Few questions about building Headphone cable(3.5 to 4.4 or XLR)

[tjdub]

They do look pretty good and not to expensive. I like to make cables with paracord too, it makes the super tough. Here's one I made for my he6

 

[OCC7N]

Wow that looks beautiful! What connectors do you prefere

eidolic, furutech or oyaide?

 

[tjdub]

Eidolic are probably my favorite bit it's mostly for the looks, furutech are just well made and extremely tough especially the xlrs

 

[OCC7N]

ok thanks....

I can´t hide the fact that I REALLY hate y splitters. I am probably going to make my own anyway.

I am going to make one without ysplitter

 

[OCC7N]

how about this cable?

I can not find how many strands there are.

https://www.audiophonics.fr/fr/fils...-occ-multibrins-pvc-24awg-0205mm-p-12243.html

 

[tjdub]

That will work

 

[OCC7N]

And how about this 10% Silver
https://www.audiophonics.fr/fr/soudure/mundorf-supreme-etain-a-souder-soudure-argent-10-p-2874.html

 

[tjdub]

Never used it but it looks pretty good. I hope so for the price anyway

 

[OCC7N]

I actually rather ordering from audioverse.de when I compare the prices of DIY.

 

[tjdub]

Yeah I don't blame you

 

[OCC7N]

I never in my life imagined I would search for headphone cable this long just to find some in europe.

 

[OCC7N]

I ended up here....
https://www.aliexpress.com/af/occ-7...4.4mm&catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20220210144650

its a jungle man. I give up

 

[tjdub]

Aliexpress is hit or miss

 

[tjdub]

Have you looked on etsy?

There are some good dyier's there, maybe you can even find someone from Europe

 

[Dogmatrix]

Building your own cables is very rewarding , please don't give up

Via Blue make a very nice silver solder I have used it often

Splitters are not important some glue lined heat shrink will do the job

Should you wish to go a little upmarket regarding cable Belden make some highly regarded varieties , 8402 is great for interconnects and can be stripped out for a headphone cable . I just bought some 9497 I plan to build a balanced cable for my HE500 I will run one twisted pair for each side all the way to the connector , so no splitter

Neutrik connectors are excellent quality don't be put off by the comparatively low price , Switchcraft are also very good . Furutech are the best if you can afford them

I have used some of the Chinese made connectors and they do look nice but can be difficult to work with as the plastic insulators often have a low melt point