[cogsand gears]

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Wow I managed to solder an interconnect and headphone cable, using Cordial 422 + Neutrik connectors. $10 is about as much as I would care to pay for a cable. 

Better ergonomics for desktop use now..
 
 

Hey dude, sorry to go off topic, but, how much was that headphone stand, and where is it  from?

 

[ardgedee]

Looks like a Sieveking Omega.

 

[Pingupenguins]

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Looks like a Sieveking Omega.

 
Holy crap! $200 for a stand? I got my Banana holder for $20. I guess I'm cheap.....
 
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I just bought some 26awg stranded OFC wires from BTG Audio, and made a six conductor cable ending in switchcraft 3.5mm stereo plug on one end, and some no-name 2.5mm mono plugs on the other for my heavily modded Grado SR60 and Woodied Magnum v3s, and they are fantastic!  I wanted to rewire my Fostex T50RP for dual mono entry, but that ended in tragedy (ruined my bass heavy set of Fostex can because I burned the board during resoldering ... my fault).
 
The wires are very flexible, easy to work with, very attractive, and extremely reasonably priced.  I have used cryo treated cables before, and to my untrained ears, have no difference in terms of SQ.  I am sure someone with golden ears may hear the difference, but for mere mortals like me, really can't tell. 
 
The BTG wires are different from solid core silver wire in terms of SQ, but that is to be expected.  The BTG wires are very warm, lush sounding wires, very natural and smooth, while I find the silver core to be analytical, and little cold.
 
I will upload pictures tonight or later in the week when I have time.  Just very excited about these things.
 
BTW, to give you an idea of how nice they look, they passed the spouse test, even my wife commented, unsolicited, about how nice they look.

 
Haha, thanks for the mini-review. I like the last line.

 

[cogsand gears]

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Holy crap! $200 for a stand? I got my Banana holder for $20. I guess I'm cheap.....
 

Is that a uephamism for speedo's....??

 

[Pingupenguins]

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Is that a uephamism for speedo's....??

No? I'm not sure what you mean.
 
EDIT: Oh.... Banana holder....
 
No it's a real thing. Go on amazon and look up "banana holder" and you will see what I'm talking about. I use a metal one to hold my Hd-25's.

 

[tzjin]

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Is that a uephamism for speedo's....??

 
Too good

 

[cogsand gears]

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No? I'm not sure what you mean.
 
EDIT: Oh.... Banana holder....
 
No it's a real thing. Go on amazon and look up "banana holder" and you will see what I'm talking about. I use a metal one to hold my Hd-25's.

Sorry, yes I know its a real thing. I was trying to make a smutty pun. I think it fell a little flat...
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Too good

... Or possibly not!

 

[cogsand gears]

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Hey dude, sorry to go off topic, but, how much was that headphone stand, and where is it  from?

 
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Looks like a Sieveking Omega.

 
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Holy crap! $200 for a stand? I got my Banana holder....

 
$200 for a ( admitedly very beautiful ) headphone stand, but wont spend more than $10 on a cable.....?!

 

[tzjin]

Yakiboy is selling similar stands for around $60 in the classified section. I can't speak for quality, but it may be worth looking into.

 

[hekeli]

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$200 for a ( admitedly very beautiful ) headphone stand, but wont spend more than $10 on a cable.....?!

 
I won it in an Facebook raffle, which was nice. 

Actually just few days apart from receiving my LCD-3's, how's that for a coincidence..

 

[cogsand gears]

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I won it in an Facebook raffle, which was nice. 

Actually just few days apart from receiving my LCD-3's, how's that for a coincidence..

Good stuff! I never win anything :C  That is a very convenient turn of events...

 

[ambchang]

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I just bought some 26awg stranded OFC wires from BTG Audio, and made a six conductor cable ending in switchcraft 3.5mm stereo plug on one end, and some no-name 2.5mm mono plugs on the other for my heavily modded Grado SR60 and Woodied Magnum v3s, and they are fantastic!  I wanted to rewire my Fostex T50RP for dual mono entry, but that ended in tragedy (ruined my bass heavy set of Fostex can because I burned the board during resoldering ... my fault).
 
The wires are very flexible, easy to work with, very attractive, and extremely reasonably priced.  I have used cryo treated cables before, and to my untrained ears, have no difference in terms of SQ.  I am sure someone with golden ears may hear the difference, but for mere mortals like me, really can't tell. 
 
The BTG wires are different from solid core silver wire in terms of SQ, but that is to be expected.  The BTG wires are very warm, lush sounding wires, very natural and smooth, while I find the silver core to be analytical, and little cold.
 
I will upload pictures tonight or later in the week when I have time.  Just very excited about these things.
 
BTW, to give you an idea of how nice they look, they passed the spouse test, even my wife commented, unsolicited, about how nice they look.

 
So I am back home, and here are the pictures of what I did with the BTG Audio wires.
 

 

 

 
The pictures don't really do the wires justice, as I am just using a BB to take these shots.  I will break out the better camera when I have time, but I am a lazy guy.
 
As for the comments by Kabelmeister, thank you for pointing it out, I thought all cryo treated cables are created the same, I just can't tell from my tin ears between these BTG wires and the cryo treated wires I have.  I wish there is a way to cryo treat my BTG wires for a reasonable price, and in a reasonable time frame.

 

[Toxic Cables]

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So I am back home, and here are the pictures of what I did with the BTG Audio wires.
 

 
The pictures don't really do the wires justice, as I am just using a BB to take these shots.  I will break out the better camera when I have time, but I am a lazy guy.
 
As for the comments by Kabelmeister, thank you for pointing it out, I thought all cryo treated cables are created the same, I just can't tell from my tin ears between these BTG wires and the cryo treated wires I have.  I wish there is a way to cryo treat my BTG wires for a reasonable price, and in a reasonable time frame.

What did you use to burn that heatshrink and is that hot glue or torn heatshrink i can see at the exit of the Y split. I do like the 6 wire braid, never seen that before.

 

[apollinaris]

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I just bought some 26awg stranded OFC wires from BTG Audio, and made a six conductor cable ending in switchcraft 3.5mm stereo plug on one end, and some no-name 2.5mm mono plugs on the other for my heavily modded Grado SR60 and Woodied Magnum v3s, and they are fantastic! 

 
Why did you use six conductors for this cable, are there any (technical) advantage over standard four wires per cable? Also, I see you have 5 transparent conductors (I guess these are BTG's Mogami wires) and 1 in black shield - what's that? Thanks.

 

[ambchang]

I used a torch to burn the heat shrink when a hair dryer is probably the better alternative.  Again, just quick and easy for me, and the left over batch is hot glue.  I am looking into getting another glue gun, but can't really justify it because all I will be doing will be making cables for myself.  I am finding excuses to make more and more cables, but wifey is starting to be suspicious why I am always soldering stuff when I already have a bunch of cables sitting around.
 
As for the 6 conductor, two for left, two for right, and two for ground (one ground each).  I chose six mostly for aesthetic reasons and nothing else, it's the first time I have used more than four wires in a cable.  I figured as long as there is a cable for the current to head back, the cable should be sound.
 
All the wires were from BTG audio, they sell both clear and black 26awg XLPE wires.