Short Audio Cable

When I ran into this problem, I bought some wire, plugs, and jacks from Radio Shack and soldered up my own to the custom length I wanted.

you could also cut a piece out of a premade one and solder the wires back together, but the wire in the premade ones often does not solder easily.

Martin

I may need to do that. Of course, RS will put a preminum on each of those parts.

Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA) (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet

I tend to compromise, buy cheap cables (I buy them at the drugstore where they are even cheaper than at Radio Shack), cut them to use the ends, and then solder new conenctions to the cut ends. That way there's no bare connections in the middle of the cable that need insulating (electrical tape works, but it has a tendency to eventually come off).

And those cheap cables use moulded connectors, so there's no way to get the connector apart to solder the wires directly.

Michael

You could salvage some miniature co-ax from the video lead from a scrap monitor. Thats about 2mm dia, but you would need two runs for stereo. Maplin do the plugs and sockets.

Why not just bunch up the first 2' of cord? Just loop it over your thumb and little finger, maybe in a figure-8, and wrap a couple of rubber bands around it?

Good Luck! Rich

with a sharp knife and pliers they come apart ok, they just don't go back together so well. A few layers of heatshrink can make a workable plug body, but it may be cheaper to buy a plug.

Bye. Jasen