Bobo Fret
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Howdy all.
Gonna try a DIY headphone cable for my Hifiman 560's. I'm still researching parts and supplies, but I do have some questions on the general procedure I thought I would ask. I've read the 1st 50 pages of this thread and got some great info, but I can't read all 266, so forgive me if some of this was covered.
I have experience making guitar patch cables, speaker cables, Speakon cables and the like, but I could use a little guidance here.
· 1. Regarding the actual wiring: For a 4-conductor braid, is this correct? On the TRS side: One wire to tip and ring respectively and two wires to sleeve? On the Hifiman connectors after the split: The wires from tip and ring go to the Hifiman center pin on the L and R connector respectively. This leaves one wire to connect to the outer sleeve on each L and R connector respectively. Correct?
· 2. So if I wanted to start with a 6-wire braid instead of 4, I presume one extra wire is connected to each of the tip and ring on the TRS side and on the other end, the extra wire terminates on the center pin on the Hifiman. Correct? I’ve read that connecting the “extra” wires on the outer sleeve of the Hifiman connectors instead of on the center pins is not the way to go, yes?
· 3. I’d like to try to use some nylon mesh or MDPC-X for an outer covering. Maybe two colors, one for before and after the split respectively. My question is, what’s going on at the Y-split with the mesh? For example in the picture below (I like the Viable splitter) what's going on under there? Simply heat shrink all the ends together? Is this where the hot glue comes in? I see hot glue on supply lists for DIY but I don’t see anywhere what it’s used for. As an alternative, would it be acceptable to do paracord inside the nylon mesh wrap and simply keep the paracord exposed past the split and terminate the mesh at the Y? Maybe a little cleaner/easier that way????
· 4. How to heat the heat shrink tubing correctly. I generally use a lighter, but that looks poopy, but for my guitar pedalboard patch cables I don’t care about the scorch marks. Correct way? Hairdryer? Heat gun?
· 5. What setting on my multi-meter for testing connections? I know...dumb question.
Sorry for such basic questions. I really appreciate any and all input.
BTW, is this splitter heavy? I presume it's aluminum.
S
Gonna try a DIY headphone cable for my Hifiman 560's. I'm still researching parts and supplies, but I do have some questions on the general procedure I thought I would ask. I've read the 1st 50 pages of this thread and got some great info, but I can't read all 266, so forgive me if some of this was covered.
I have experience making guitar patch cables, speaker cables, Speakon cables and the like, but I could use a little guidance here.
· 1. Regarding the actual wiring: For a 4-conductor braid, is this correct? On the TRS side: One wire to tip and ring respectively and two wires to sleeve? On the Hifiman connectors after the split: The wires from tip and ring go to the Hifiman center pin on the L and R connector respectively. This leaves one wire to connect to the outer sleeve on each L and R connector respectively. Correct?
· 2. So if I wanted to start with a 6-wire braid instead of 4, I presume one extra wire is connected to each of the tip and ring on the TRS side and on the other end, the extra wire terminates on the center pin on the Hifiman. Correct? I’ve read that connecting the “extra” wires on the outer sleeve of the Hifiman connectors instead of on the center pins is not the way to go, yes?
· 3. I’d like to try to use some nylon mesh or MDPC-X for an outer covering. Maybe two colors, one for before and after the split respectively. My question is, what’s going on at the Y-split with the mesh? For example in the picture below (I like the Viable splitter) what's going on under there? Simply heat shrink all the ends together? Is this where the hot glue comes in? I see hot glue on supply lists for DIY but I don’t see anywhere what it’s used for. As an alternative, would it be acceptable to do paracord inside the nylon mesh wrap and simply keep the paracord exposed past the split and terminate the mesh at the Y? Maybe a little cleaner/easier that way????
· 4. How to heat the heat shrink tubing correctly. I generally use a lighter, but that looks poopy, but for my guitar pedalboard patch cables I don’t care about the scorch marks. Correct way? Hairdryer? Heat gun?
· 5. What setting on my multi-meter for testing connections? I know...dumb question.
Sorry for such basic questions. I really appreciate any and all input.
BTW, is this splitter heavy? I presume it's aluminum.
S