May 12, 200818 yr comment_120685 Mogami 2534 is a jacketed star-quad? no braiding required? I always take the jacket off because it's thick and heavy, and I wanted to try the braid since it won't unwind or anything (although I doubt it unwinds anyway). Report
May 16, 200818 yr comment_121744 The Phantom power cord for heavy duty diy valve amplifiers. -8 Gauge high voltage conductors, deep freeze treated -Dark Matter insulation -Non Proprietary Geometry -OH YEA! E-DAY Connectors -Blue Hue to match painters tape on amp Report
May 20, 200818 yr comment_122971 Made a pair of interconnects using some UP-OCC 22ga I bought from Nate. I modified Chris VH's silver IC recipe, using a core of 1/4" polyethylene tubing, and spiraled the wires on 2" turns, wrapped it with teflon tape, then some techflex I had laying around. They are actually more flexible than I though they would be (not bad at all). I made a headphone cable using the silver IC recipe with some 26ga jupiter cotton-covered copper, wrapped in teflot tape. It was super flexible, but then I realized I couldn't fit the whole assembly through the boot of the 4 pin neutrik xlr. me-> <-me Talk about hours of lost time. I'm just using some Mogami w2893 for the 650 cable for now. I'm not complaining I've thought about using some of the Neotech stuff, but I hate to use any solid conductor bigger than 26ga. Report
May 20, 200818 yr comment_122975 I made a headphone cable using the silver IC recipe with some 26ga jupiter cotton-covered copper, wrapped in teflot tape. It was super flexible, but then I realized I couldn't fit the whole assembly through the boot of the 4 pin neutrik xlr. me-> <-me Talk about hours of lost time. I'm just using some Mogami w2893 for the 650 cable for now. I'm not complaining I've thought about using some of the Neotech stuff, but I hate to use any solid conductor bigger than 26ga. Bummer, that would've been sweet. Report
May 20, 200818 yr comment_122976 I made a headphone cable using the silver IC recipe with some 26ga jupiter cotton-covered copper, wrapped in teflot tape. It was super flexible, but then I realized I couldn't fit the whole assembly through the boot of the 4 pin neutrik xlr. me-> <-me Talk about hours of lost time. I'm just using some Mogami w2893 for the 650 cable for now. I'm not complaining I've thought about using some of the Neotech stuff, but I hate to use any solid conductor bigger than 26ga. Man, just cut the friggen boot and finish it all off with some shrink if you have to. Or is the hard, inner diameter that the cable assembly won't pass through? If so, that's a pretty thick cable. Report
May 20, 200818 yr comment_122982 Yeah, right? Of course, I've already disassembled the whole thing and tried to do something else with it. I ended up just getting pissed off and doing the mogami cable super quick so I could actually listen to music (I sent the cable I had been using to John Broskie as he wanted to try his HD-650's balanced). Report
June 17, 200818 yr comment_131006 I doubt that a Germania cable could be topped anyway. Better to just buy from her. Report
June 30, 200818 yr comment_134983 I'm bummed that I lost my Mogami ICs w/Pro-Fis. I think airport security took 'em after CJ08. Now I also need a pair of balanced ICs. I have everything I need, ready to go. Just need to find the time... Report
June 30, 200818 yr comment_135010 Vincent, If you get stuck for more than a couple days let me know, odds are I have a pair of balanced IC's somewhere that I'm not using that I can send you. Report
July 6, 200818 yr comment_136685 Thanks, Nate, I'm going to try to build it tonight. Haven't done it in a while--can you guys remind me: For a short XLR-XLR IC, I just need to use Pins 2&3 right? Do I need to tie shield to Pin 1 at one end or is that unnecessary? Report
July 6, 200818 yr comment_136780 Use all 3 Vincent, I've had bad luck omitting ground. well, I did it for one, not the other. we'll see... Nate, how did the badness manifest itself? Report
July 6, 200818 yr comment_136868 By the way, these cables are pretty fugly. I'll post pics later. Sound just fine though. Good ol' Mogami. Report
July 8, 200818 yr comment_137301 Thanks. I try to copy Nate whenever possible. I also took the pic so that it wouldn't highlight some heatshrink issues. Report
July 13, 200818 yr comment_139242 I find the Neutrik XLRs tough because a) I don't have a workspace, so I'm always crammed up somewhere and I have the shittiest helping hands on the face of the earth and can never get a good grip/angle. I need a Panavise. Big time. EDIT: Nice job, btw, reks. Report
July 13, 200818 yr comment_139246 The Nuetrik XLR's tough? Get a vice Vincent, they're easy as can be if you have something to hold them and they're impossible to beat for the price. Report
July 13, 200818 yr comment_139248 Techflex FTL. If you want some 3/8" nylon multifilament, jacob, just shoot me a PM. IIRC it'll fit right over the mogami jacket. Report
July 13, 200818 yr comment_139253 Damnit, I really have to learn to solder, at least to a point where I can make my own cables. Report
July 13, 200818 yr comment_139257 That is bizarre, I've never even had to use the high temperature setting on my heat gun. Report
July 13, 200818 yr comment_139279 Definitely I will get the Panavise. And agreed the Neutriks are easy as pie once you have something that holds them properly. Report
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