doctorjuggles
Active Member
I'm surprised this thread doesn't already exist here at ASR, but if not, someone has to start it, right?
I've just started learning to make cables, mostly for my IEMs and headphones, and I've found that I really enjoy it.
So after a couple of little repair jobs, some practising of soldering small cables onto tiny nails, and one re-purposing of an old, unused cable into a usable one, today I made my first ever cable from scratch. It was the first project I've done with the goal of a nice cable being the main point, rather than a bit of playing around and learning. I wanted a balanced XLR with a right-angled connector for my ZMF Eikons
As with much of my learning, a few mistakes were made, but this time, while it’s not perfect, it’s a lot closer to where I want to be, so I thought I’d share…
I used:
Mogami 2893 cabling
Paracord and sleeving from Cosmic Cables in the UK
Cheap Gazechimp mini XLR connectors
The solder that came with my cheap soldering iron set
A Neutrik NC4MRX-B connector
No-name heatshrink
A medium carbon fibre y-splitter and cable cinch, also from Cosmic
On top of this, though, I'm hoping other users will share their cable projects, recommendations for good cabling that can be bought, how each one affects the sound (as in resistance, not good for IEMs but good for headphones or vice versa, nice and soft for IEMs etc. - scientific reasoning and not "silver sounds bright" or other stuff like that which has a million other forums to argue that kind of stuff on please).
I'm enjoying the feeling of making something, and I'd like to learn more, so tips on soldering, heatshrink, all is fair game in this thread - do we have any other enthusiasts on the board?
I've just started learning to make cables, mostly for my IEMs and headphones, and I've found that I really enjoy it.
So after a couple of little repair jobs, some practising of soldering small cables onto tiny nails, and one re-purposing of an old, unused cable into a usable one, today I made my first ever cable from scratch. It was the first project I've done with the goal of a nice cable being the main point, rather than a bit of playing around and learning. I wanted a balanced XLR with a right-angled connector for my ZMF Eikons
As with much of my learning, a few mistakes were made, but this time, while it’s not perfect, it’s a lot closer to where I want to be, so I thought I’d share…
I used:
Mogami 2893 cabling
Paracord and sleeving from Cosmic Cables in the UK
Cheap Gazechimp mini XLR connectors
The solder that came with my cheap soldering iron set
A Neutrik NC4MRX-B connector
No-name heatshrink
A medium carbon fibre y-splitter and cable cinch, also from Cosmic
On top of this, though, I'm hoping other users will share their cable projects, recommendations for good cabling that can be bought, how each one affects the sound (as in resistance, not good for IEMs but good for headphones or vice versa, nice and soft for IEMs etc. - scientific reasoning and not "silver sounds bright" or other stuff like that which has a million other forums to argue that kind of stuff on please).
I'm enjoying the feeling of making something, and I'd like to learn more, so tips on soldering, heatshrink, all is fair game in this thread - do we have any other enthusiasts on the board?