i see for 4 cable braid,

do like this

1 2 3 4
2 4 1 3
4 3 2 1

keep repeat this pattern, haha, I'm imagining this out, might not be accurate.

Superlux 669 recabled with canare star quad 2M

In the future might dampen the cups, bling up the headphones and probably do multifilament nylon sleeving if I have the extra budget

Noob question here:

When ppl referring to balance in/output, must it be only XLR?

Does RCA (red and white / left & right) consider as balance?

Thanks

RCA is single ended. XLR (3pin or 4pin) then is balanced.

wow any difference?

Not much, slightly louder and clearer only.

hi sifus
this is my sennheiser hd202 that im trying to do recabling
newbie here

can anyone tell me the how to differentiate?

the green line indicates original wire coloured in green connected to tat "part"
and the brown line indicates original wire which is not coloured

and then there is the +/x sign beside tat green wire's part

its a left ear cup.

if the no-colour wire is ground
so when i solder the wires to trs plug means:

no-colour > ground
green colour > left ?

thx all for helping

Open both sides and look for the wire that has same color. Usually ground / - wire is same color.

Else just look for a red dot. Usually they drip 1 dot of red ink or something to indicate where is the +

And another example reference for you(although might not apply to all headphones)... so far I've recabled 2 headphones, Left is - and right is +

Or you just settle the plug, braid the cables, then strip the ends that you supposed to solder to the drivers.
Connect the cable to your mp3 player and play something, touch the stripped ends of your cable lightly on the drivers to experiment which is left channel, which is + or - etc.....

the right cup there's red wire and no colour wire.
and the red wire side has a + sign as well
so i suppose the no colour one is ground?

Yeap, then that should be the case

ok! thx for helping

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Added on June 19, 2012, 12:37 am1 more question..
izit possible to make a dual sided cable headphone to a single sided one?

This post has been edited by x-crusader: Jun 19 2012, 12:37 AM

Yes its possible either way (dual sided to single or single to dual). Just a matter of how your headphone design is like, and if its not possible, how you're going to work around it.

Just make sure both sides don't share a single ground cable.

successfully recabled my hd202 and now it looks like a beats LOL

picture!

lol just black headphone with red cable ~_~

Hi guys

Been to UK and now i'm back to malaysia - haha! very hard to get parts here in msia. well maybe im just being katak bawah tempurung, unsure where to get all the good stuff

i'm looking for

1. van damme XLR mic cables (i saw someone talking about it here) about 100m
2. neutrik XLR female, male heads: probably 15 of each
3. canare XLR mic cables - before i left for uK i got my stock from sg. anyone to recommend here in malaysia?

thanks in advance!
-derrick-

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Added on June 28, 2012, 12:33 amTare,
you ask a very poignant question which i'm afraid we don't really understand.

balanced could be XLR or even 1/4 inch (instrument jacks) provided they satisfy the following:

1 pin/terminal used for ground
the other 2 pins/ terminals used for carrying the +'ve signal (called hot signal) and the -'ve signal (cold signal). the -'ve is the phase inverted signal.

it is balanced because whatever extraneous noise added to both+'ve and -'ve signals can be removed by reinverting the phase of the cold signal and then added back to the hot signal. this is why balanced signal cables can have way longer runs that unablanced cables can't.

RCA if i'm not wrong works on a different method whereby the -'ve signal is not the phase inverted but is a 'screening' signal



This post has been edited by miraged: Jun 28 2012, 12:33 AM

DSC_0030 by Dennis Yeoh, on Flickr

DSC_0031 by Dennis Yeoh, on Flickr
hohoho excited to see a tick interconnector

im wondering if u guys took the electrical course for this@_@

can i ask where did you guys get the cable and plugs? starting audiophile trying to DIY some interconnects here...i'm from nilai but i do not have a private transport =P

i heard a lot of them mention jalan pasar has options, go there have a try