WhenKittensATK Posted October 3, 2016 Posted October 3, 2016 Last year I saw this Reddit post of a custom headphone cable and decided I must have one. I also wanted a shorter 4 ft cable vs the 8 ft stock cable. I browsed some online sites that made similar ones and they were all pricey $80+. I ended up buying the parts to make it myself. It costed less than half of what the sites were charging, so that was a bonus. The longest part was threading each wire through the paracord. I had issues with the wire snagging inside the #275 paracord, so I switched to #325 which worked better for me. I made the mistake of starting with a lot more wire than I needed for a 4 ft run, because I really didn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAJoe Posted October 4, 2016 Posted October 4, 2016 Pretty neat and fun project. Did you ever consider just using something like tekflex wraps (or the generic equivalent)? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted October 4, 2016 Posted October 4, 2016 I did pretty much did the same exact thing last year when I made a couple of custom audio cables myself. I used slightly different parts, but the results were the same. I used Mogami W2893 cabling and Ampheno jacks. Either way this is a great do it yourself project and a lot of fun. Thanks for the write up.. Here is the step by step "how to" guide that I used; http://www.instructables.com/id/Quality-DIY-headphone-cable-replacement/?ALLSTEPS Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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