My Canare DIY Cables (1 Viewer)

[TysonL]

Just wanted to let everyone who has wanted to try making their own Canare interconnects, that the "canare tools" are not necessary. I made the following:

3 - Audio patch cables from LV77S(1-3.5ft)
1 - A/V Audio Video Patch from LV77s and L5CFB(3.5ft)
1 - Composite Video Cable from L5CFB(4ft)
1 - Subwoofer cable from LV77S(6ft)
1 - Component Video Cable from V5CFB(12ft)
3 - Speaker Cables for L/C/R from StarQuad 4S8

All of these cables and necessary tool purchases cost me $155.00

I used all canare cable and connectors, GB coax stripper from Home Depot, coax crimper, soldering iron, solder, heat gun, a razor, and some heat shrink tubing.

The stripper was a bit tricky and I am sure no way as efficient as the Canare one. I had to use a razor to clean some of it up prior to connector installation. I soldered the tips rather than crimping. As for the crimper, I had an old crimper left by a cable tv guy some 10 years ago and it worked perfectly.....this is the only area I am not sure about for you others since I had this baby already.

Can anyone build these without the Canare tools? I would say no...it'll end up being alot of frustration. Can someone who has some soldering/cable/electronics skill do this without the tools? Absolutely.

Does it sound any better than the monster and AR interconnects I had before? I don't think so, but it sure did neaten up my installation and they look beautiful on the cheap! Anyone wanna buy a bulk lot of AR and Monster cables?

Tyson

 

[Lee Petty]

are they ar pro cables?

 

[Chris Tsutsui]

So the new Canare products don't sound better than your monster and AR cables?!?

And now you're selling them because you like the way your Canares look?

Hmmmm...

 

[TysonL]

Chris,

The cables provide a much neater installation as they are all custom made to length. The speaker cables have made an improvement in sound, but I have noticed no audible improvement in the interconnects. The sheer build construction of my DIY cables are far superior to the MONSTER and AR cables I was using before.

I'm sort of a perfectionist and partial to the appearance of a neat installation.

Lee,

They are the performance series.

Tyson