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Dec 31, 2018 at 8:34 PM Post #15,543 of 16,302
You cannot buy the cable part since I built it myself :)
So you make the sleeve, copper/silver? I've only found copper wire, but no sleeved wire apart from toxic cables.
To avoid confusion I'm just after the wire... Litz 24AWG with either silk or cotton sleeve.
 
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Jan 2, 2019 at 1:59 PM Post #15,545 of 16,302
I replaced all my nylon sleeves to cotton one:
I buy the quality one from here
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I cut the ends.

I make only short cables, If I need something longer then I combine two of them (with shrinking tube between)

The fat blue from this mix:
the thin still using the nylon
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Jan 2, 2019 at 3:02 PM Post #15,546 of 16,302
I recently bought THIS wire to play with as I always had a fetish for copper colored cables

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Twisting pairs (L+, R+) and 4 to ground for an 8 strand braid

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I have to say 8 strand round braid is no joke. I can do a 4 strand round braid blindfolded, but 8 strand I have spent several hours. As I kept accidentally pulling an extra wire and ruining the sequence. I have unbraided and braided from scratch roughly 6-7 times.

I followed THIS tutorial by the way

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After several hours (worked through the new years countdown until 4AM) here is the result:

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I made a mistake again towards the end of completing the 8 strand braid so y-split is about 2 inches lower than I planned for. This wire is about 19 AWG so it hefty and no joke (+real pain to solder onto the MMCX pins) I'm not sure whether I want to keep it for IEM use or my W1000X yet, I feel very self-fulfilled completing this cable!!

Things to add are:
- Wire is microphonic due to teflon coating
-8 strand of 19AWG is overkill and I would recommend 24AWG or smaller
-I have my eyes on the Norne Audio wire, unfortunately there were no holiday discounts :frowning2:
 
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Jan 3, 2019 at 8:38 AM Post #15,547 of 16,302
One for the isine

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Jan 17, 2019 at 1:28 AM Post #15,554 of 16,302
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Recable Grado SR80 with a twisted pair for LR and 4 strands wire for ground.
Recable VE Monk with 4 strands silver cable, and paracord wrapping.
I intended to wrap the Grado Cable too but I think it looks awesome on its own so I leave it alone.
Connectors was standard ones that I found at local store. Those fancy connectors are ridiculously expensive here, so I chose the potato looking ones that are cheap.
 
Jan 19, 2019 at 2:10 AM Post #15,555 of 16,302
Had a DIY project done (not by myself). basically got all major brand headphone cables and adapters done with this wire. went with adapter approach as these wires can get very expensive and can't afford to go with all 8 braids full length..

I sourced all components in China, and commissioned a cable maker there who I have dealt with many times for years to do the soldering. I have good reasons to believe the wire's manufacturer is the source for several well known brand names, but can't be certain for 100%.

For the copper one:
each wire consists about 500 strands 7n occ copper (they also call it single crystal OCC, not sure if its a thing). For a 4 wire braid, its get pretty thick for IEM but look and sound great!
All strands are individually insulated but not sure about which type of Litz geometry is used.
Last picture has the PW NO.5 on the left for comparison (im not saying they made PW's wires...i just happen to have this cable at hand).

For the silver one:
8 wire round braid (paid more for an extra dense braid)
each wire consists about 100 strands 7n (not sure if this is true) OCC pure silver.
I am unsure if the strands are insulated individually.

can't wait testing them out more thoroughly.

P.S:
bad choice on the IEM cable slider on my part.. the cables are too thick, they can barely slide..not without risk damaging the jacket. well..never use them anyway, a shinny button would not hurt.

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