To make this 16 strands headphone cable I use 8 strands braid and double it You can find how to braid 8 strands rope on YouTube.
Litz wire needs a lot of time to tin it so I use a small ceramic cup and put soldering iron on it to make it like a solder pot
No, it doesn’t come from the splitter, I use multiple heat shrink tube stacked until it fit in the hole
How long time did it? From start to finish, roughly.
Very pretty DIY cable.
Takes about 2 hours.
Yes. I use multimeter to check witch wire are +R -R or +L -L.
Ah ha! I knew that must be the trick. I did not see you marking anything otherwise. 16 strands is a mess of wires to mate 
Thank’s again for the video and info.
IF I ever do that. Hicon connectors will not be available.
They are horseshit-grade to solder to.
Neutrik FTW
Looked into it. Is about 20 forms to fill out and costs about 300€ (give or take).
MAYBE when I have a full time job or get realy desperate.
Wow that is amazing
Does anyone have a good video/online guide for soldering 2pin IEM connectors?
This one is okay but it fast-forwards through the most useful parts!
2 pin connectors seem to have tiny holes in them where thin wire can fit in, but soldering it is difficult for a beginner so any advice would be most welcome
Buy a bunch of cheap ones and practice. Also keep the cable gauge reasonable, don’t try to solder something super thick. And get a sharp soldering tip.
80W (or higher) powered iron and go for it!
Cheers
And are you supposed to fit the wire into those thin holes? Solder onto the sides? Or get some of the cable into the hole and the rest down the outside and solder it like that?
In theory.
Without a picture, it is hard to say what “on the sides” means.
I’ll try and take a pic next time I’m farting about with this stuff. Thanks for the help!
Recabling of my K501 and a custom cable (3.5mm - 4-pin XLR termination) (Mogami W2893). I got fed up with the crappy Hifiman cable when I had their Ananda loaner unit, so I made my own. My custom cable has been serving me well since then for a number of different cans. As for the K501, a simple retermination wasn’t possible because AKG used a common ground wire alongside L and R wires, so there were only three wires at its termination.
My first ever cable build. I have repaired two or three 3.5mm jacks.
Anyway, I wanted to make a versatile balanced cable for my Verum 1, so I went with a 2.5mm connector and I went for right-angled 3.5mm jacks into the headphones because the angle seemed more ergonomic.
I used an old and unused Senn HD650 cable, hence the weird split leading into the 2.5mm end.
I know it’s not professional looking just yet, but I learned a lot and I think it’s not too bad for a first try…
After the very small Neutrik Plug I ordered did not fit the T50RP’s, I rememberd the cable I used in my secondary computer for the front panel. After taking my calipers to it, the plug fits the stupid recessed plug on the T50RP’s!
So my last order included the cable:
Ready for soldering:
Job done (all contacts measure 0 Ohm over the 1.8m length):
Picture of cable in T50RP is in the works.
If anybody is looking for cables that complement harts cables or an alternative to the ursine modular system this guy Jason on Etsy is super cool! His cables terminate at the y split in a male mini xlr but he is swapping them to terminate in a female mini xlr so I can’t use them with hart interconnects.
I order these in different colors for my teaks, senns and zmfs.
Also ordered some 4 ft and 2.5 ft interconnects in black (4.4 pentagon, 4 pin xlr, 2.5 mm, and 1/4 inch) from hart to go with these. Super excited! He charges 35 for these y-splits and is super nice and custimizes just how you want. Can’t wait to see how it turns out.
Here is a link to that guys Etsy.
