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^ Wow, those are sexy looking cables.

Recabled with 26awg SPC. These are used while i jog

Nice job on that recable. I love the colors. How are the microphonics?

Here are my budget Eichman bullets RCA interconnects with Star Quad (1.5').

My question for you experts is if using a braided 4-conductor cable affects SQ. Pretty much all stereo RCA cables are separate.

The silly thing is that I won't need this cable much longer anyway since I'm going fully balanced --silver or copper XLR plugs are expensive $$$

Actually not that bad. When im walking i hardly notice it. When im jogging i dont notice it at all since i wear a hooded sweater and the thick cotton cushions it.

Im working on another one for everyday portable use with all white strands of 24awg but ill be using black techflex for this one.

Look at the offerings by Neutrik. They are nice connectors, and aren't very expensive:
http://www.redco.com/shopdisplaycate...XLR+Connectors

You don't really need ultra expensive [furutech, etc] plugs with balanced cables anyways since cable quality means even less in a balanced rig. The only reason I have fat expensive looking cables is because I got them for free.

my first recable using star quad/switchcraft. It does sound better but I'm not too happy with the stiffness of the splitted cable due to the heat shrink...but it's nice nonetheless

You should try Techflex type of sleeving?

knalb, that's pretty nice looking for your first re-cable. Good job.

That would improve stiffness wouldn't it. So instead of using headshrink just put techflex over the two twisted cables? I'll try it, what size would you recommend?

thanks soundgoon!

I don't think TechFlex is really what you want for flexibility. It would also add a good deal of microphonics.

I havent ever used TechFlex itself, but another manufacturers same type of sleeving, plastictype of material, and never experienced microphonics.

Another option is cotton sleeving. It is flexible and I just cant imagine it would be microphonic.

You're welcome - although I wouldn't reccomend tech-flex for the exposed cables either, it would add some mircophnics, and it might just look kinda awkward too

Spent some time recabling this weekend. Sorted out both my K81DJ and SR-60s. The K81 I did to help reduce some of the bloominess in the bass and hopefully bring the midrange forward a bit.

24 awg stranded silver wire in a litz braid covered in heat shrink and connected to a 1/4" adaptor I bought in bulk off ebay:






I used Canare mini starquad on the Grados to tame some of the borderline harshness and help warm up the already beautiful midrange. As I'm an OSU alumn I decided to use some orange tech-flex over the black wire. It's a little stiff but not unbearable:





With the AKGs I do notice the bass energy better contained and what I considered a muffled mid-range has been brightened a bit.

I'm extremely happy with the result with the Grados: the harshness in the upper range is more subdued and I find the listening experience as a whole to be much more enjoyable. I will say, though, that separating the Grado cups was a HUGE pain.