[sgs7004]

Mini 2 Mini Aux Cable
 
- Six Silver plated Copper wire
- Pailiccs 3.5mm stereo Plugs
- Round braid
 

 

[roughington]

In preparation of my new balanced amp coming I decided to make some new cables for my HD650s and T50RPs =)

What sleeving did you use for the cables and what guage? It looks super nice.

 

[colgateam]

I just used standard paracord and the wires are all 26awg

 

[hasmac]

First attempt, mod the DT220 for 3.5mm entry. These sockets look much neater than the old external ring type but take more room inside the shell. Went for a simple braid as the first go.
 
Going to try a double entry Y-split braid next.
 

 

[Sakujin]

 

 
My first attempt on diy cables for my headphones.

 

[roughington]

I just used standard paracord and the wires are all 26awg

Standard as in 550 Paracord? Or did you use a different size?

 

[drmacman]

Hi guys, I'm interested in vintage cable (not "vintage style") but I couldn't find vintage wire suppliers except in eBay.
Do you know any shops?

 

[Radiz0n]

  I wanted a new longer cable to listen in the chair in my office. I decided to DIY for my cable based on the great info here. One thing I wanted was to make a cool custom titanium bead for the Y. I do cool custom titanium whistles as a hobby so felt like I could do the beads with a little bit of work.

This is how the project turned out. The bead is ~ 0.8" long and made from 0.45" round 6Al4V titanium. I made two different designs. I used the one with the stippling for my cable and have an extra with the dots. I added some nice sapphire blue anodizing to give it some color.

I ended up ordering the components and assembling the cable - I think the project turned out great. I went with Cardas 4x24 cable, Rean connectors on the Audeze side, and Neutrik for the balanced side.
 

 
 

 

 

That splitter looks sick!

 

[Allanmarcus]

There is a discussion of the sonic characteristics of using Kumihimo for headphone cables over on the DIY thread. If anyone is interested, looking for comments there.
 
WooHoo! I finally finished my balanced Utopia cable. 
 
8 strand mogami W2799
Individually sleeved into ParacordPlanet 95 lb paracord
Bead purchased at a craft recycling store in Colorado Springs (10 for 25 cents, such a deal!)
 
Sound great to me. Way lighter than stock cable! I love making things. A hobby ain't a hobby unless you make something.
 

The Lemo connector is tiny, but I found it easier to solder than the HD800 connector. The hole there is wide enough to slide the two 26AWG (effectively 24AWG) wire into. After I soldered the blue, i slid the heat shrink up and melted it. I used a hemostat to hold the wire as I soldered it, which allowed me to hold it close, not burn my fingers, and acted as a heat sink to protect the heat shrink.
 
 

 

 

Technically I didn't need the bead as the Y of the braid of the 8 strand to 4 strand holds really well, but I like the bead.
 

 

 

[PinkyPowers]

Finally got around to building a 2.5mm TRRS to 3.5mm TRS adapter.



22awg OCC SPC

 

[chillaxing]

Built this 2.5mm TRRS to 2X 3.5mm OCC for my Meze 99 Classics.

 
 

Thats the 22Awg OCC Copper with translucent black jacket by Norne Audio

I thought it was a handsome choice, especially for something like the 99 Classic.

Sadly, I'm still waiting on the 3D printed mod to allow 3rd-party 3.5mm plugs to work. Until then, this cable is just eye-candy sitting on my desk.

 
 
anywhere that sells a smaller gauge?

 

[vapman]

   
 
 
 
anywhere that sells a smaller gauge?

IIRC doublehelixcables has a similar wire at a smaller gauge

 

[chillaxing]

IIRC doublehelixcables has a similar wire at a smaller gauge

 


tried looking there with no luck. needing it for iems and looking for a 26awg.

 

[yufeng23]

Experimented with some Neotech 28AWG cables. Pictures shown are SPC and copper. 
 

 
 
 

 

[cityle]

Mogami 2552 - Shoelace - Knockoff chinese TRS