Cable, Interconnects, Sources, How To DIY

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A few manufacturers that make quality cables with quality components and some roll your own sources for the budget minded among us.

Best Looking $35 Interconnects Anywhere - Sound quality may be a whole 'nother story.

Coaxial, Silver Plated Copper interconnects Low Density PE dielectric and direction indicators.
$40

Knukonceptz
This site has a lot of home theater cables including DVI/HMDI, Audio, Speaker, etc.

MCM Electronics RCAs
This site has 3.5mm interconnects as well as RCA interconnects.

BlueJeans Cable

Silver Plated Copper Interconnects - 0.5 meter
Dual Twisted pair 24 AWG silver plated oxygen-free copper wire, foam PE insulation, low-loss 100% spiral-wound oxygen-free copper shielding, 24K gold-plated brass connectors low profile turbine connectors - $40 a pair

Tecnec
This site is a supply house for professional broadcasters and has about everything.

Markertek

Canare Star Quads $18 each

THX Approved Interconnects $55 - free shipping


For those of you who will only use solid silver.
.999 pure solid silver interconnects with Eichmanns or a balanced XLR version with Neutriks. Considering the connectors cost around $40 and the silver is $8+ a foot, a price of $89 for a pair is cheap for solid silver.

Make Your Own

Excellent Source For Wire Mil Spec, SCP, Teflon
TNT-Audio
DIY Pro Interconnects
DIY Coax Cross Connect Speaker Cables
DIY Coax Interconnects With RCAs
How To: $200 cables for 1/10 th the cost
Marinco 8215 Marinco IEC 320
WATTGATE-5266i WATTGATE-WG320I-IEC
Bullet Plugs
Bulk Silver Wire
Very Small OD Teflon Insulated Silver Wire
Other Metal Wires
Parts Express
Under $20 KILLER Interconnect!
Belden 83803 - $5.75/ft.
Bulk Analysis Plus Oval - Not cheap but there seems to be some science behind the design. The interconnect cable is $2.91 a foot.
12AWG OFC Flat Speaker Wire - great for going under the carpet
8 24K Gold Locking RCA Connectors - $22
D.H Labs proprietary Pro Audio two conductor cable with 22AWG surface-treated, silver-plated, oxygen-free copper, low-density Teflon dielectric and a 95% coverage braided shield - $8.95 a foot - Silver may be same cost.

How to Solder, What Tools to Buy, Making RCA and XLR Interconnects VIDEOS

Solder Tools

Solder 101 - Making RCA interconnects

Making XLR Interconnects

Even More How To Videos

For those of you who do not want to solder

RCA Gold/Gold Compression Connectors for Dual/Tri/Quad RG-6 - $2.88 each when you buy 10 - Why Solder??
Belden 1694A - TOTL Coax for $0.39 a foot - Check ebay first for even cheaper pricing.
RCA Compression Tool
Stripping Tool


A few more

AUDIYO
Canare L-4E6S Star Quad - 100' for $46
Heliax All Sizes, just email him 1/4" is not too stiff - JPS Clones
Van Damme Star Quad
Mogami Star Quad Most recording studios use this cable exclusively - Made in Japan - Cheaper Here
Canare F-12
Much More Here
Power Cord - Group Buy?? - THX Cert.
4 Conductor 18AWG Full Shielded w/Ground - $0.24 per foot
Switchcraft 3.5mm heavy Duty gold plated with black handle- straight and right angle
Cryo Furutech, Hubbell, Pass and Seymour and Others - The Furutech FI-11M is the same plug on $300+ power cords.
Japanese Made Power Cords, Plugs, GP RCAs, and more

Accessories

Tie Wraps and Cable Wall Mounts
Wiring Diagrams - balanced and unbalanced for all connectors
Every Cable Company
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