diy audio cables

I used to be of the camp that felt "A shiny purple HDMI cable costing $500 must be better than this dull black one which I can get for $10" (I live in Singapore, pricing reflects local reality). And then I discovered this forum, and after some experimentation, my thought process was changed. I...

I need to make some new interconnects for my systems, and thought why not make them look fancy "snake oil" like in stead of just plain boring. Not that i don't believe that a simple well build rca cable can do the job right, it's just why not doing something different just for fun. So i studied...

guys, is it a good choice to diy a single-ended headphone cable with any unbalanced cable (eg: mogami w2528 dual )? I recently found a mogami w2528 cable lying around & thought of diy a headphone cable, I just want to know is it good thing to use shield as the ground for the each headphone cup...

Background: I'm using Mogami W2893 quad (spiral shielded) mic cable for balanced headphone cable. I'm using the AK pinout with 2.5mm TRRS connectors. Question: Just wondering what to do with the shielding on this cable? Should it be folded back on the housing (eg. USB spec) or just ignored when...

I have some Canare L-4E6S Star Quad cables and I want to make two RCA cables to connect a subwoofer to my system. I looked in various other audio forums but none were clear enough on how to do this properly. The Canare L-4E6S cable has two white wires, two blue wires and a shield. The...

Hello, I wanna play around & build some audio cables (DIY), soldering, etc :D Where in the EU can I buy online some Canare, Mogami, Belden cables per meter, Neutrik connectors, audio cables Sleeves, shrink tubes, etc? (Germany, Netherland, Belgium, France, UK...) It will be nice to get it...