Bop
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Well I'm considering building three IPOD line-out docks, two for friends, and one for my mother. I've read a few tutorials online, but the thing that tended to be missing was the materials used sections where the specific cables/thicknesses were not given. In terms of experience, I am a complete and utter nublet and have some questions that just irk me every minute of the day.
The General Questions that Bother Me:
Question #1: So after visiting the MOGAMI site to pick out a candidate for a LOD, I'm swarmed by this vast majority of cables that I have never known/seen/heard about. Thus, the first question would be Are all cables universal?
Question #2: Now the offered snake cable at MOGAMI brought up the question of why where were so many sub cables in the large cable, and so What benefits/possible uses would a person have in using such a thick, highly stranded cable?
The More LODcentric Questions:
Question A: I've been looking at the Silverbraid at HomeGrown Audio and the ALO Cryo SXC Wire, and I'm not sure what thickness I should get. If anyone has any other suggestions, or can talk about the nuances they found in each one, that would be very helpful.
Question B: I've read about 4 stranded cables, and in context with a headphone retermination that I did with a 3.5mm jack, I could only recall 3 connectors (left, right, ground). I wonder what advantages does having 4 wires give, why use 4 wires, and where would one connect the 4th wire?.
Question C: Similarly, I have also read about IPOD LODs that use a combination of certain wires, (2 silver, 1 copper, and the like), and it would make sense that there would be some sonical differences. Has anyone tried this? And if so, what combination did you think worked best?
-I'm rather a poor penniless student with limited experience. My current plans do not focus so much on cables as amplifiers or dacs, but I would like to achieve the best sound possible on a limited budget. So in this case, I'm quite sorry for not contributing "to science!" and the DIY Community (though I might try some combination of cables in the future), and I would greatly appreciate any feedback.
Thank you for reading!
The General Questions that Bother Me:
Question #1: So after visiting the MOGAMI site to pick out a candidate for a LOD, I'm swarmed by this vast majority of cables that I have never known/seen/heard about. Thus, the first question would be Are all cables universal?
Question #2: Now the offered snake cable at MOGAMI brought up the question of why where were so many sub cables in the large cable, and so What benefits/possible uses would a person have in using such a thick, highly stranded cable?
The More LODcentric Questions:
Question A: I've been looking at the Silverbraid at HomeGrown Audio and the ALO Cryo SXC Wire, and I'm not sure what thickness I should get. If anyone has any other suggestions, or can talk about the nuances they found in each one, that would be very helpful.
Question B: I've read about 4 stranded cables, and in context with a headphone retermination that I did with a 3.5mm jack, I could only recall 3 connectors (left, right, ground). I wonder what advantages does having 4 wires give, why use 4 wires, and where would one connect the 4th wire?.
Question C: Similarly, I have also read about IPOD LODs that use a combination of certain wires, (2 silver, 1 copper, and the like), and it would make sense that there would be some sonical differences. Has anyone tried this? And if so, what combination did you think worked best?
-I'm rather a poor penniless student with limited experience. My current plans do not focus so much on cables as amplifiers or dacs, but I would like to achieve the best sound possible on a limited budget. So in this case, I'm quite sorry for not contributing "to science!" and the DIY Community (though I might try some combination of cables in the future), and I would greatly appreciate any feedback.
Thank you for reading!