[Mooses9]

you guys have some sexy cables for sure

 

[saldsald]

Hakugei Gaea

Finally took the initiative to re-do this cable. Honestly the soldering job was like crap back then and I consider this the most difficult wire to make an IEM cable with due to the extreme number of litzed wires per wire (like 516). It's insanely difficult to form the right shape to fit the soldering joints inside the plugs, and then the skin is so soft and doesn't take much heat, it can just be a nightmare to tin the wire for soldering. Also it's really difficult to insulate.

And here I have some advices if anyone cares. If you have a really soft wire with a soft skin, never do a flat braid like what I did, always do a square braid like below. And if your wire has a nicer harder skin it doesn't matter. Oh actually, if you have thick wires, like 1.8-2mm, you must do a square braid also.

 

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btw, may i know where can i buy that pw 1960 clone cable ?
and topra closure is very sad for me, i liked their product more than furutech or oyaide

 

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Here:
https://drop.com/buy/cardas-premium-clear-light-headphone-cables?defaultSelectionIds=968110

Edit: but you can get cardas gold reference on taobao now actaully. Cheaper and likely better than the Cardas Clear Light.

 

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Here:
https://drop.com/buy/cardas-premium-clear-light-headphone-cables?defaultSelectionIds=968110

Edit: but you can get cardas gold reference on taobao now actaully. Cheaper and likely better than the Cardas Clear Light.

any taobao links for the wire that u mention? since my chinese proficient sucks can't search properly
thanks again.

 

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any taobao links for the wire that u mention? since my chinese proficient sucks can't search properly
thanks again.

Here:

https://m.tb.cn/h.5RYQfby?tk=E2l8W2mWr94 CZ0001

 

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Probably the last or second last batch of Bispa plugs I can get from their online shop. I hope Wagnus, and probably PWAudio, Audiohive, Nobunaga, and Satin Audio, etc. will come up with a good alternative of Bispa

 

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Just received this and it's a thick 2mm silver plated copper and copper wire (or alloy),...ok good thing is measured the resistance it's under 0.2ohm per 5m...and bad thing is it's quite stiff, not pliable at all. The plating is of very high quality and very conductive thou. I wonder if I can make a cable with it already. (And resistance is not directly related to sound quality btw, just measured for information).

 

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Just received this and it's a thick 2mm silver plated copper and copper wire (or alloy),...ok good thing is measured the resistance it's under 0.2ohm per 5m...and bad thing is it's quite stiff, not pliable at all. The plating is of very high quality and very conductive thou. I wonder if I can make a cable with it already. (And resistance is not directly related to sound quality btw, just measured for information).

Ok it's not too bad and the key is to keep the splitter-earhook end long, like 60cm.
Not yet terminated.

 

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Ok it's not too bad and the key is to keep the splitter-earhook end long, like 60cm.
Not yet terminated.

It's finally done.
Lowest resistance, heaviest and self levitating by its own stiffness. That gigantic Bispa plug really adds even more weight to this.

Had to solder the wires to the pins this way...

 

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A very budget friendly coaxial copper alloy cable.

 

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A very budget friendly coaxial copper alloy cable.

Too many non-conducting elements and it's sleeves make it unnecessarily thick and difficult to make.

 

[DestinoAzell]

Hye love reading your DIY journey thread....
I need some advice.... I recently bought a hakugei cable from their AE store,
1) Im not sure if it's a real pentaconn plug (could be fake tho)
2) they're using mudolf supreme..

The issue I had with the cable is,
1) it is lacking reverb..
2) mid-range/vocals abit lacks forwardness body,dry and soulless, strings just dont have the reverb or echo on hits.
3) treble had this lean yet hazy sound.
4) But the stage is wide, quite fast in transient only that it lacks dynamic and timbre lacking realism.

I am considering furutech FT-7445 plug but the last time I tried using this on my CEMA, the sound become too smooth in detail and dull in dynamics..
I have a guy who can do the welding but I need some advice as to which plug and solder to replace...

 

[saldsald]

Hye love reading your DIY journey thread....
I need some advice.... I recently bought a hakugei cable from their AE store,
1) Im not sure if it's a real pentaconn plug (could be fake tho)
2) they're using mudolf supreme..

The issue I had with the cable is,
1) it is lacking reverb..
2) mid-range/vocals abit lacks forwardness body,dry and soulless, strings just dont have the reverb or echo on hits.
3) treble had this lean yet hazy sound.
4) But the stage is wide, quite fast in transient only that it lacks dynamic and timbre lacking realism.

I am considering furutech FT-7445 plug but the last time I tried using this on my CEMA, the sound become too smooth in detail and dull in dynamics..
I have a guy who can do the welding but I need some advice as to which plug and solder to replace...

It depends on which Hakugei cable I guess. The Furutech plug is best to pair with silver plated or silver wires from my experiments so if it isn't then it might become a bit too smooth.

If you want timbre realism, I mean absolutely best timbre you should try Bispa gold plated but they are closing down unfortunately although you can still get from their webshop under their current hungry marketing.

Btw, Hakugei do not use Pentaconn plugs as they are quite costly anyway and they use Mundorf silvergold not superme as I asked them once.

 

[DestinoAzell]

It depends on which Hakugei cable I guess. The Furutech plug is best to pair with silver plated or silver wires from my experiments so if it isn't then it might become a bit too smooth.

If you want timbre realism, I mean absolutely best timbre you should try Bispa gold plated but they are closing down unfortunately although you can still get from their webshop under their current hungry marketing.

Btw, Hakugei do not use Pentaconn plugs as they are quite costly anyway and they use Mundorf silvergold not superme as I asked them once.

Ah I see...
so I guess the combo for timbre should be Bispa gold platted + what solder? mudolf supreme or gold silver
Also can you give me the exact model of that bispa 4.4 plug you're talking. I'm not familiar with these haha
thanks for your feedbacks!