[DuerumBen]

Hello everybody, new DIY’er here. Have made 5 cables so far, and recable’d my Fostex TR20P. Just finished my first Litz cable (struggle to solder, but finally I got it right)
Have a issue with the resistance in the cable, it’s about 5 meters long (≈15ft). The resistance is 12 ohms, and made my HE6SE(50ohm) sound honky compared to my Canare cable.
Is it because litz wire? Braiding technique? Or bad soldering? After some quickly reading I read that litz is preferred on longer wires. The resistance shouldn’t be an issue if I reconnected to fit my HD6XX, but on low impedance headphones it’s to much with 12 ohm right?

everything over 0.1Ohm with those lenghts is too much

my guess is a bad solder joint or like phils said the enamel wasnt complety removed, if your wire is enameled i would scratch it up with a knife and than use a lot solder on your iron to burn the rest off and also use a good gel flux so the isolation will be washed away

Edit: just read that its 5meter not ft XD then everything under 1Ohm should be fine

 

[cappuchino]

Hey guys!

So I wanna try my hand on making an IEM cable for the Sennheiser IE400 Pro.

Here are the parts I'm looking at (haven't bought 'em yet):

(jack, splitter, slider, and connectors)

(cable)

I could get the parts + cable for around 11 USD from 14 using vouchers + coins (Shopee).


Planning to do a 4-core cable to keep things simple for my first try. I already have some hot glue, a soldering iron and lead, and heat shrink tubes.
I have done basic recabling with my buds but nothing at this cable-making/braiding level yet. Are there other tools I need?

Oh, by the way, does anyone know if IE400 Pro connectors are similar to MMCX in where I solder L/R and ground? Already asked the seller for a pic of the connector without the housing but haven't received one yet.


Thanks a lot!

 

[DuerumBen]

would always recommend a good

Hey guys!

So I wanna try my hand on making an IEM cable for the Sennheiser IE400 Pro.

Here are the parts I'm looking at (haven't bought 'em yet):


(jack, splitter, slider, and connectors)



(cable)

I could get the parts + cable for around 11 USD from 14 using vouchers + coins (Shopee).


Planning to do a 4-core cable to keep things simple for my first try. I already have some hot glue, a soldering iron and lead, and heat shrink tubes.
I have done basic recabling with my buds but nothing at this cable-making/braiding level yet. Are there other tools I need?

Oh, by the way, does anyone know if IE400 Pro connectors are similar to MMCX in where I solder L/R and ground? Already asked the seller for a pic of the connector without the housing but haven't received one yet.


Thanks a lot!

would always recommend a good flux paste -> makes the joints so much easier and some needle nose pliers

mmcx pinout normally is ground is the outer ring and signal is the pin in the middle but i dont have a sennheiser iem here to check it if Senn is special with the wireing again

 

[cappuchino]

would always recommend a good


would always recommend a good flux paste -> makes the joints so much easier and some needle nose pliers

mmcx pinout normally is ground is the outer ring and signal is the pin in the middle but i dont have a sennheiser iem here to check it if Senn is special with the wireing again

Thanks a lot!

Do I also need some epoxy putty or hot glue will do in setting the housing of the jack and splitter?

 

[DuerumBen]

Do I also need some epoxy putty or hot glue will do in setting the housing of the jack and splitter?

depends on the jack and splitter but i just jam some tack-on in the splitter if it still moves around and for the jacks i only use heat shrink

 

[cappuchino]

depends on the jack and splitter but i just jam some tack-on in the splitter if it still moves around and for the jacks i only use heat shrink

Thanks a lot for the advice! Will do that.

 

[DivineCurrent]

Hi all I asked this on another topic but didn't get a lot of replies. Maybe here, who knows !
I'm looking for custom headphone cable makers based in Europe and at affordable prices. I have a 5-cable project with very precise specs.

I was about to do business with Alan Lovell (UK) 6 months ago, but he suddenly went AWOL.
I know many cable makers in the US (Hart Audio, Halby, etc.), but shipping + taxes make it difficult for me to buy from them.
So, any european alternatives ?

I’ve ordered from this guy who is actually in the UK, Sky Audio Cables: https://www.ebay.com/itm/174687306587
He makes some really nice paracord cables for only around £50.

 

[DuerumBen]

Hi all I asked this on another topic but didn't get a lot of replies. Maybe here, who knows !
I'm looking for custom headphone cable makers based in Europe and at affordable prices. I have a 5-cable project with very precise specs.

I was about to do business with Alan Lovell (UK) 6 months ago, but he suddenly went AWOL.
I know many cable makers in the US (Hart Audio, Halby, etc.), but shipping + taxes make it difficult for me to buy from them.
So, any european alternatives ?

For mainland EU Audioverse makes cables in germany

 

[tototoru]

Hi, any experience with this type of wire for headphones https://www.ebay.com/itm/324097142616, I see it used for IEMs but not so much on headphones. Should I go for 26AWG?

 

[chezzer]

Hi, any experience with this type of wire for headphones https://www.ebay.com/itm/324097142616, I see it used for IEMs but not so much on headphones. Should I go for 26AWG?

I wouldn't bother, it is inflexible

 

[tototoru]

I wouldn't bother, it is inflexible

Thanks, I see this type of wire on IEMs and it seems flowy, any tips on how to identify flexibility? I only look at the number of strands the lower the better, also looked up FEP insulation, according to this https://www.galaxywire.com/custom-wire-cable/jacket-insulation/fep-fluorinated-ethylene-propylene/ it's fairly flexible.

 

[chezzer]

It can be but it also depends on the wire itself, especially for iems you want it to hang as nicely as possible

 

[chezzer]

If you look at the 4th picture along and send how the wire is wound you can usually tell that it it a bit hard and inflexible, where as if you see it on a fairly small
bobbin it is always more flexible like this. https://www.cosmic-cables.co.uk/product-page/silver-cotton

 

[tototoru]

If you look at the 4th picture along and send how the wire is wound you can usually tell that it it a bit hard and inflexible, where as if you see it on a fairly small
bobbin it is always more flexible like this. https://www.cosmic-cables.co.uk/product-page/silver-cotton

Nice tip thanks, the bobbin indeed shows how easily it can make turns with minimal radius, though the images show different AWG sizes which affects flexibility so not a fair comparison, any idea where to get reasonably priced wire? preferably China else in Europe, I was waiting for MOGAMI NEGLEX W2893 from Audiophonics but it's out of stock, they have the only reasonable price+shipping I could find to my country.

 

[chezzer]

But the original wire that you wanted from ebay at 1.2mm is $8.32 as opposed to about $5.50 for a far superior wire, I'm guessing you need more than 1 metre, so assuming you need 6m price with delivery would be the same but you'd get a product that you happy with, the wire from ebay is not worth $8 per metre. Try it