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Chris VenHaus DIY Silver Interconnects

Chris VenHaus DIY Silver Interconnects.

Parts:
VHA HyperFlex Teflon tube
VHA 28 AWG UniCrystal OCC Silver/Cotton wire
Teflon tape
3:1 Heat Shrink Tubing
Tinned copper braid mesh (XLR)
Nylon multifilament
Cardas silver solder
Eichmann Bullet plugs
Neutrik XX-series XLR's

In the making:










Final:

Just built a couple pairs of RCAs for a friend:

Wow...those look nice. Specs? Looks like Starquad and Switchcraft RCAs?

Thanks! One pair is 6ft the other is 3ft. I'm not a huge fan of pre-built cable, so I make my own. Teflon encased Litz 3x22awg conductors encased in custom tubing and terminated in black/gold Switchcraft RCAs. A little more flexible than Starquad and sounds a lot better!

Any reason for a 3-wire litz over a twisted pair or coax w/shield?

I wished I can swing something more than Starquad, but I have 20 cables to make...one pair per audio/video device, as well as 10 video cables.

Seriously nice cables my friend, I like them alot!

Hey guys,

I'm getting some parts of a fellow aus board member (G-rig) to make a straight DT250 cable.

So far the parts I'm going to have are:

- Mogami 2893 Minature Quad 4.8 OD cable
- Beyer 7pin adaptor
- Neutrik NP3X-B 3-Pole Stereo 1/4" OR Switchcraft 35HDNAU

Now because I'm a total noob at this, will that Neutrik plug fit the cable I'm getting? Or is it too thin...? Also can some one help where in Aus I can get techflex (and how do I figure out the size I need for my cable) and heatshrink in a small quantity.

Cheers!

the neutrik plug should fit.. I used the np3c, which i think is the same as the np3x in build, with the 2893.

fitting the np3x over techflex might be tough though... i was only able to fit the np3c over the plain 2893, i tried with nylon multifilament but it did not fit..

not too sure about small quantities of heatshrink though, maybe try ebay?

Thanks for that bik!

Edit: I've moved my question to the proper forum to discuss this.

On the same page as the original pics? Oh brother...

FIFY

Yeah, it was a major pain to thread the litz wire through the tubing. Two pairs was hard enough for me. I couldn't imagine doing that many!

Needed longer cables in my rig so I replaced both my EMU and my RCA interconnects. They're constructed of 5n OFHC pure copper twisted pairs encased in tubing, monofilament sleeving, and locking gold RCAs. The RCA connectors were salvaged off the old cables as they were starting to tarnish.

Looks nice, what are these cables going to be used for?