chych
The butter knife's second victim.
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I recently made a few cables and tweaks here and there in my system(s) and thought I'd share with the rest of the world...
1) I built two DIY power cords out of Belden 83802 and Marinco connectors:
-DVD Player cord
-Amplifier cord
2) Upgraded the wall outlet to ACME Silver plated Pass & Seymour outlet
-Link
Since it looks the same as a regular outlet, I thought I'd make it look nicer
3) Headphone extension out of Neurtrik and Teflon Cat5, in a double kimber-pbj style (1 for each channel)
-Link
4) Portable mini->RCA cable out of teflon Cat5, in a double kimber pbj style with Neutrik miniplug and Dayton RCA
-Link
5) Attenuating cables for my ART DI/O to amplifier, made out of a twisted pair Belden 89259 and terminated to Neutrik jack and Cardas SRCA
-Link
Now the only bottleneck in my system can be seen here
Hmm I also made a subwoofer interconnect out of 89259 and Dayton RCAs...
Lessons to be learned: Heatshrink sucks, if you do not have a heat gun at least. Hair dryer's do not work at all, I had to use a ceramic room heater to shrink the heat shrink (and this is the more expensive easier shrink kind too!).
Neutrik connectors suck, they do not use teflon but something else that melts easily - when I am using my 45 watt iron to solder the connections, the jack starts falling apart... teflon melts at quite a high temperature and soldering irons cannot melt teflon easily (though my iron still can eat through teflon).
Locking RCAs are a pain, I've been having quite the troubles with these Dayton locking ones...
Cardas SRCAs are the best RCAs I've ever seen/used - nice large opening, teflon insulation, rhodium/gold/silver plating, easy soldering, wrap around/compression ground, and a "death grip" via it's spring loaded tip on the rca jack.
1) I built two DIY power cords out of Belden 83802 and Marinco connectors:
-DVD Player cord
-Amplifier cord
2) Upgraded the wall outlet to ACME Silver plated Pass & Seymour outlet
-Link
Since it looks the same as a regular outlet, I thought I'd make it look nicer
3) Headphone extension out of Neurtrik and Teflon Cat5, in a double kimber-pbj style (1 for each channel)
-Link
4) Portable mini->RCA cable out of teflon Cat5, in a double kimber pbj style with Neutrik miniplug and Dayton RCA
-Link
5) Attenuating cables for my ART DI/O to amplifier, made out of a twisted pair Belden 89259 and terminated to Neutrik jack and Cardas SRCA
-Link
Now the only bottleneck in my system can be seen here
Hmm I also made a subwoofer interconnect out of 89259 and Dayton RCAs...
Lessons to be learned: Heatshrink sucks, if you do not have a heat gun at least. Hair dryer's do not work at all, I had to use a ceramic room heater to shrink the heat shrink (and this is the more expensive easier shrink kind too!).
Neutrik connectors suck, they do not use teflon but something else that melts easily - when I am using my 45 watt iron to solder the connections, the jack starts falling apart... teflon melts at quite a high temperature and soldering irons cannot melt teflon easily (though my iron still can eat through teflon).
Locking RCAs are a pain, I've been having quite the troubles with these Dayton locking ones...
Cardas SRCAs are the best RCAs I've ever seen/used - nice large opening, teflon insulation, rhodium/gold/silver plating, easy soldering, wrap around/compression ground, and a "death grip" via it's spring loaded tip on the rca jack.