Has Anyone Made a Set of Cables Like This?

Bill Ayotte
Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
edited March 2007 in DIY, Mods & Tweaks
I am going to make a set of cables that are RCA/XLR combination. Has anyone else done this before? Any advise? I found a little tutorial at:
http://www.diycable.com/main/product_info.php?products_id=609

I was wondering if there was anything else they left out.....
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited March 2007
    Those look like quality cables for the money,Canare makes excellent products. Ive used their LS 61 75 ohm as a digital cable.
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited March 2007
    I'm going to use Cardas Crosslink IC cable with cardas RCAs and Neutrik XLRs. I picked up some techflex and heatshrink as well, I would like these to at least give a somewhat professional appearance. I am kinda anxious to get the stuff and get started.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited March 2007
    I found the key to getting them to look good is stripping the wires and insulation the correct amount.I like their idea of adding some hot glue to prevent shorting and add a bit of strain relief.
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited March 2007
    I thought that was a cool idea too. I am actually going to do that to my wingcord at work too, because that thing keeps breaking the terminations.
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited March 2007
    These are the two colors of techflex I bought
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    I had to buy 25ft of each, so if this works out I may determine a price and sell a few pairs.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited March 2007
    I really like that red and blue combo.
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited March 2007
    They call it superhero......stupid name, but it looks sick
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited March 2007
    Be sure to post some pic's of your finished cables.
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  • bikerboy
    bikerboy Posts: 1,211
    edited March 2007
    Hi,
    I have made a couple of rca ic with the cardas twinlink wire and their GRMO and GRCM rhodium over silver plate rcas. They sound very good. Solid bass crisp top, very quiet. I am using silver wire with eichmann copper rcas now and find the bass is lighter and the top is nice. I go back and forth. I may get more cardas wire to use with the eichmanns. I also use cardas wire in the tonearm of my TT. Hope that helps.
    Main system: Lyngdorf TDAI 2170 w/ Pioneer 42" plazma-> Polk LSiM 703 w/Tivo, Marantz tuner, BRPTT: Nothingham Spacedeck-> Pioneer PL L1000 linear arm-> Soundsmith DL 103R-> SUT->Bottlehead ErosDigital: I3 PC w/ Jriver playing flac -> Sonore Ultrarendu -> Twisted Pair Audio ESS 9028 w/ Mercury IVY Vinyl rips: ESI Juli@24/192-> i3 PC server
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited March 2007
    GV#27 wrote:
    Be sure to post some pic's of your finished cables.
    You bet your as I will.:D
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited March 2007
    Thats cool. I am hoping that the cables I make will best the Signal Cable Analog IIs I have hooked up now. We will find out next week.
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited March 2007
    Well, they are done. The biggest challenge was figuring out how to work with techflex. I managed to screw it up about three times on the first cable, of course the second one worked out the first time. ;)
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited March 2007
    Well they are bueatiful... How do they sound?
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited March 2007
    they sound great.....Better than my Signal Analog 2's did anyway.....A lot less hiss coming from the speakers. There was a little bit of a difference in music as well......A little more "open" I guess. I heard a few things in albums I hadn't heard before. The voices in movies were a little bit more clear as well, especially at low volume. I would have been on cloud 9 if they just worked, the result was just awesome
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited March 2007
    Sweet. I find much more enjoyment when I make things instead of buying them. I have done 4 different IC cables myself, and it is nice that you can try different wire to see what works with your system :)

    Enjoy, nice job
    Ben
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
    Thanks
    Ben
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited March 2007
    Nice work Bill,they look better than some of the mega buck cables.
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited March 2007
    Thanks man. I am looking for a cheaper supplier for the actual cable so I could maybe make a set or two for some of you guys for a reasonable price...
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited March 2007
    Nice job Bill.
    Michael ;)
    In the beginning, all knowledge was new!
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  • Midnite Mick
    Midnite Mick Posts: 1,591
    edited March 2007
    Those look very professional...nicely done.

    On a side note, I just get the whole magnet wire thing. I tried it and find it to be anything special at all. Maybe a synergy thing?

    Mike
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