DIY cable gallery

[mwl168]

Harvested an old Cardas Headphone cable to make a balanced cable for the HD800.

Neutrik 4-pin XLR connectors. The HD800 connectors are from Parts Connecxion and a royal PITA to work with.

 

 

[Pars]

You need a fugly set of cable pants for your Y split.

I keed I keed.... nice job!


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[mwl168]

57 minutes ago, Pars said:

You need a fugly set of cable pants for your Y split...

I have fantasized about fabricating some sort of Y splitter to use but ran out of patience. 

[swt61]

Put together some new speaker cables, for the new speakers.

[luvdunhill]

Pfff... needs Dr. Wood logo somewhere

[penmarker]

How are the banana jacks? Do they make secure connection with the cables? PM me where you got them please.

[swt61]

The banana jacks are great. They hold really well and were very affordable. I got them on Amazon...

https://www.amazon.com/Mediabridge-Banana-Plugs-Corrosion-Resistant-Gold-Plated/dp/B00JFC9ANW/ref=sr_1_14?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1525230515&sr=1-14&keywords=banana+plugs

[Craig Sawyers]

They look like a real bargain!

[penmarker]

I'm more interested with how they secure the wires. I've had some cheapo banana jacks in the past and they use grub screws. No bueno, feels like the wires will shear right off. This one looks good.

Thanks!

[swt61]

It has sharper little teeth than others I've used, and it grabs the wire very securely.

[Craig Sawyers]

21 hours ago, swt61 said:

It has sharper little teeth than others I've used...

Nuff said....

[luvdunhill]

I am working on a project that has no built in strain relief. Is there some suggested way to perhaps use an adhesive on the PCB and soldered connections, but allow the larger jacket to still rotate, or should I just fill the housing with adhesive and immobilize the cable within the housing?

is there a recommended adhesive to do this sort of thing?

 

 

[luvdunhill]

I decided on 3M DP100 epoxy.

[luvdunhill]

Hi! I have _a lot_ of speaker cable on hand - all DH Labs - Q-10 ($25/ft), T-14 ($10/ft) and Odyssey ($4/ft).

I am going to be making up a couple sets of cables and would be happy to make some extra sets - I use nice sleeving I use on my cables and can work with you on termination.

[n_maher]

^^^^ You've got email.

[luvdunhill]

On 2/21/2021 at 2:36 PM, luvdunhill said:

Hi! I have _a lot_ of speaker cable on hand - all DH Labs - Q-10 ($25/ft), T-14 ($10/ft) and Odyssey ($4/ft).

I am going to be making up a couple sets of cables and would be happy to make some extra sets - I use nice sleeving I use on my cables and can work with you on termination.

I have a 12’ pair and 6’ pair of the Q-10. This can be terminated for biwire (so there are four wires)

I have two 10’ pair of the T-14, but it can only be a single run (two wires) - but could do this as a “shotgun” biwire if someone wanted both sets (internal to a single sleeve or separate sleeves). 

I can’t find the Odyssey - but will keep looking for it.

I need to order more sleeving though.

[starcat]

Any good starquad cable makes a perfect balanced cable for headphones. Like the Mogami or Belden.

In fact the way overpriced Black Dragon is a starquad as well. 

[n_maher]

1 hour ago, starcat said:

Any good starquad cable makes a perfect balanced cable for headphones. Like the Mogami or Belden.

In fact the way overpriced Black Dragon is a starquad as well. 

What, exactly, was this in response to?

[swt61]

Sometimes I talk to myself also.

[robm321]

I like Ben & Jerry's, Chocolate fudge brownies. I'll sometimes have other flavors though. 

[starcat]

Yeah 🙂

Michael above was making some balanced cables for his HD800.. Cheers

[n_maher]

7 minutes ago, starcat said:

Yeah 🙂

Michael above was making some balanced cables for his HD800.. Cheers

In 2017. 

[starcat]

12 hours ago, n_maher said:

In 2017. 

LoL, yes

[sbelyo]

I made these over the last week.  The blue pair is Cardas 2 x 21.5 AWG.  The white pair is 2 x 24 AWG SPC mil spec from navships. 

The navships cable is a step up from the Mogami that I was using.  Cost was $35  After a week I really like it but found it to sound bright.

The Cardas is a step beyond the navships cable.  Sounds neutral to me.  No harsh highs or bloated lows.  After 5 hours I'm liking this one the best out of all three.  Cost was $65

[jamesmking]

On 10/24/2021 at 2:40 AM, sbelyo said:

I made these over the last week.  The blue pair is Cardas 2 x 21.5 AWG.  The white pair is 2 x 24 AWG SPC mil spec from navships. 

The navships cable is a step up from the Mogami that I was using.  Cost was $35  After a week I really like it but found it to sound bright.

The Cardas is a step beyond the navships cable.  Sounds neutral to me.  No harsh highs or bloated lows.  After 5 hours I'm liking this one the best out of all three.  Cost was $65

is the mill spec cable silver or silver plated?

personally I have always found cables which are silver or silver plated to be bright, shouty and lack ambience. I only use un-plated copper cables. I use Cardas chassis wire for my builds and use Cardas golden reference for speaker, power and some inter-connects. Van den hull first is not bad but I think it lacks a bit of bass - its cheaper second hand than the Cardas. I even find silver plated/solid silver fuses to be bright.

 

Edited October 25, 2021 by jamesmking