I was considering removing the 4th conductor but that would probably ruin the braid.  I just checked out the diagram of the Star Quad and there's a shield on top of the quad cables.  I think if I remove that shield, I'll have enough space to fit everything into 550-size paracord without it...

Where can I find this cotton/nylon material?  What I'll probably do is open the braid up and take some of the cotton filler out.  I'll get it to a thickness that fits well into whatever covering material I choose to use. Thanks for the advice :)

I would be removing the PVC jacket.  The actual cable bundles internally are about the same size.  I guess my question is if the lack of shield would make the quad cable more flexible or is the paracord likely the cause of the stiffness?

Just made my first cable for my HD580's and honestly it came out pretty great!  The Y-Split was a lot easier than I expected to tackle.   I ended up using some spare Canare CA-L-2T2S (2 conductor with shield).  I used the shield as the common return path.  Unfortuantely with Paracord 550...

Sorry to revive this but I decided to pick one of these up since everyone seems to be enjoying their TU20 so much.  While it sounds great, after changing the ACDC wall wart to a better quality one, the gain was way too high.  I contacted the eBay seller to ask which resistors I could change to...

Thanks!  I've already started ordering parts and an enclosure.  Hopefully Fred gets back to me soon about picking up this PCB :) Has anyone built this circuit on a perf-board?  I might "test assemble" everything on a perf board to see how it sounds.  Does anyone have any tips to avoid cross...

Is there any way for me to get two of these boards?  If there's none of these left, is there a 12au7 Starving Student schematic available that I can use to make my own?   Edit:  Nevermind, I found the schematic :)  Hopefully there are still some boards left, but can anyone confirm that this...

Hi everybody, new HeadFi-er here.  Just got into the Audiophile game, have a set of DT990's and AKG K240S.  Love the sound of these two headphones so far.  Plan on making my own headphone cables soon and modding my DT990's.  When I have the time, I'll probably design an Amp and DAC to replace my...

Hey guys, new to Head-Fi but am familiar with cable making (do it for work). I'm looking to make a new sleeved and unbalanced headphone cable for my DT990's and AKG k240s.  I'm wondering what you think about these cable choices:  ...