[ilikepooters]

Was looking into silver cables and stuff, and was pretty shocked at the price tag of some of them, so i'd like to have a bash at making my own.
 
£200 for this?
http://www.ampcity.co.uk/headphone-cables-recabling/headphone-cables/hifiman-he-x-headphone-cable-silver-fidelis.html
 
Erm no. Don't think i'll be paying that somehow.
 
Now, i've been looking into silver wire, and was wondering is it single strand used in headphone cables? or are they braided like copper wire cables?
 
This is the silver wire i've been looking at... http://www.hificollective.co.uk/components/wire.html
 
The first one on the page, top left, 0.5mm sheathed, £8+VAT per metre.
 
This the right sort of thing i should be looking at? and i figure, to make a 2 meter cable, i'll need 8 meters of the stuff.
 
Next the connectors, i already have spare connectors that came with the HiFiMAN headphones...

 
Now just need 6.3mm termination. ViaBlue T6 should do the trick.
http://www.qables.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=533

 
Thoughts so far? i'm guessing you're all gonna tell me i need braided wire, 9 strands or so.

 

[IPodPJ]

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Thoughts so far? i'm guessing you're all gonna tell me i need braided wire, 9 strands or so.

With that kind of attitude you'll be lucky to get any responses other than this one.

 

[deadlylover]

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Thoughts so far? i'm guessing you're all gonna tell me i need braided wire, 9 strands or so.

 
Just make sure its cryo treated.

 

[ilikepooters]

 
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With that kind of attitude you'll be lucky to get any responses other than this one.

Ohh i didn't mean it to come accross as attitude, i mean you're all gonna probably tell me what i'm already suspecting, that single stranded and it's cheapness is too good to be true and i'll have to fork out more on braided wire 

 
Reading it back, it seems exactly how i meant it, maybe a smiley would of helped 

 

[deadlylover]

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Ohh i didn't mean it to come accross as attitude, i mean you're all gonna probably tell me what i'm already suspecting, that single stranded and it's cheapness is too good to be true and i'll have to fork out more on braided wire 

 
Reading it back, it seems exactly how i meant it, maybe a smiley would of helped 

 
Oh, then I would recommend getting the stranded one as it's more flexible, and break resistant. A few properties that may come in handy for a headphone cable that sees a fair bit of wear and tear ^^.