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    DIY Cable Gallery!!

    Cranked out a pair of 3 Foot RCA Cables today - I'm relocating my power amp and needed a longer cable.   Cable - Moon Audio Black Dragon RCA's - HGA LOK   The LOK RCA's are absolutely fantastic - I'll never use another connector again!!  
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    THE DIY HEADPHONE STAND THREAD

    Lacquered em up today!!  See whats going on here?   Final lacquer tomorrow... wait a couple weeks - buff and assemble!
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    DIY Cable Gallery!!

    Oh word thats a great idea - i think i have some kicking around here .... somewhere
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    DIY Cable Gallery!!

      DHC Nucleotide Mini - RCA Switchcraft Mini - HGA LOK RCAs - Paracord 100 Not super stoked on how the heatshrink went at the Y split this time... and the heatshrink going into the mini is longer than I like.. but it needed to cover some fraying paracord   Overall I seem to be continuing...
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    DIY Cable Gallery!!

    double helix cables nucleotide :)
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    DIY Cable Gallery!!

    Nucleotide interconnects - Viablue plugs - Paracord 150  
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    DIY Cable Gallery!!

    Thank you so much for the detailed reply - much appreciated! I'll fold it back on itself... screw down...  and snap some photos of the end result.  Great info, thanks again.
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    DIY Cable Gallery!!

    DOH! Hhahah - djyou have to unsolder / resolder?   Hey - Whats ya'lls  preference for screw type banana plugs?  Screw / Solder?  Both?  Tin the tip and screw?    I've got these coming http://www.homegrownaudio.com/lok-suregrip-bfa-rhodium-over-silver-4mm/ for some QED Silver Micro speaker...
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    Show us your Head-Fi station at it's current state. No old pictures please...

      I was looking for a centerpiece for the next 5-10 years .. I almost LIKE that its not the perfect DAC - I can throw all kinds of new gear AT the mPRE and feel good that its going to pass the dutchie to the left. Its black... AND it has a remote!!   I really can't believe the sound coming...
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    Show us your Head-Fi station at it's current state. No old pictures please...

    armaegis - I'm really not qualified to give impressions of the mPRE as a DAC... I haven't heard enough of em to give a real comparison.  It replaced a Schiit Modi, which I enjoyed very much.  I swapped an integrated for separates as well as the DAC so I'm not really able to pick out how the...
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    Show us your Head-Fi station at it's current state. No old pictures please...

    krutsh - that monior stand is next on my woodworking list - its functional but prrrretty gnarly lookin haha fireboy - sick love the yellow chrome n tubes - viablue plug - what kind of cable?
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    Show us your Head-Fi station at it's current state. No old pictures please...

    Ouch my wallet - been spending too much time trolling around here! Today I bid farewell to the NAD that has treated me so well for over a decade!! I sent it out with B2M "Its so hard to say goodbye" hahah!  LOVE that amp!  And welcomed in a new mPRE, MF M1PWR combo.  YAY!  Onward and upward! ...
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    DIY Cable Gallery!!

    Thanks kamakaha - that hakko station looks sweet!  Fine tip is in order for my next project - gonna re-terminate my interconnects.   SO... say i've got the tip of the wire tinned... a little solder on the connector... wire and connector are on the helping hands... ready to make the...
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    DIY Cable Gallery!!

    arty - word ... the tip on that looks more appropriate! i'm snaggin one now
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