[Toxic Cables]

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sorry for OT! but just tried this earlier and it looks odd, i didnt make the braiding too tight because i want the braid to be somewhat loose/normal
 
from what i understand from your explanation, it goes like this:
 
1 2 3 4
2 3 1 4 ( 1 over 2 and 3)
2 3 4 1 ( 4 over 1)
3 4 1 2 ( 2 under 3 and 4, and over 1)
 
so the braiding actually doesnt go back to 1 2 3 4 position? thank

Braiding does not go back to 1234.
 
1 over 2 and 3
4 over 1
2 under 3 and 4
1 under 2
Then repeat,

 

[Tjj226 Angel]

Hey guys, quick question. I am trying to make my own headphones, and I need some type of audio jack to test out my drivers. 
 
I just cut up some cheap logitech headphones that I had, and cut down the plastic to find a bizarre looking jack with green plastic in it. 
 
I am wondering if anyone knows how to use this, or how to salvage a 3.5mm audio jack from something else that would work. 

 

[lostmage]

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Hey guys, quick question. I am trying to make my own headphones, and I need some type of audio jack to test out my drivers. 
 
I just cut up some cheap logitech headphones that I had, and cut down the plastic to find a bizarre looking jack with green plastic in it. 
 
I am wondering if anyone knows how to use this, or how to salvage a 3.5mm audio jack from something else that would work. 

Most 3.5mm plugs on factory made cables are molded plastic or rubber. So probably not, but a 3.5mm plug from Radio Shack, Digikey, Mouser, and so on is pretty cheap, or you could get a Neutrik off Amazon or something.

 

[Tjj226 Angel]

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Most 3.5mm plugs on factory made cables are molded plastic or rubber. So probably not, but a 3.5mm plug from Radio Shack, Digikey, Mouser, and so on is pretty cheap, or you could get a Neutrik off Amazon or something.

 
Oh yeah, and I will be buying a 6.3mm jack soon, but I just wanted to see what sort of home grown solution I could come up with to test things out before I sunk more money into the project. 
 
What I ended up doing was I took a 3.5 to 3.5 mm audio cable that we had lying in a box. Cut off one end. Soldered two 16 gauge wires to the drive (speaking of which, my soldering looks like absolute crap....none of the solder is shiny. The soldering iron is something my dad had lying around from a lonnnnggg time ago, and it looks pretty cheap. Do you guys recommend a new iron?) without knowing which side was positive or negative. Spliced some things together and viola. I now have sound, but it is only to one driver. : (

 

[crazyg0od33]

hey all,
 
I'm working on a mic mod for my AD700's, and I was wondering if THIS xlr connector fit into THIS jack?
 
I have purple, white and orange canare starquad cabling on the way that I'll be using, just ordered different colors to give myself the option of which to use
 
Also, anyone know where I can find a good, easy to solder TRRS 3.5mm male jack?
 
Thanks, love all the cables in this thread!

 

[Dyaems]

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Braiding does not go back to 1234.
 
1 over 2 and 3
4 over 1
2 under 3 and 4
1 under 2
Then repeat,

great. i thought im doing something wrong, maybe im just not used to it yet. thanks again!

 

[TrollDragon]

My Neutrik plugs came in and I built this IC for the C3 to E17...
This is my first time with the Neutrik plug. Very nice to work with easy to solder and assemble.
The barrels on these ones are a little too long, are there any with shorter barrels?
Or does one simply cut it in half with a hack saw and run a tap through it to clean it up?
 
 
The 4 conductor braid 2 reds are ground, I used 4 conductor as it looked better than a 3 conductor braid did.

 

 

 

 

 

[SpudHarris]

 
I usually leave the barrels off and hot glue and add a small piece of heat shrink or use the rubber boots that come with...

 

[TrollDragon]

Nice, I'll look into that.
Thanks!

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[fras]

Sup guys
 
 
I've recently broke my tma-1 coiled cable plug and atm i'm using a 3.5-3.5mm cable that was included in my speakers but it's too long.
So, instead of buying a new cable, i wanted to buy one by myself. Do you know any european shop like redco where i can find about everything i need?
 
Thanks

 

[Tangster]

Some pseudo-balanced XLR cables for my speakers to replace the RCA to 6.3mm Mono cables I made a few weeks back. Decided not to go with rhodium-carbon fibre housings this time. Just because they aren't on show. Need to get my hands on various colours of type 1 paracord. Tricky to find in the UK.
 

 

 
And finally did something with the acrolink carbon 3.5mm jacks I bought a while ago. They look superb in real life.
 

 

 

[TrollDragon]

Very nice! Is that a 1020 Pelican case?

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[Tangster]

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Very nice! Is that a 1020 Pelican case?
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Thanks It's an Otterbox 3000 actually, not quite up to the Pelican level.

 

[crazyg0od33]

I'm trying to make a Mini-XLR to TRRS 3.5mm jack, but I was wondering if anyone could recommend a TRRS jack that has a large enough opening to allow me to use canare starquad cable that I have?
 
Thanks

 

[TrollDragon]

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Thanks It's an Otterbox 3000 actually, not quite up to the Pelican level.

Still has a lot of room, I wanted the Otterbox Pursuit 40 but they figure it should be $35 to ship it to Canada which makes it an expensive little plastic box.