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hi

I have been directed from the Hi-Fi Choice Forum saying that:
Try asking on the DIY board over on zerogain.com I'm sure either TMH, Zanash or someone will be able to help you knock one up for much less.
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http://forum.hifichoice.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=7307

Well what I want to do is make a long cable which will have a headphone socket on one and and then 2 phono sockets on the other. I allready have one at the moment but its not as long as I want it!

If you can help me, baring in mind that I'm from the UK (as I dont know if this is a UK, US or wat eva forum).

thanks, Grogoreo
 
sounds pretty easy, although Ive never done one.

Guess you'll need some noiseless microphone cable, a jack plug and two phono plugs.

You say 2 phono sockets. Im presuming you want to connect a mono mic to stereo amplification? - you'll need to split the cable at one end/ join it at one end if thats the case..


Best person to PM is THEMADHIPPY - he works in a studio-type environment and this would be easy for him.

As a start, why not look at rswww.com for the bits you need if you dont have them already...
 
THEMADHIPPY - he works
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its a lie, i go to a large building and play:D
grogoreo what are you using the cable for? is it 1/4 inch (6.5mm) or 3.5mm(1/8 )inch and what sort of length are we talkin about?
 
Bottleneck, I think he meant a headphone plug, (as hippy points out, being either 6.5mm or 3.5mm), rather than socket.

I use a similar cable to connect my portable MD unit to my amp. 3.5mm plug on one end and two rca sockets on the other.

Thinking about it, how does this come out as stereo (I think :confused: ) when played through my system? I'd expect that as it's a single end at the MD end, both the + and - would be the same at the RCA end???
 
oh, and by the way.

Welcome to the forum Grogoreo.

MOst of us are UK based, with Michael (who owns the forum), being Portuguese. As I say, that's "MOst" of us, there's members from all over the shop though!

MO :D
 
Hi,

It would be as easy to tell us the purpose of the long connector. We will then be able to giude you to the correct solution !

There's some confusion over the use of the word socket ie rca socket,headphone socket.

As you require RCA connection at one end, as bottleneck surmises, you are possibly inputing a signal to the amp ?

Any way, the confusion will be eliminated, with your further elucidation. [Hey there big words]
 
well what I want to do is connect my PC to my Amp. I have a line out/extra speaker port. I don't know what your talking about with all the sizes! All i want is a cable which has a one headphone/speaker scoket (stereo) to, two normal phono sockets. I dont know if there are different sizes of Phono sockets and/or headphone/speaker sockets!

thanks, Grogoreo
 
That's a plug/jack then yeah? Not a socket.

elucidation indeed!
 
ye a plug jack. and thanks thats what I want. but would it be cheaper (i know it doesnt cost mcuh to buy) to make on my self?
 
Originally posted by themadhippy
cause the 3.5mm plug has 3 conections on it,left right and earth
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Still don't get it :confused: I guess it's just not meant to be!

As for the cable, I'd imagine you'll need a 3.5mm plug. This is the smaller of the two headphone plug sizes you'll have seen. Either way, you can get adaptors to step up or step down the plug size.
 
Originally posted by grogoreo
ye a plug jack. and thanks thats what I want. but would it be cheaper (i know it doesnt cost mcuh to buy) to make on my self?
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I'd imagine it may not be much cheaper to build your own (compared to the cheapest commercialy available ones), however, if you make your own you should be able to make a much better one for the same MOney.

advice will follow i'm sure.......
 
10 meters of cheapo cable (N07AP) £2.99
2 cheapo phono plugs (FJ89W FJ88V) 98p
cheap 3.5mm plug (HF98G) 79p
total £4.76
 
Originally posted by MO!
Still don't get it :confused: I guess it's just not meant to be!

As for the cable, I'd imagine you'll need a 3.5mm plug. This is the smaller of the two headphone plug sizes you'll have seen. Either way, you can get adaptors to step up or step down the plug size.
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mo wot dont ya get?
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o and there is a 2.5mm (1/8 inch) stereo jack but mono ones are more common
 
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got it now. Was kind of obvious after seeing the diagram. I'd just never really payed attention to the bit that seperates the parts of the mic jack connected to the two different RCAs! Thought is was a single solid plug, hence the confusion :o

Picture, thousand words, and all that ;)
 
Sorry - Telly Savalas once released a single with that title, where he spoke the lyrics in a kind of Barry White style. Showing my age :-)
 
I know this seems like a really late reply to a problem that was solved some time ago for someone else, but I'd just like to thank themadhippy for the diagram of the requested lead. I've used it to build my own. Cheers :)
 

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