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#1 Nemo

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Posted 29 May 2007 - 08:56 PM

How to Make a High-Quality Audio Interconnect for Your PC Guide

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Ok, so you've got a high-quality soundcard, and a decent amplifier/receiver and some nice speakers, but what do you use to connect your pc to your amp? Most people use the cheapest, piece of crap cable that they picked up for pocket change because it does the job. But what if you want something better and don't want to pay a stupid amount of money on an audio interconnect? The answer? Make your own!


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Posted 30 May 2007 - 09:17 AM

Nice Guide Steve :)
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Posted 30 May 2007 - 09:19 AM

great guide

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Posted 30 May 2007 - 10:15 AM

a touch of refined style

You Brits have such a way with words :D

I found the guide easy to follow and thought it was well illustrated. Very nice review indeed!

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Posted 30 May 2007 - 11:43 AM

Very nice review indeed!

Shame it's a guide eh :P

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Posted 30 May 2007 - 12:04 PM

Yeah... nice work... (is the hardest part a cool looking cable? Because i don't care about looks and could i just grab some clean copper wire and but the connectors?)

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Posted 30 May 2007 - 12:59 PM

if you didn't want the braided sleeving you could do without it and just use heatshrink for the Y-split and individual channels... you'd hardly save any effort though, adding sleeving is very easy

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