[Paladin79]

  Thanks for the info and quick reply!

You are most welcome, just let me know what length cable you would like to build and if you will be using a three or four wire braid. If you decide to go with the Rean four pin mini xlrs I talked about, you can get them from Markertek and I posted links earlier.
 
Tom

 

[PETEREK]

I'm not sure if one of these images have been made or not yet, but here is the pinout for the 4.4mm balanced plug. This is based on the Kimber Kable 4.4mm balanced cable straight from Sony.
 

 

[buke9]

I'm not sure if one of these images have been made or not yet, but here is the pinout for the 4.4mm balanced plug. This is based on the Kimber Kable 4.4mm balanced cable straight from Sony.

Just don't get the need for Sony to do this. Wanted to hear the Z1R's on my gear at a meet but nope because of the cable.

 

[PinkyPowers]

Just don't get the need for Sony to do this. Wanted to hear the Z1R's on my gear at a meet but nope because of the cable.

Yep. That's one of the main reasons I went with the Opus#2 instead of the WM1A. I just didn't want to have to reterminate all my balanced cables.

 

[Arty McGhee]

  I'm not sure if one of these images have been made or not yet, but here is the pinout for the 4.4mm balanced plug. This is based on the Kimber Kable 4.4mm balanced cable straight from Sony.
 

when has sony ever failed to miss the boat
the only one worse is apple

 

[buke9]

when has sony ever failed to miss the boat
the only one worse is apple

Beta was better though ; )

 

[buke9]

Yep. That's one of the main reasons I went with the Opus#2 instead of the WM1A. I just didn't want to have to reterminate all my balanced cables.

The WM1Z is what was at the meet and I thought my QP1R was heavy that thing weighed twice as much I bet.

 

[Mikko Peltonen]

Started making a balanced cable for my HE-400i headphones. Here's a picture of a partially finished XLR to 1/4" adapter.
 
Pretty sweet for my first cable
 

 

[Paladin79]

  Started making a balanced cable for my HE-400i headphones. Here's a picture of a partially finished XLR to 1/4" adapter.
 
Pretty sweet for my first cable
 

Nice looking cable. A good quality Neutrik connector obviously. Once you take it down to a TRS there is a common ground so I wonder then if such a cable would be considered balanced to unbalanced?  The way the neutriks lock on the cable is really top notch, you never have to worry about the cable coming loose as you might with a small clamp on some connectors.

 

[kaushama]

Hello all

What would be the best wiring geometry for the 8 core braided cable? I guess B??

 

[buke9]

Hello all

What would be the best wiring geometry for the 8 core braided cable? I guess B??

Not being a engineer but I would pick A or B as it doesn't put things together but that could be totally wrong . I don't think on a short cable it will make much of a difference.

 

[kaushama]

I guess Kimber does it up to split in A) way. By the looks of of their web pictures of the cable. They use two colors for each ground and signal wires.

 

[buke9]

Doesn't matter what color .

 

[kaushama]

LOL

I know just told it as a guide to examine the y split of the headphone cable!

 

[PinkyPowers]

How the bleeding hell did you take a picture while actively soldering? Just how many hands do you have?!
:eek: