[Soymilk]

that's a nice cable you made there. is there any point to using so many wires other than being able to braid it in different ways?

 

[PcWork]

@ Fungi : Thanks a lot =)
@ Soymilk : to reduce the impedance. and each cable is actually cut cross the ground channel, so my aim is to reduce the skin-conductor effect.
however, i do hear a improvement over sound, perhaps due to the total gauge is increased. so i am happy with it. better sound, nicer look.

 

[mminutel]

Very nice work as always. I am incredibly impressed with your braiding techniques. I am thinking about not using techflex anymore, because your cables look great without them.

Using more wires would also decrease the risk of it breaking. If you only use 1 wires for signal/ground it will fail to work if any of those wires break. This is unlikely to happen. I also like being able to feel that my cable is secure.

 

[MusicallySilent]

Yea your braid is very nice....

Question from a new person: How do you hook up in the jacks is one color for one channel and 1 for the other or like how do you take all those wires and where do you put them in the jacks since you have left right and ground?

 

[omarmipi]

I am going to make some DIY interconnects for a car audio project. I have some Star Quad and Gepco 61801EZ cable and I just wanted to know of some good < $4/ea phono plugs. Right now I'm thinking of using the Dayton RCAGS-LK Locking plug or Dayton RCAGS-ST RCA Plug because they look similar to some quality Neutrik offerings.

Also, would a generic 30 watt soldering iron be fine to use in making the interconnects? And finally what size tip would you recommend. Thanks in advance.

 

[soloz2]

a generic soldering iron will work, however a 20 or 25w hakko dash would be the recommended option.

take a look at Neutrik plugs. You can get some very nice sub $2 RCA plugs

 

[elmer42]

Quote:

Originally Posted by RnB180 removed due to members with inapproriate intentions

Dangit! I wanted to see the "Bling" cables

. How could you have inappropriate intentions with interconnects? They're just cables.

 

[soloz2]

Quote:

Originally Posted by elmer42 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Dangit! I wanted to see the "Bling" cables . How could you have inappropriate intentions with interconnects? They're just cables.

probably posted pics of commercially available cables... which is why I don't post pictures of my cables here. I sell them

 

[hembergler]

Quote:

Originally Posted by elmer42 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Dangit! I wanted to see the "Bling" cables . How could you have inappropriate intentions with interconnects? They're just cables.

Other people plagiarized his work/photos, so he wasn't too inclined to have that happen again.

 

[elmer42]

Quote:

Originally Posted by hembergler /img/forum/go_quote.gif Other people plagiarized his work/photos, so he wasn't too inclined to have that happen again.

Oh. I'm willing to give up seeing the "bling" cables so plagiarism doesn't happen anymore.

 

[MrMajestic2]

Made this cable for a friend. 4-wire braided 99.99% AWG24 silver wire covered in teflon in a PVC tubing. Terminated with Furutech FP-126 RCA plugs.

 

[elmer42]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrMajestic2 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Made this cable for a friend. 99.99% AWG24 silver wire covered in teflon in a PVC tubing. Terminated with Furutech FP-126 RCA plugs. [OMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y196/Boombastix/07150003.jpg[/OMG]

Wow! Not only does it look good, it gave me a great idea, PVC tubing. Thanks! I never would have thought of using that.

 

[MrMajestic2]

Quote:

Originally Posted by elmer42 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Wow! Not only does it look good, it gave me a great idea, PVC tubing. Thanks! I never would have thought of using that.

Its actually two layers of PVC tubing inside the strain relief to help it grip the cable.

 

[elmer42]

Whatever it is, they look good. Great job!

 

[barqy]

My first recable job:

It was pretty straight foward and turned out pretty well

I used 6 strands of SPC (24awg) and 1x techflex all around.

My first RCA LOD:

both sound great~!

I'm happy