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Offline Nick's Picks

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diy cables page
« on: November 03, 2005, 10:38:49 AM »
just goofing around last night w/some simple intructions.  finally finding use for that fat ass silver cable i bought off eBay.
www.nickspicks.com/DIY-CABLE/diy-cable.htm


anyone know a good connection for silver plated ofc two strand cable?

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Re: diy cables page
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2005, 11:05:03 AM »
Good info, Nick.

What are the pro's/con's of using 2 conductor vs. 4 conductor cable?  Is there anything?
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Re: diy cables page
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2005, 03:00:56 PM »
i suppose you could double helix a pair for one signal, and then another pair for the other.  I dont know if it would actualy help or be noticable.
but it makes for a nice fat cable and you can be sure there is plenty of surface area for the signal to travel through
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Re: diy cables page
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2005, 03:59:30 PM »
finished product.
the xlrs are shielded w/a nickel/silver braid, then the teflex over that. 


the speaker cables are in shotgun config, two seperate 2 strand braids of silver plate OFC 14awg loaded into the teflex, and then seperated on one end for double binding posts, and braided together on the other end for a single channel output from an amp.  Cool!
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not sure how they sound, they came out too short for me to use in the main system.
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« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2005, 04:14:10 PM »
nick, nice info.  but I think I just lost a couple of hours lost in your avi...
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Re: diy cables page
« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2005, 01:48:03 PM »
OK, since we're posting cable porn...

I made this power cable this weekend for my PMD 671.
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« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2005, 02:02:36 PM »
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Re: diy cables page
« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2005, 03:32:01 PM »
Nice cable Chuck!  +T
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