I am planning to make some cables for my 2 newest headphones. None of the stock cables suit my preferences. I want a long XLR cable for my HiFi, a short 1/4in cable for my workstation Focusrite Scarlett, and if my Samsung phone can adequately drive them, a short 1/8in cable.
I ordered a bunch of stuff from Ali like headphone connectors, wire, and cable splitters. I ordered some Neutrik connectors from Mouser for the other end. Those Lemo connectors on the Utopia are really cool with a lock that disengages when you tug the sleeve like an air hose or some other aerospace connectors, but I gambled on 3 pairs of Ali copies for the ($70ish) price of one pair of Lemos. I also have stuff laying around.
Tonight I made the work station Sennheiser cable.
Definitely needed the big magnifying glass soldering those tiny pins. I put some adhesive heat shrink between and around the pins for good measure and filled the splitter with hot melt glue since my cable stock is swisted rather than square sinnet. I figure these cost me $40 plus some time versus about $46 for something similar minus the Amphenol connector from Ali. When bigger splitters arrive I am going to use paracord sleeving, but I didn't want to wait or use cable pants so I got started. I will probably do the 1/8 inch Utopia cable like this too before the other splitters get here.
I ordered a bunch of stuff from Ali like headphone connectors, wire, and cable splitters. I ordered some Neutrik connectors from Mouser for the other end. Those Lemo connectors on the Utopia are really cool with a lock that disengages when you tug the sleeve like an air hose or some other aerospace connectors, but I gambled on 3 pairs of Ali copies for the ($70ish) price of one pair of Lemos. I also have stuff laying around.
Tonight I made the work station Sennheiser cable.
Definitely needed the big magnifying glass soldering those tiny pins. I put some adhesive heat shrink between and around the pins for good measure and filled the splitter with hot melt glue since my cable stock is swisted rather than square sinnet. I figure these cost me $40 plus some time versus about $46 for something similar minus the Amphenol connector from Ali. When bigger splitters arrive I am going to use paracord sleeving, but I didn't want to wait or use cable pants so I got started. I will probably do the 1/8 inch Utopia cable like this too before the other splitters get here.