[usc goose]

to summarize, right channel started cutting out, opened my cables up, solder of right channel was busted as was return channel, did some quick and dirty soldering, isolated with lots of electrical tape and protected with paper clips.

sounds great now.

ugh

solder return

bridge gap with bit of speaker cable, after finishing this i wrapped each channel in electrical tape but those pictures didn't really come out that well.

slide on inner cover, re-wrap in outer

extra protection

whoop, there it is.

 

[dd3mon]

Now that looks like my kind of DIY project

Messy and covered with tons of electrical tape

-dd3mon

 

[was ist los?]

You should use teflon tape instead of electrical tape.
BTW love the ghettoness!

 

[jasonhanjk]

Very ugly DIY job!!! BUT, I like it!!!

Try use these instead...

 

[jeffreyj]

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Originally posted by usc goose to summarize, right channel started cutting out, opened my cables up, solder of right channel was busted as was return channel, did some quick and dirty soldering, isolated with lots of electrical tape and protected with paper clips. sounds great now.

Makers of $1000+ interconnects are reaching for their bottles of Mylanta in response!

 

[lan]

Thing is, if you're going to do this... might as well upgrade the whole cable. That's what I did.

 

[Tomo]

Hi,

Man, that is bad. What happened? Did your amp have to protect you from Arnold-gone-Terminator?

I must agree with Lan. It is probably far more easier. What I usually do is that keep the cable and use it for hook up wire.

Current soldering job looks like it's gonna fail sometime soon ...

Tomo

 

[usc goose]

took me 5 minutes and sounds like new. i'm happy. fails again, i'll consider more options. whats teflon tape for? i hate the way it looks.

 

[maczrool]

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Originally posted by usc goose took me 5 minutes and sounds like new. i'm happy. fails again, i'll consider more options. whats teflon tape for? i hate the way it looks.

You really don't know what teflon tape is used for? Plumbing joints.

Stu

 

[usc goose]

i guess my question was more, is it really worth it to use teflon? does it get that hot in there or what? or is it a dielectric issue.

 

[MERTON]

why not just buy a new cord? i mean... shees!!! there's now way that can sound like new.. man... yick!!! yick!!! yick!!! yick!!! icky stuff there.

 

[usc goose]

well you know "they is some po' folk out in the world." not all of us can cough up for a new cardas every time something bad happens.

where's that team broke application?

on second though. i'm starting team ghetto diy. who's coming with me?

 

[lan]

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Originally posted by usc goose on second though. i'm starting team ghetto diy. who's coming with me?

*shakes head* i did some ghetto stuff but um... it's hidden under the techflex and heatshrink

. Gotta love the paper "dielectric"

 

[algo]

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Originally posted by usc goose on second though. i'm starting team ghetto diy. who's coming with me?

count me in...
when I made my CMOY, I really wanted a wooden enclosure but I couldn't find anything in a store that I wanted to use, so I decided to make it by myself and w/ a friend. ghetto indeed...

I like to call it the birdhouse.

 

[beamrider]

Wow, ghetto indeed!

Once my adapters get here, I'll post pics of the inside of my current project.........."squished" may be a little mild to describe it, tho........hehehe