Completed Cables

PerfectCreature

This is what they look like now. I only posted one because I had the other hooked up.
No derailing of this post please.
What do you guys think?
Looks good or kind of tacky?

Knucklehead

I think it looks kinda cool...I like the braiding....what ga wire is that?

PerfectCreature

Its 12 gauge for the bass part and 14 gauge for the treble part.
I can re post a could pics of how i did it on this tread or you can see on the last thread how I did it.

Knucklehead

Cool...Ill check it out.

PerfectCreature

It could look so much better if I didn't have electrical tape where there should be shrink tubing. Ah well. It doesn't matter much anyways.

Knucklehead

PerfectCreature wrote: »

It could look so much better if I didn't have electrical tape where there should be shrink tubing. Ah well. It doesn't matter much anyways.

consider it a one off prototype. good job!

inspiredsports

I think they look great. Good job!

PerfectCreature

Yeah I should still have around 12-15 feet of tech flex. Maybe I will buy quality wire and an actually hot knife so that the ends don't fray so much.
Maybe I could make them for people on the forum and they just pay what it cost. That could could be fun as well
The Polk Audio Forum Cable Maker!

Heh, had a little bit of a dream there. Oh well. I had fun for the most part.
If someone wants to ship me the supplies or what not I could make the cables for them. They will look as similar as those as I can get. I mean I dunno.

seeclear

You'd need to get in line. There are a couple other guys here who are already known for their cables. Not that another option would be a bad thing.

PerfectCreature

It its was more of a joke. I mean if someone wants to I suppose I could. I'd to try out some different cable types. Like I've heard of Cat5 cables and such...although I was told they are A L O T of work.
I mean it was fun and could be a (kind of expensive) side hobby.

halo71

I'd like some new cables! I been using cheap Monster Cable for a long time now.

Echosphere

Those are very nice. Well done!

schwarcw

Not bad at all! Keep working on your skills, the cables will improve!

hearingimpared

Nice work kiddo! BTW if you want to build cables for the forum members you have some stringent competition with Ben.

Have you considered a burnin time to see whether they really open up?

george daniel

Actually-- not bad-- you should have seen my first power cable build,, keep at it and you'll be surprised.Your post has motivated to build a power cable and let folks here audition it--stay tuned--btw--how does it sound?

PerfectCreature

Actually the cables were already half burned in. I had been using the blue cables before got the 12 gauge gold ones. Then, when I got the gold ones I used those.
So, I sound tested them last night. All was in check. At first I thought I had messed the positive/negative up in all that wire confusion, but it was just a loose banana plug. Everything sounds check, I can still hear the little stuff I had been able to hear before, so I didn't downgrade by doing this. Tomorrow I have off, so I will try and do a thorough testing to see if maybe I can pick up anything else that cables may have brought.
I recommend smaller cables for doing this kind of stuff though. Like 16 gauge would be fine. the 14 AND the 12 just added to much work. I am sure, though that if I had had bigger plugs it would have worked out a lot better.
Oh, well. All in all. It looks good, my dad thought we had a python in the house...I was like we live in MAINE, pythons are smart they don't live here.

Oh, I bought some rocket 33s from Audiogon, when I get them in (hoping Thursday) I will let a few people audition them if they'd like. See how they own up to other "bigger" brands.