Felt like having a "portable" cable for my AKG K7XX to use around the house. Just wanted to test it first to compare to the stock cable before changing out the connector to 6.3mm. 
Couldn't help myself with the colors. 

kamakahah said:

  Couldn't help myself with the colors. 

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It's very, ehm, Eighties...

020assassin said:

It's very, ehm, Eighties...

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Lol, I suppose that's one way to see it. I just get bored of seeing/building everything the same.
Maybe I'll do an 80s inspired-hot neon next.

You should do pastel pink and blue with pastel yellow heatshrink! Like so

kamakahah said:

Lol, I suppose that's one way to see it. I just get bored of seeing/building everything the same.
Maybe I'll do an 80s inspired-hot neon next.

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Maybe I haven't been looking in the right places, but I haven't seen many red/white cables:
 

 

kamakahah said:

Maybe I'll do an 80s inspired-hot neon next.

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Or black and gold lame...

armaegis said:

Or black and gold lame...

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I'll get right on that.

Nah man, you gotta think bigger...
 
edit: ok to be fair I think this was maybe more early 90's...

Heres mine .. neotech cable with cheapo rca

Here are a couple pix of an RCA extension cable I made last night.  While it functions fine in non-turntable scenarios (e.g., connecting the rest of my Schiit stack to the Lyr), I get a terrible ground loop hum (I guess) when extending the TT's cable to the phono preamp.  I don't have this problem with a pair of RCA couplers and a cheap, standard consumer electronics RCA cable.  But I like the cable (now probably useless), so here are the pix 
 
 
Mogami W2893 quad mic cable, Techflex, Rean female plugs, Redco male plugs
 

 

 
 
If you have any thoughts about the problem with the cable + turntable, here's the post:
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/676402/diy-cable-questions-and-comments-thread/3135#post_11206600

thurstonx said:

Here are a couple pix of an RCA extension cable I made last night.  While it functions fine in non-turntable scenarios (e.g., connecting the rest of my Schiit stack to the Lyr), I get a terrible ground loop hum (I guess) when extending the TT's cable to the phono preamp.  I don't have this problem with a pair of RCA couplers and a cheap, standard consumer electronics RCA cable.  But I like the cable (now probably useless), so here are the pix 


Mogami W2893 quad mic cable, Techflex, Rean female plugs, Redco male plugs








If you have any thoughts about the problem with the cable + turntable, here's the post:

http://www.head-fi.org/t/676402/diy-cable-questions-and-comments-



thread/3135#post_11206600

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Those cables look very nice, and I love the colour blue you chose.

reddog said:

Those cables look very nice, and I love the colour blue you chose.

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Thanks, reddog.  The cable was originally a custom job from Redco, before I discovered the joys of DIY.  Techflex is great for cables that aren't going to ones cans (so, e.g., interconnects), and the choice of colors is great.

thurstonx said:

   
Here are a couple pix of an RCA extension cable I made last night.  While it functions fine in non-turntable scenarios (e.g., connecting the rest of my Schiit stack to the Lyr), I get a terrible ground loop hum (I guess) when extending the TT's cable to the phono preamp.  I don't have this problem with a pair of RCA couplers and a cheap, standard consumer electronics RCA cable.

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Did you check for continuity between a ground and the left/right channels? There might be a short in one of your connectors

Here are my Klotz AC110SW's terminated with Rean NYS373 connectors.  It was a pain in the a** to make it because the cable is too thick for the connectors. But the end result is nice in my opinion, they look very clean.
 

 
As far as the sound goes, Klotz AC110SW is a very popular and respectable cable among musicians, and as far as I understand from reading some forums, it's one of the favorites when it comes to guitar instrument cables, and it's top of the line when it comes to RCA cables from this German manufacturer. Officially, price is 110€ for the 30 cm long one, which is the shortest and cheapest they sell.  
 
Does it sound good when used as an RCA cable? Well, yes.  It's flat as far as the frequency response goes (measured it), and it's very transparent and detailed, however, I feel like in my setup with Beyerdynamic T1's it's a bit too clear and even a bit harsh sometimes. That might be because certain recordings are a bit harsh on their own, and cable is transparent enough to show it, but I don't like it too much in my setup. However, for someone with warmish equipment and headphones, who would like more clarity and detail, it would be perfect. It's one of the higher end RCA cables by any standard at this price range.

scizzro said:

  Did you check for continuity between a ground and the left/right channels? There might be a short in one of your connectors

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I did, before I even plugged it in.  A short would manifest itself in any test.  As stated, the cable worked fine in the two non-turntable-related tests I did.