[Paavola]

I've been making cables for couple of years now, also for other people. This is my latest creation:

 

[skyline889]

Nice cable Paavola, very clean.

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Here's another of mine, this one's to hook up my 1212m to my IVR. It's about eight feet long with silver right angle 1/4" plugs and LOK Rhodium rcas. My iron is way too big for these tiny little LOKs. I think it's finally time to upgrade from this pos '80s one.

 

[laxx]

Beautiful work there Skyline. I really need to try some nylon multifilament...

 

[SayNoToPistons]

Hey skyline, you never replied to my PMs!

 

[skyline889]

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Originally Posted by laxx /img/forum/go_quote.gif Beautiful work there Skyline. I really need to try some nylon multifilament...

Thanks Laxx! I had a really hard time terminating the RCAs on these because the tip of my iron couldn't really fit into the space to solder the signal wire. I think I might have to stop being so cheap and pick up a Hakko.

 

[SayNoToPistons]

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Originally Posted by SayNoToPistons /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hey skyline, you never replied to my PMs!

 

[gsteinb88]

Picked up a pretty inexpensive pair of K701's that were in need of a new cable, threw some twisted pairs of SPC on there, and had myself some new cans

. They were a real pain in the arse to get open though....but once i did, it was super simple.

 

[FallenAngel]

Just finished this Cardas 4x24 cable for my Sennhseir HD600's. So far it sounds very nice, can't wait until it burns in. I especially love the light blue shade to the cable, it's actually somewhat darker than the photo, but you can still see a little blue under the nylon sleeving.

 

[MoonHawk]

Just built two of these
I used canare starquad and neutrik connectors machined to accept the large diameter starquad, just under 6" tip to tip

Im actually willing to sell them, PM me if you're interested

 

[soloz2]

I haven't posted pics in this tread for a while so I thought I'd post a few of cables I've made in the last week or so.

1M mini-RCA 6 conductor solid silver

short silver mini-mini

and some speakers cables I made

 

[philodox]

I know this isn't the for sale forum, but if anyone has a spare Neutrik gold plated mini or Canare F12 [the fat canare mini] or something similar [decent straight mini] that they can sell me I would greatly appreciate it. The right angle switchcraft connector that I had on my K81DJ's is faulty and there are no places in Canada that sell any mini plugs even half way decent. Thanks.

 

[hembergler]

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Originally Posted by philodox /img/forum/go_quote.gif I know this isn't the for sale forum, but if anyone has a spare Neutrik gold plated mini or Canare F12 [the fat canare mini] or something similar [decent straight mini] that they can sell me I would greatly appreciate it. The right angle switchcraft connector that I had on my K81DJ's is faulty and there are no places in Canada that sell any mini plugs even half way decent. Thanks.

takefiveaudio.com has the F12 mini, although they certainly aren't the cheapest place around.

Soloz2, very nice cables you got there. I'm assuming you got the silver from HGA? Those RCAs look like some of theirs.


The other day I traded my silver mini-mini with a friend for various goods, and part of the deal was a pair of Numark HF125 headphones. Needless to say, they sucked, and they had serious modding potential. A few hours of work later, they were recabled with Canare StarQuad and had newly added KSC75 drivres.

 

[SayNoToPistons]

Hey soloz, are those Canare cables (speaker cables)?

 

[PcWork]

Hi Madman, EFN. =P
i finally come over here.

Posting some cable i ever made.

Some of my plugs

Canare Starquad Stereo Mini-Mini (Canare 4E6S + F12)

Some mini interconnect ( Built with Starquad and Generic plugs)

Silver coated 30 AWG cable, braided and put inside heatshrink. sound is ok, but sort of Dry compare to canare starquad.

EMU 0404 customize breakout (Metal D9 + EST Japan made 1/6" Female + Starquad)

Right : RCA-RCA with starquad and F-10
Left : Canare Starquad Stereo Mini-Mini (Canare 4E6S + F12)

RCA-RCA and RCA-1/6" phono (for EMU1212)
Left : F-10 (RCA) + Neutrik 1/6" (Phono) + Starquad
Right : RCA-RCA with starquad and F-10

PX-75?? the blue and shimmer techflex make me scared to bring it out as everyone will staring at it.
Cable is Canare L-2B2AT which is dual core, and aluminum foil + Fire wire shielded.

CAT-5 interconnect (as experiment, as according to van haus, it's best for speaker cable. but i just test it out, it;s a pain to fix it in to rean plug) sound is not as good as canare starquad. as i am not using Teflon coated CAT-5 , i infact using D-Link PVC insulated cat-5. hence it's just purely made for fun.

Recabled British air-way headphone. my cousin who work in british air way found they throw this away as the cable is torned. Recabled with 4E6S too.
so he pick it up and gave to me. and i recabled it. impressive bass respond. better bass than SR60.

MYbeloved humble setup =) Mini cable from creative zen micro to amp is starquad without shield, skin and yada yada. just bare.
while cable from amp to my headphone is canare starquad.

Cmoy with Starquad as internal wiring. found that it does improve the sound stage..

Silver coated copper mini stereo interconnect, extremely flexible. Has slightly less bass respond compare to 4E6S on my headphone (HP890)

3.5mm female-female interconnect (use for extension, or to change the plugs of interconnect of some of my cable, especially for my headphone cable)
Cable : Starquad
Plugs : EST 3.5mm Female Made in japan, Fit in Taiwan made Metal plug Barrer.

Stereo-RCA Starquad + REAN + F-10

Experimental cable of mini-mini interconnect
Top-> Below = Canare 4E6S, Belden, 4E6S, silver coated cable, SATO Microphone cable, Maruni Microphone cable, braided (9 line) 30AWG silver plated cable with teflon insulation, 4E6S bare cable with techflex, Braided (3line) 30 AWG silver plated cable with teflon insulation.

short mini-RCA , made with starquad

Latest creation, Rca-Rca , starquad also. Added ferrite ring to try out the improvement. from what i heard, no significant different in the sound signature. might be placebo. but it does look good, hence i leave it there.

Latest Creation, 0.5M stereo-stereo for me to connect external soundcard to portable speaker or portable amp. Plugs = Neutrik + Taiwan metal barrer. techflex added

Salute to members like RnB180, Hemberger, HiGHFLYiN9 and Edwood
i had learn a lot from u guys. though i didn't register and post, but i actually followed this thread a long time, and in fact i read from page 1 to page 80 when i started to learn how to do cable. =)
thanks for the knowledge you spread around. very appriciate it.

 

[soloz2]

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Originally Posted by SayNoToPistons /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hey soloz, are those Canare cables (speaker cables)?

yep, and they sound better then the large gage ofc copper I was previously using. Larger soundstage and better lows, which is important when you have bookshelf speakers!