[Kamakahah]

Hmm so before I order some stuff.... does nickel plating vs gold plating in a 3.5mm mini actually make a large difference? I know the gold is more for corrosive resistance than anything else, but has anyone had issues with their nickel stuff corroding and having a detrimental effect on sound quality?

My personal experience hasnt found a difference between them. No issues with corrosion or SQ loss.

Usually it's mostly a style preference unless it will be in an at-risk environment.

 

[noob101]

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Hmm so before I order some stuff.... does nickel plating vs gold plating in a 3.5mm mini actually make a large difference? I know the gold is more for corrosive resistance than anything else, but has anyone had issues with their nickel stuff corroding and having a detrimental effect on sound quality?

 
I wouldn't use nickel mostly because its cheap and don't see that often. I'd stick with Gold or Rhodium plated jacks to be safe.

 

[FraGGleR]

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I wouldn't use nickel mostly because its cheap and don't see that often. I'd stick with Gold or Rhodium plated jacks to be safe.

Nickel is most common in pro audio since it is more durable than gold.  Most of you will probably stop using whatever cable you are building far sooner than any of the connectors coatings will go out.  And none will have a noticeable impact on sound.  Go with the plug that matches the ergonomics and aesthetics that you want.  
 
PS Nickel and rhodium are difficult to tell from one another and many of the rhodium plated connectors on ebay are probably just nickel.

 

[Darknet]

Alright well I'll just go with the nickel since it goes with the theme better. Thanks for all the feedback.
I don't think I should be too concerned with aesthetics for a first project but whatever lol, never really hurts either I guess.

 

[Kamakahah]

Alright well I'll just go with the nickel since it goes with the theme better. Thanks for all the feedback.
I don't think I should be too concerned with aesthetics for a first project but whatever lol, never really hurts either I guess.

You'll be surprised what you are capable of once you start, and you'll be glad that you made a nice looking cable in the end.

 

[wolfetan44]

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Alright well I'll just go with the nickel since it goes with the theme better. Thanks for all the feedback.
I don't think I should be too concerned with aesthetics for a first project but whatever lol, never really hurts either I guess.

You'll be surprised what you are capable of once you start, and you'll be glad that you made a nice looking cable in the end.

This. 

 

[DMinor]

If I use the 26AWG toxic stranded silver for channels and 26AWG toxic stranded copper for grounds for recabling my headphone, what are the recommended braided sleeves (material and diameter)?

 

[Zashoomin]

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If I use the 26AWG toxic stranded silver for channels and 26AWG toxic stranded copper for grounds for recabling my headphone, what are the recommended braided sleeves (material and diameter)?

Techflex or paracord but if you are getting such nice looking cable I would leave it bare honestly.  But if you do than I would get type I or type III paracord or 1/8" techflex.  

 

[FraGGleR]

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You'll be surprised what you are capable of once you start, and you'll be glad that you made a nice looking cable in the end.

Absolutely!  Be adventurous!  Be creative!  A couple pros got a lot of their inspiration from the cable gallery, even offering up microparacord sleeved cables after interest swelled here on the DIY forum.  You never know if trying something new yourself might inspire others.  In fact, it would be kind of fun to go back through this gallery and see when microparacord was first used.  I have a pretty old picture from several years ago, but it was just a small interconnect.  My Ron Burgundy seemed to get a lot of DIY people rolling, but Q-Audio had already popularized the look.

 

[DMinor]

  Techflex or paracord but if you are getting such nice looking cable I would leave it bare honestly.  But if you do than I would get type I or type III paracord or 1/8" techflex.  

Thanks for the tip and I might just keep it bare if I can learn how to braid the 4 wires nicely.
 
Another question on recabling my D2000. The main issue is the stock cable is too long. As a practice, can I just cut the wires, shorten it and then reccable with the existing wires from the stock cable?

 

[FrozenPanda]

 Techflex or paracord but if you are getting such nice looking cable I would leave it bare honestly.  But if you do than I would get type I or type III paracord or 1/8" techflex.  

Thanks for the tip and I might just keep it bare if I can learn how to braid the 4 wires nicely.
 
Another question on recabling my D2000. The main issue is the stock cable is too long. As a practice, can I just cut the wires, shorten it and then reccable with the existing wires from the stock cable?

Why would you do that when you could just buy cheap wire from like radioshack? You could reterminate the stock cable so that it's a nice length as well if that's the only problem.. Would be a cheaper alternative if the cable isn't entirely dead.

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[siles1991]

  Absolutely!  Be adventurous!  Be creative!  A couple pros got a lot of their inspiration from the cable gallery, even offering up microparacord sleeved cables after interest swelled here on the DIY forum.  You never know if trying something new yourself might inspire others.  In fact, it would be kind of fun to go back through this gallery and see when microparacord was first used.  I have a pretty old picture from several years ago, but it was just a small interconnect.  My Ron Burgundy seemed to get a lot of DIY people rolling, but Q-Audio had already popularized the look.

I was inspired by your Ron Burgundy it looked so good that I went out at got myself Burgundy and Carribean from supplycaptain! I loved how you blended the color really well with the wood.
 
Thanks also to Frozen Panda for showing me and telling me about type 1 para.

 

[Zashoomin]

  Thanks for the tip and I might just keep it bare if I can learn how to braid the 4 wires nicely.
 
Another question on recabling my D2000. The main issue is the stock cable is too long. As a practice, can I just cut the wires, shorten it and then reccable with the existing wires from the stock cable?

Ya you can.  Make sure you can check the continuity otherwise you might not reconize the colors in the wire.  But ya practice your soldering and whatnot with the old cable if you don't need it.

 

[yxpoh]

Hi, I would like to know if using the more standard 60/40 solder is okay for audio cables..
 
I was reading through when I saw some people not recommending 60/40.. I am most likely DIYing some cables myself but still gathering facts around.
 
Still a noob here.
 
Thanks.

 

[FrozenPanda]

 Absolutely!  Be adventurous!  Be creative!  A couple pros got a lot of their inspiration from the cable gallery, even offering up microparacord sleeved cables after interest swelled here on the DIY forum.  You never know if trying something new yourself might inspire others.  In fact, it would be kind of fun to go back through this gallery and see when microparacord was first used.  I have a pretty old picture from several years ago, but it was just a small interconnect.  My Ron Burgundy seemed to get a lot of DIY people rolling, but Q-Audio had already popularized the look.

I was inspired by your Ron Burgundy it looked so good that I went out at got myself Burgundy and Carribean from supplycaptain! I loved how you blended the color really well with the wood.
 
Thanks also to Frozen Panda for showing me and telling me about type 1 para.

Well that's ironic.. I don't even know how to use type 1 paracord myself lol, thank the forum for teaching me so much..

I really have to hunker down and get a cable with type 1 paracord done though.

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