcs-Adhesive-Lined-Shrink/dp/B019EXKWRO

 

[Whitigir]

Those should be good stuff, if not enough then you can double the layer and you are set

 

[jahsavi]

Awesome, thank you! thank you! thank you!
 
 
Just ordered the wire from markertek but I'm doing a different kind of cable so I ordered Mini-XLRs and a 1/4" connector on amazon with the 95lb paracord.
 
I had an idea that I'm not sure will work but to connect the wire to the paracord core before pulling it out. This might save a lot of time! Just a thought.

 

[Allanmarcus]

  Awesome, thank you! thank you! thank you!
 
 
Just ordered the wire from markertek but I'm doing a different kind of cable so I ordered Mini-XLRs and a 1/4" connector on amazon with the 95lb paracord.
 
I had an idea that I'm not sure will work but to connect the wire to the paracord core before pulling it out. This might save a lot of time! Just a thought.

The challenge is how to connect the string to the wire and keep the connection incredibly thin so that the connection can pass through the sleeve. If you figure that out, let us know.

 

[Allanmarcus]

 

For Hd800 connector you will have to use heavy duty adhesive heat shrink tubes to secure the joins and also form the bottom body to plug and unplug it more securely.....the way Hd800 connectors are *_*

I was thinking of this stuff. Thoughts?
 
http://www.amazon.com/URBEST®-87Pcs-Adhesive-Lined-Shrink/dp/B019EXKWRO

I decided to t ry these
 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C8I15EQ
 
Dual Wall Adhesive Lined Heat Shrink KIT
both red and black
no writing on the tubing. 

 

[PETEREK]

 

 

For Hd800 connector you will have to use heavy duty adhesive heat shrink tubes to secure the joins and also form the bottom body to plug and unplug it more securely.....the way Hd800 connectors are *_*

I was thinking of this stuff. Thoughts?
 
http://www.amazon.com/URBEST®-87Pcs-Adhesive-Lined-Shrink/dp/B019EXKWRO

I decided to t ry these
 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01C8I15EQ
 
Dual Wall Adhesive Lined Heat Shrink KIT
both red and black
no writing on the tubing. 

Looks like there is lettering on the smaller tubes. If there is and you want it off, before you shrink it wipe the letters off with a Clorox wipe. Let it dry off and then shrink it.

 

[Whitigir]

I do not want to block my vent ports. Therefore, my final transformation will stick out and protrude out a lot. It may look bad, however I do not want to block out my vent ports as my post below shows how I COuld easily hear the changes in the sound signatures by rotating the foam discs as long as the vent ports are there. I am very happy with what I have here.


To further read on sound differences and impressions when these vents are changes, blocked, you can visit this thread.

http://www.head-fi.org/t/802704/th-900-fostex-ez-simple-mods-and-other-fostex-dynamic-variants-x00-denon-mor

 

[Eudis]

Added some 2.5mm my THX00 stock cable to compliment the 2.5mm jacks and its custom cable.

 

[ChrisIsAwesome]

Hello everyone, I have a question specifically for the Ak-Pef21 since I'm looking to make my own balanced interconnects for ak100II to 3pin xlr amp input on the Woo audio wa22. 
How does the PEF21 ground without causing hum since it has only 2 wires going to each 3pin xlr? I thought that devices needed to be grounded on each end of the signal to eliminate ground noise/ interference.
 

I've already ordered supplies and plan on making a six cable braid. 2 ground wires going from the 3.5 phono to the xlr ground and 4 wires from the 2.5 TRRS 4pole to the L and R channels.
Will this work? or is there an easier way to ground the circuit. I have very limited knowledge.

 

[kenblu24]

Hello. I'm looking to restore a pair of old Bose Triports (around ear). I need to solder some cables onto the actual speaker. I wanted to just use a cable from some cheap earbuds on amazon, but I have no idea how to cleanly cut those wires. They have those really strong fiberglass-like core where the wires are wrapped around, bundled together. Anybody have any tips for this?