Nice! I asked him a week or 2 ago to make one but he didn’t have time 🙁

Fully insulated cables vs. braided cables?

Well that depends… I like Mogami Star Quad. Go to their international homepage and you will see how a star quad is designed. In short…
+PVC
+Copper screening

There aren’t that many types of braids. A stereo interconnect can be made as 3-wire or 4-wire. A mono (channel) interconnect only needs 2 wire, so a coaxial-type wire is a good choice. A headphone cable needs 4-wires minimum.

All needs can be met with a star quad. But aesthetic-wise… You can make 16-wire braids. If the headphone connectors/drivers accept it.

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What is the difference between the fully insulated cables such as moon audio or cardas vs braided cables such as Toxic and BTG?

Making a cable – not rocket science but there are so many types of braids, wires, insulation, sheathing, etc… its easy to make it more complicated than it needs to be.

waiting for more DIY updates 🙂

I use 2 x 24 AWG as one, which actually equates to 1 x 21 AWG.

That’s why I use 8 wires. However I do a Quad-braid since I find flat 8-braids to be highly time-wasting and non-ergonomic.

Cheers!
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This makes me appreciate your great articles even more….cheers and best of luck for otorhinolaryngology

Since what you describe in this article is basically making an interconnect (ie. a cable with plugs on both ends), it might also be a good idea to have another article with tips on how to recable an actual headphone ie. what mistakes to watch out for, how to use a multimeter, how to create a DIY strain-relief etc.) After all, relatively few headphones these days have detachable cables. Furthermore, most headphone manufacturers do not put warranty on the cable, so simply recabling a headphone does not void waranty, while modifying the headphone to add a DIY socket certainly would.

Thx mate!

Sweet! Hope they turn out mighty fine. As mentioned earlier. Buy more connectors and cheap cable and experiment! It’s the only way 😉

You are very correct in the above mentioned! Thx for expanding it a bit to the readers! 🙂

More articles will most likely follow. 🙂

Thx for the input!

I’ll add some about the above to the next one!

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I like ’em. But to be honest i prefer doing round 4×2 instead. I find them more flexible and less intrusive.

Plus… It’s a lot easier to do and requires less time. But they sure can be fancy! 🙂

I’ll pop some pics to show how to make a really sweet 3,5 mm to 3,5 mm. Always needed. Not costly either. Tune in later. 🙂

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True dat! 😉

Nahh.. In short. I’ve cut down on most hobbies in later years. I used to be all over the place. Now I only have time for hi-fi/head-fi; work/research and my family.

It’s good to be realistic. I like popping pics, but not enough to invest in a new rig with more strobes, a full-size sensor-camera and new prime lenses etc. Since I know that I could take much better pics if I had better gear… well.. Let’s just say it limits my photography to everyday pics and headfonia-stuff.

Writing. I’ve cut down on most forum-life to the strict necessary. Not many posts on head-fi/changstar/head-case etc. And that’s why I’m not so prolific in the DISQUS here on headfonia (I try to write articles instead).

Work. Well… I’m diverting myself more and more toward Oto-rhino-laryngology and later to audiology. Hopefully be able to work with developing hearing aids and such in the future.

Working out. Well, let’s face it. Can’t lift weights as I used to. You only have that testosterone-period in your life once. Plus… Vanity. Nahh. Just trying to stay healthy, and you don’t have to train much to attain that. 😉

Family. The most important part. If I feel that I neglect them. Well, then time to cut down on the stuff above.

Cheers guys!
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I nag alot

A note on wire: the gauge of the wire and the size of the TRS connector you are going to use is ultimately what makes it easier to work with. Also, you may want to expand on the use of single core wire versus stranded core wire as I find this a massive difference to work with if I’m making higher strand count cables.