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Thanks Good Times

Sorry, I realise that this might be completely off topic but... here's an interesting question:

I want to connect a balanced 1/4 TRS male to balanced XLR
(EMU 0404USB to Balanced XLR inputs of Cambridge Audio 840A amplifier ...wasted on setup i know!)

But I can't quite get my head around it.

For the balanced XLR I googled that:
Pin 1 is the GROUND
Pin 2 is the HOT (+) wire
Pin 3 is the COLD (-) wire

But looking at DIY-Central.com - Go Create something! - PCB Design, Electronics - How to create your own DIY cables, XLR, TRS, studio cables

I see that for the diagram for Balanced TRS -> XLR Balanced (diagram 7)... the TRS has its shield disconnected? Surely it should be more similar to diagram 21 !?!?

ARGH!!! I'll post the pics once I get my head around this... promise!

Hi guys, I was thinking about recabling my headphones, but I seem to have thought of a problem that occur: Don't I need 4 cables to recable my headphones? Right positive, Right negative, Left positive, and Left negative? A 3.5mm plug only has 3 places to solder on, Right, Left, and Ground!

blawh.

Headphones have L + G on the left & R + G on the right. G (ground) is common so 2 wires go to ground position on your plug.

Oh thanks that really cleared it up for me

blawh.

My first recable, Denon 1001 with Mogami and Switchcraft.

Looking nice! But you might want to consider redoing the heatshrink near the plug..
It kinda ruins the flexibility now.

Wonderful recable. Nice and simple like it should. I too however don't like the heatshrink near the plug. In general heatshrink isn't as nice to look at than the nylon for example. Also it adds weight and size (it's not really a mini plug anymore ) and inflexibility.
Was there any reason for so much heatshrink?

Thanks for replies guys. Loads of heatshrink, ohhh well it was my vision of strain relive hehe. Will use less next time.

Great looking cable-work indeed!
Especially the heat shrinks in the Y-split and towards the connector.

Chris,

ordered the cable in but I'm still waiting on you??

If you like it it's good

Although, if the purpose was strain relief, what about just covering the cable and tucking it inside the plug? Or did it not fit that way? Just having a little extra stiffness at the opening of the plug is probably a decent strain relief. Although, I think the whole point of strain relief is so that the cable doesn't flex to its extremes at that opening from the weight of the entire cable to reduce wear and tear on that part of the cable (I could be wrong). For that purpose the sleeving around the cable you used seems to me like it should be thick enough without a strain relief. But I always like to err on the side of caution personally.

Hi guys. I've never made a cable before so I went and made some RCA cables for my new amp.



First try using some scrap speaker wires, the braiding isn't very tidy.



Second try is a lot tidier. Sorry that it's not really beautiful or anything, just practical!

Got bored and made a line-out cable for the X5 since I had a spare Gomadic connector at hand. The line-out sounds worse than the headphone-out, but it does have its uses...

Nakamichi RCA Plugs

First cables I made. Used locally sourced parts. Blue Denko coax wire - the stuff is really thick and nicely shielded. Covered with black teckflex. The RCA bullets are a WBT design knock off branded Nakamichi which I am sure is also a knockoff. Will use them with my desk system once I build a dac. Having too much fun with CMOYs right now.

Knockoffs but still look quite nice. And they have the center split. How much were they and did you buy them in like a radioshack or a nationwide store?