[SpudHarris]

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My Helical ROCC Cable for K702, I selected Telos Gold Mini-XLR and Viablue T6s 3.5mm jacks.
 

 
That my friend is one very sexy cable. Do you have a link to the mini xlr at all?

 

[Porsche356]

Thank you for all of appreciation!! But sorry... I don't have anymore info about the Telos mini-XLR, I bought it from a cable shop in Hong Kong... The salesperson said "it is hard to find in the market, they only have one piece"
 
...Yes, I love it very much too, because I seldom see  mini-XLR jack with 24K Gold planted
 
Here is some disassembled pics... And also, last pic is my DIY Helical ROCC Jumper
 

 

[drez]

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Thank you for all of appreciation!! But sorry... I don't have anymore info about the Telos mini-XLR, I bought it from a cable shop in Hong Kong... The salesperson said "it is hard to find in the market, they only have one piece"
 
...Yes, I love it very much too, because I seldom see  mini-XLR jack with 24K Gold planted
 
Here is some disassembled pics... And also, last pic is my DIY Helical ROCC Jumper
 

 
That helical ROCC cable looks fantastic - I was considering a similar construction for a headphone cable just recently (as opposed to just twisting the rectangular wires together).  What gauge of teflon insulation did you use?  Would you recommend the same or larger gauge?  Probably totally wasted on my setup though considering the amount of bog standard hookup wiring inside my equipment though

  Would still look great though.

 

[Porsche356]

haha!! but this teflon and twisting is the helical ROCC cable original desgins. So... I don't know what gauge is it

 I think the same gauge teflon is extremely hard to through the rectangular wires for a long headphone cable 

 I suggest the larger one.

 

[Twinster]

For all cable DIYer here's another site for cheap parts  http://sonaraudioshop.com/en/Products/Products-menu_1.html
 
Comparable to Lunashop site.
 
Enjoy!  

 

[afxdave]

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That my friend is one very sexy cable. Do you have a link to the mini xlr at all?

http://telos-audio.com.tw

 

[PixelVandalism]

Can someone point me in the right direction to get all the parts I would need to make a 2.5m long version of this, for as cheap as possible? It wouldn't need the same connectors, just as cheap as you can go without going below the quality of a stock akg cable

 

[Hagios]

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Can someone point me in the right direction to get all the parts I would need to make a 2.5m long version of this, for as cheap as possible? It wouldn't need the same connectors, just as cheap as you can go without going below the quality of a stock akg cable

http://www.ebay.com/itm/25-feet-stranded-26-AWG-Silver-Teflon-Wire-White-Blue-/230497699793?pt=US_Audio_Cables_Adapters&hash=item35aabbc7d1
http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-16-HEAT-SHRINK-TUBING-3-1-black-10-feet-/360341318343?pt=Motors_Aviation_Parts_Gear&vxp=mtr&hash=item53e6042ac7
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-8-BRAIDED-NYLON-SLEEVING-audio-TECHFLEX-25-ft-/360217197985?pt=Boat_Parts_Accessories_Gear&vxp=mtr&hash=item53de9e3da1
http://www.markertek.com/Connectors-Adapters/Audio-Connectors/XLR-Connectors/Switchcraft-Corporation/TA3FLX.xhtml?TA3FLX
http://www.markertek.com/Connectors-Adapters/Audio-Connectors/1-4in-Phone-Connectors/Neutrik-USA-Inc/NP3X.xhtml?NP3X
 
You might be able to shave a couple dollars by shopping around more, but this has the benefit of consolidated shipping and using merchants who are highly rated among Head-Fi users.  There's something to be said for dealing with well-vetted parties.
 
A few notes:
I've used John's wire and you should be aware that it is rather stiff, and can be fairly microphonic.  That said, it's not all that bad unless you intend to be in an environment where you'll be moving around a lot.  Since you specified 2,5m I assume this isn't the case.
You can do without the multifilament if you want, but you'll end up with an exposed braid which, with John's wire, tends to look rather ugly.  You'll want a less stiff wire for an exposed braid to look particularly good.
 
Have fun!

 

[PixelVandalism]

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/25-feet-stranded-26-AWG-Silver-Teflon-Wire-White-Blue-/230497699793?pt=US_Audio_Cables_Adapters&hash=item35aabbc7d1
http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-16-HEAT-SHRINK-TUBING-3-1-black-10-feet-/360341318343?pt=Motors_Aviation_Parts_Gear&vxp=mtr&hash=item53e6042ac7
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-8-BRAIDED-NYLON-SLEEVING-audio-TECHFLEX-25-ft-/360217197985?pt=Boat_Parts_Accessories_Gear&vxp=mtr&hash=item53de9e3da1
http://www.markertek.com/Connectors-Adapters/Audio-Connectors/XLR-Connectors/Switchcraft-Corporation/TA3FLX.xhtml?TA3FLX
http://www.markertek.com/Connectors-Adapters/Audio-Connectors/1-4in-Phone-Connectors/Neutrik-USA-Inc/NP3X.xhtml?NP3X
 
You might be able to shave a couple dollars by shopping around more, but this has the benefit of consolidated shipping and using merchants who are highly rated among Head-Fi users.  There's something to be said for dealing with well-vetted parties.
 
A few notes:
I've used John's wire and you should be aware that it is rather stiff, and can be fairly microphonic.  That said, it's not all that bad unless you intend to be in an environment where you'll be moving around a lot.  Since you specified 2,5m I assume this isn't the case.
You can do without the multifilament if you want, but you'll end up with an exposed braid which, with John's wire, tends to look rather ugly.  You'll want a less stiff wire for an exposed braid to look particularly good.
 
Have fun!

 
Awesome, I'll probably buy these in the next couple of days.
Will the wire be overly microphonic within the braid? 

 

[ardgedee]

You will hear noises on your headphones from the wires rubbing against your clothing, the desk, and whatnot else. With sleeving, the noise is reduced; without sleeving, the noise is louder. It's the multifilament sleeving that reduces microphonics, by effectively being padding between the wires and the outside world.
 
The braid will help keep the wires together but won't help with microphonics as much as the sleeving will.

 

[Pingupenguins]

There are other insulation materials available like PVC and Polyethylene. But PVC will shrink back when you heat it so you may want to search for copper in polyethylene.
 
Edit: Make sure it's cross-linked polyethylene too in the description! You could end up with just as melty wire as PVC.

 

[Steve Eddy]

You can get irradiated PVC that's not as sensitive to heat as regular PVC.
 
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[Pingupenguins]

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You can get irradiated PVC that's not as sensitive to heat as regular PVC.
 
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Does that come in clear? Whats the heat rating?

 

[DefQon]

 
Left: Old 24awg 3 braid SPC, Paillics 3.5mm termination
 
Right: I spent about 40 minutes working on it, despite how good it sounds, Piccolino is a major pain in the ass to work with.
(2 strand Piccolino to heatshrinked Neutrik 3.5mm termination.
 
Early Impressions (less then 2 hours of burn-in), boomy with alot of bass but sounds very liquid needs to clam down. So far atm, it's got about 15 or so hours of burn-in, sound's alot better, you take the characteristics of pure silver and fuse it with some ofc copper and you got a clear sounding and slightly warmish (with bass presence) sound. The best sounding wire money can buy in my opinion. Coming from someone whose tried from ALO to DHC to Van Der Hul cables etc. Piccolino is very unique as well as a sound texture.
 
Can't wait till I Piccolino my LCD's and HD800, wish I have enough Piccolino to recable the audio in my car. 

 

[Athur126]