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[liamstrain]

alternately, a small piece of adhesive lined shrink tubing will prevent fraying as well (I rarely have much extra room in my strain reliefs). Does make it harder to disassemble though. 

 

[Armaegis]

Hmm I'd thought about using a lighter before, but didn't know if it was safe to do so.

 

[ardgedee]

I haven't dealt with Techflex etc., but in using a lighter to seal synthetic cords I'd say that you can get away with doing it indoors if you have sufficient ventilation to safely work with solder and you're only fusing a couple ends. If you're applying so much heat that the ends are burning and you're getting plumes of smoke, you did it wrong anyway...

 

[samsquanch]

bored at work, so I made some new cables.  made out of stuff I had sitting around:  Switchcraft RCA's, 1/4" vinyl tubing, 22awg silver plated coper wire, white shoe laces, and some heat shrink.  Came out better than I had expected.
 

 

[qusp]

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Techflex is always that way. I wouldn't bother with it on a headphone. You should just get some paracord or multifilament. I bought 100ft of techflex and realized I can't use it in a single headphone. Kinda got screwed...

ermm multifilament is a type/model of techflex, techflex being the brand name that covers flexopet (this is the really microphonic stuff) monofilament (a tiny bit better), multifilament, carbon fibre braid, teflon braid, stainless steel braid, mylar, peek, pps, Nomex (my personal current favourite) kevlar, flexo conductive plastic etc etc etc they also make heatshrink, cable ties
 
its not all microphonic, multifilament, Nomex, carbon fibre, insultherm (a bit heavy) are all pretty soft too
 

 

[cogsand gears]

 
TF10 cable + Low Profile LOD.

 

[sluker]

That looks great,
Where do you you get the ipod dock with the mini usb female connector?
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TF10 cable + Low Profile LOD.

 

 

[piotrus-g]

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TF10 cable + Low Profile LOD.

DHC Nucleotide?

 

[JamesMcProgger]

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Any tips on cutting the techflex and not having it fray so much while you sleeve your wires?

I cut it and then apply fire to the extreme, not enough to close it but only to melt the tips.
 
actually nevermind, I missed the later posts.
 
 

Hmm I'd thought about using a lighter before, but didn't know if it was safe to do so.

this is what I do

 

[cogsand gears]

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That looks great,
Where do you you get the ipod dock with the mini usb female connector?


 

Modified from a Qables low profile glue together one.
 

 

[cogsand gears]

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DHC Nucleotide?

It is! Nice stuff to work with and pretty flexible too.
 

 

[00lunar]

Here's something made for my HD-800. It was made by one of my mates, very talented guy. He used DHC Nucleotide and ViaBlue XLR's and Y-splitters. For me it's awesome.

 

[tranhieu]

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It is! Nice stuff to work with and pretty flexible too.
 

Do you experience microphonic? It looks quite bulky to me, and what type of insulation you used there? I guess it's either pvc or teflon?

 

[qusp]

NVM
 

 

[Pingupenguins]

For the record, I know techflex is a company. For simplicity's sake I refer to it as techflex rather than Monofilament. I buy nylon multifilament from techflex aswell. I would like to try some kevlar, anyone got a supplier?