just use some available resources to make a pair of rca cable for my d2 to ppav2

braided 4x22awg silver coated copper wires:



Braided wires put in water hose and 2 layers of techflex :




A pair of completed rca-rca cable:

whoah.... where did u get LOK plugs?

online order...
easily burn a big hole in ur pocket... it's more expensive than neutrik Pro-Fi...
sigh.....
i still hesitate wanna get silver LOK or not. as i think using it with canare starquad some how overkill...

at least have to get pure silver 99.999% OCC baru can match the quality of the plug....
but i hand itchy also wanna get CARDAS SRCA....

OMG.... no money... sigh.....

if u wanna get it, chernloon said don't get BLACK Lok as it is coated. easily scratch off the paint...

Anybody else offers service?

try find David for Zu cable.. quite ok the price.
else u can find mad man or alamaklor for really good workmanship and parts.

Ic ic. I just need a short one, something like what kelvinyam has..

stereo-stereo?
i has one extra one u want? =P
but u have to bare the extra postage from sarawak to KL lah..
haha
PM me if u are serious. or i will give it to my girlfren soon... =P


This post has been edited by PcWork: Dec 14 2006, 01:37 PM

woW wow wow
nice looking cable~
salute

hehehe i think i back off from the LOK... wanna find CARDAS SRCA now.. =P
looks damn nice.

chernloon....,that's a pretty neat cable ya got there.....

this morning i did this cable.
with canare starquad.. =)

wow..
it's rca to rca right? but what is the little bump at the other end of the plugs?

Looks like a ferrite ring.. been told it can have certain effects on the sound, true or not, its a subjective view.

yeap it's ferrite ring.
i built this to test the effects on the sound.
first impression. sounds at least 95% same with Hp890.
cannot sure the different is placebo or not.
will gonna try it at night time using speaker to confirm the effects.
but according to what i read. ferrite ring has so many type, and different length contribute to different effect.. =)
i choose the longest ferrite ring available.

To me, ferrite rings are perhaps more beneficial to power cables, or inside internal amplifier circuit AC wires. Do you see many i/c manufacturers incorporating it?..if hardly or none..then its probably futile ..my 2 sen.

Nevertheless..no-one's stopping you from trying.. I ADMIRE YOUR WORK and persistence!.. perhaps I may buy something from you in future when I've got some spare $$ to boot.

This post has been edited by bsl555: Dec 19 2006, 05:44 PM

pcwork
when u gonna diy a power cord
let me knw

actually. i am gathering some info, doing some study, and plan to come out my own power cable at june.
Estimated might use wattgate if i can get with bargain price...
but recently i asked around, the price is some how quite high..

i saw CARDAS original factory terminated cable comes with ferrite rings. hence i was thinking of doing a pair of experimental cable to test the effect of ferrite rings.
however, due to different type of ferrite ring, and cardas cable might has their own "secret weapon" . my personal test might not be accurate. i just wanna try to see if the ferrite ring can improve my cable performance or not.
and it's no harm to try as it does looks sexy too.


This post has been edited by PcWork: Dec 19 2006, 06:46 PM

Ferrite rings increase inductance, so check the inductance level, extra inductance may affect amps or HPs that rely more on current rather than voltage because Inductance should resist current change (passthrough law factored in), Inductance should increase the cable's protection againts noise but at the same time It WILL affect the sound due to it's relationship with current and resistance.

Suggest getting an inductance value that sweeps above the audible range to filter out crap.

roger. thanks for your info. will further study it. now searching over net and E&E books finding chapter regarding inductance..
hope i can learn new knowledge from there.
initial testing were using
SONY CD Player CDP-M19 -> RCA-RCA (starquad with ferrite rings) -> Mini-EPH -> Canare L-2B2AT (Custome made HP890 cable) -> HP890.

the performance is some how promising.. not sure about placebo. but definately no negative effects after add in the ferrite ring.
however, thanks empire23, more study had to be done regarding this. =)
BTW. the ferrite ring does not state any value on it, and i called the shop, they also don't know about how much the inductance value for the ferrite ring. is that a way to measure it?



This post has been edited by PcWork: Dec 19 2006, 08:28 PM

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