| space-cake |
| i guess most of you know the article from TNT audio about DIY interconnectors using CAT5 and CAT6 cables. I want to make a cable to connect between a cmoy amp and an ipod or cd player. what kind of cable i should use or what technique? |
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| I_Forgot |
It doesn't matter, especially since you are talking about a cable length of a few inches.
You want high performance? Lose the ipod and listen to lossless compressed or uncompressed files.
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| space-cake |
| i just gave the ipod as an example, i don't use ipods :) i use cd players and minidisc players. but you didn't really answer my question. |
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| mazurek |
Get some coax from partsexpress for unbalanced connections, or shielded microphone cable for balanced or unbalanced connections. They sell connectors as well, I got some neutrik economy rca and xlr, and they were pretty nice. Some connector parts require a 50 Watt soldering iron to get a good solder.
I think cables can be funny. I got a preamp a while back at an audio store and they wanted to sell me some cables which were sort of expensive. The thing is, the shortest ones were 3 feet. My interconnects that are only as long as necessary almost surely win, even if the premium ones have slightly better capacitance per foot, etc. |
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| dw8083 |
I've had really great experience with www.diycable.com. They have good parts and I'm using their commercial built cables in my system with good results.
-David |
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