bpribadi 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2004 Testing RG-179 mini coax for interconnect. The cable is braided from 4x RG-179. The RG-179 is mini coax for high fequency signal normally use in telecom industry. The conductor is silver plated cooper. Looks like the silver layer is quite thick, I hardly see the cooper part. I think the insulator (jacket) is either PTFE of PVC, and I found to be very good, can stand the heat of soldering iron very well, didn't melt of change form. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
huangyong 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2004 wow...very nice...you braid that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bpribadi 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2004 Thanks! Yes, I braid it, and after that my fingers numb because the mini coax is pretty stiff Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kenshinz 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2004 Solid piece of work bpribadi !!! and as usual, great close-ups Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyskraper 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2004 o0o0o what connectors are those?!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N@Z 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2004 OooH!!! Sexy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
heady 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2004 Awesome!!! speechless!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tropicalrips 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2004 Bram, did u attend some kind of knitting class before doing the cable how u braid 4 wires? they look like steel chains very nice, i must try it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Absolute0 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2004 Looks like some of my girlfriends' braids! And the terminations are so neat and pretty as well. Professionally done! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seiko_citizen 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2004 how to braid? i never seem to get it? also how to do 1/8 > RCA (L,R) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evil-zen 0 Report post Posted November 25, 2004 very nice and even braiding!! throughly impressive. Is that 3 braids for a channel? any chance to let us know how u did it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
digi01 0 Report post Posted November 26, 2004 wonderful what about its sound? cheers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bpribadi 0 Report post Posted November 26, 2004 (edited) Thanks guys ! The connectors are OEM connectors I got from SLT basement. I forgot the shop name, but they are on display, so you don't have to go into the shop to look for the connectors. I would like to share the 4 and 3 cables braiding techniques, it is just I don't know how to display the techniques in this forum Probably later when I found how to draw it. I just imagined the technique, never learnt from any classes You are right evil zen, it is 4 cables to the mini jack, and 3 cables to the RCA. In the Y junction I added another cable to make it 3+3 for the left and right channel RCA. Digi, you got the point. Unfortunately I don't like the sound Probably the cable need burn in time.... But to me the sound lacks of dynamic. Probably it is because the RG-179 is high frequency cable, so it is heavily shielded for RFI & EMI protection. As we know, bare naked cable, not shielded, normaly has better dynamic, but when your handphone ringing you will hear ''dut.. dut.. dut.." sound in your music . To me the cheap normal Daiyo interconnects has better dynamic compare to this cable If budget permit, I would like to try it again with PC-OCC silver wire This time it is going to be bare naked wires, not shielded Edited November 26, 2004 by bpribadi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mackie 0 Report post Posted November 26, 2004 Lovely! How much do the connectors cost? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bpribadi 0 Report post Posted November 26, 2004 Mini jack : S$ 3.5 RCA : S$ 5.5 They will give discount if you buy more Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
