DIY Cable Questions and Comments Thread

[wormsdriver]

Hey guys my hd800 black dragon cable f'd up on me. The wire came off the Furutech connector and I would like to repair it if I can instead off sending out back to Moon Audio.
How do I get the part with the pins out from inside the connector?
Any help would be much appreciated!

 

[imas69]

Just remove any heat shrink and unscrew it anti clockwise

 

[wormsdriver]

Just remove any heat shrink and unscrew it anti clockwise

I did that but the section with the pins is still inside the barrel

 

[wormsdriver]

How do I get the part with the pins out so I can solder the wire? Do I just pull out the gold plated barrel with some pliers? It seems very well wedged in there.
Here's a couple of pictures of what I'm talking about:

 

[imas69]

Is there a small alan key nut underneath where you are holding like there is in these ones https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Jap...Sennheiser-HD800-pin-headset/32715233274.html

Sorry I use the cheaper ones which just unscrew

 

[wormsdriver]

Yes, but it seems to only be there to secure the cable
in

 

[wormsdriver]

Sorry I use the cheaper ones which just unscrew

On yours, once you unscrew the bottom portion, does the section with the pins just automatically fall out?

 

[imas69]

Yes, the plastic piece with the pins in is surrounded by two halves of the metal casing and just pulls out, perhaps send an email to furutech or moon audio

 

[evolutiontheory]

https://cdn.head-fi.org/a/7998352.jpg

Which connectors are these? Had these in the cables from lqi and wanted the same for some modifications

 

[ThanosD]

https://cdn.head-fi.org/a/7998352.jpg

Which connectors are these? Had these in the cables from lqi and wanted the same for some modifications

These are almost identical visually, just with different pads for soldering the cables. I don't know if they are of the same quality though

 

[taiyoyuden]

For a regular unbalanced headphone cable, TRS to mini-XLR, how should the wires and shield of a star quad cable be connected?

 

[wormsdriver]

Finally managed to get the pins out. Looks like moon-audio (if not furutech) glues the gold plated barrel inside the connectors.

Anyhow, anybody have any tips for soldering these tiny ass pins to the cable!?

 

[imas69]

Tin the pins and tin the wires then all you would need to do is touch the iron onto the pin and marry the wire, what ever you do don't melt the plastic because the pins can move, there
should be some indication of which pin is plus, normally a small notch above the pin on the plastic, good luck it's a pain in the arse and you need good eyes, and use a vice to hold the pin if you can it really makes things easier

 

[wormsdriver]

Tin the pins and tin the wires then all you would need to do is touch the iron onto the pin and marry the wire, what ever you do don't melt the plastic because the pins can move, there
should be some indication of which pin is plus, normally a small notch above the pin on the plastic, good luck it's a pain in the arse and you need good eyes.

Should I have the soldering iron at a certain temp?

 

[imas69]

Try 375