DIY Mogami Gold XLR Cable for only $20 (vs $90 at the store)

[@Semyon_Music]

I also made a video how to make Mogami Gold TRS cables! > kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqDZe6Fmr7KFq6s

[@Lyc3600]

Honestly, you'll be better off with leaded solder. Something like Kester 44. Soldering does NOT produce lead fumes. Leaded solder is far more forgiving, and, in my experience, longer lasting -- lead free tends to be brittle, and requires higher temps to solder well. Also, no need for the quad cable. Mogami W2549 or W2552 works great, and is designed for this application. Try a pair of cheap hemostats (or medical needle holders) to hold your wire while soldering.

[@Semyon_Music]

All awesome tips, thanks! What temp does the kester 44 need?

[@TennaOfficial]

Such a great solution! Thank you for this 😊

[@Semyon_Music]

Any time!

[@dianadk3550]

Thanks so very much for this amazing video!

[@Semyon_Music]

Thanks for watching!

[@XTheCreator]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@Semyon_Music]

🔥🔥

[@Arvantek]

Hey man, thanks for the tutorial. (I want to make an XLR cable to go from my preamp to my amp, what kind of cable and conectors do you recomend?) Thanks.

[@Semyon_Music]

I'm not too versed with amps, but if you buy a female connector and a male connector, plus the quad cable, you should be good to go!

[@granoj1]

why the use of quad cable?

[@Semyon_Music]

It doesn’t a better job of rejecting RFI interference on longer cable runs compared to pair cables

[@mississippijohnfahey7175]

Any other differences in your experience? I've heard there can be impedance issues with the quad?

[@Semyon_Music]

@mississippijohnfahey7175 haven’t had any issues personally

[@bookerbosq7850]

@@mississippijohnfahey7175only on really long runs

[@Boz1211111]

oof soldering not optimal at all, i solder for work so this was bit painful to watch hah, your tip is wrong, wires too long, iron def too long on contacts because of poor tip choice and not wetting the tip more prior to soldering

[@Semyon_Music]

Didn’t claim I was a professional soldering expert! Just a music producer showing others what I know about making cables at home. The cables have held up so far!

[@Boz1211111]

@@Semyon_Music no problem, i havent implied you labeled your work wrong just thought to give my view!

[@Semyon_Music]

All good! What kind of tip would you recommend for cable soldering?

[@Boz1211111]

@@Semyon_Music as i wrote, tip choice is bad, in fact cone tip which comes default with almost everything is one of least useful tip shapes and i never use it. for most things including cables i prefer C or cf series tip, which is super easy to keep clean and has large flat contact area, holds a lot of solder exactly where you need it. Second thing when you want to solder(heat) a joint tip has to have some solder on it to make proper contact, and using even more when joint is tough and will wick solder away to prevent iron tip from loosing proper contact. You used cone tip (B series) which never has solder where you need so what happened in the video is quite expected. also, i prefer to have least amount of stipped wire in the connectors, because some connectors have to be made that way or cable wont fix in locking mechanism

[@Boz1211111]

doing it properly will avoid excessive time terminal is heated and prevent it from melting plastic its mounted in