Simple fix for cable microphonics

[gerG]

Can't get much simpler:

This is pretty effective on those horrible silk covered cables that AT and Sony use.

WARNING: do NOT pull the knot too tight or you will damage the cable.

This won't kill all of the vibrations transmitted by the cable, but it reduces them 80% (estimate). The mechanism is complex, and I don't know all of it. Suffice it to say that it is a loss mechanism.

More elaborate knots may work better. I leave that investigation to the reader.

Have fun!


gerG

 

[Edwood]

Nice trick.

I would never do that with my headphones. I would probably step on my cord by mistake.

I don't think I could even tie a knot with my Zu Mobius HD600 cable if I tried.

-Ed

 

[ev13wt]

Too necromance this thread - it works.
 
One can also just make a smallish 1" sized loop and tie the cable at the meeting point with one of those twisty things that most cables originally come with.