Hey Now,
Been trying my hand at DIY cables, mostly cheap and re-purposed stuff to get a feel for it. Lately I have been intrigued with CAT6 ethernet cable. This is a 3-pin XLR extension to 4-pin XLR made with 16 28awg CAT6 wires. 4 per. The ethernet comes in 4 twisted pairs after stripping the sheath, I doubled this up. Used a electric drill to twist 2 pairs each, then twisted the 4 pairs all together for 16 wires total. Covered in 1/4' Techflex and Neutrik plugs for about 10 feet. The 14' CAT6 cables were under 10 bucks at Monoprice. Cheap practice and they sound okay for cheap pure copper wire.
The left over 2' of 16 strand twisted 28awg wires were used to make this right angle Neutrik to 4-pin XLR female for the Crack:
A re-purposed Denon AH-D2000 cable with RCA plugs and a Canare F12 mini:
Another re-purposed bit, the 1/4" plug from my K601 which I thought I might be able to balance, but it is not the same as the K701 as the online schematics shows 8^
Both 1/8" female minis from Rat Shack, with a DHC 1/4" TRS plug.
Here is a split of an oem Fostex T40v1 cable. It was too long so I split it, the female 1/8" mini is from Moon Audio, nice metal compared to the Rat Shack plastic. The 1/8" male mini is from Rat Shack and is the gold plated one with nice strain relief.
A couple of right angle plugs. The epoxied one is an old Switchcraft one and an old Rean, just the plugs.
I use the epoxied right angle plug on this unit:
One my first DIY project, a Rat Shack RCA to Rean mini:
I think I may be ready to make some better cables now. Soldering skills are getting better with each cable I make.
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Finest kind,
Chris