After a expensive week getting mrs car and camper sorted in the garage I`m skint but need some interconnects after doing a lot of reading I am going for these
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Van-Damme-Twin-Audio-Interconnect-Cable-Total-Definition-Directional-HIFI-1-150m/371683487712?epid=1739721347&hash=item568a0fefe0:m:mrF9Bn7rOgMWFzQX7Wl6CWw
From a building poing of view all I need to do is solder the centre the core to middle pin and the outer braid to the outer part of the plug ?
I know there is no fancy drain wire etc but I`m hoping these will do untill I can save some cash for better cable`s can anyone see any pitfulls in the way I am going to build them .
Many thanks
Gerry
Well . . . . . . there is no doubt that a serviceable interconnect can be made by buying some lengths of shield cable from someone such as van Damme.
However, in the interests of experimenting I have done this with just about all the likely candidates from van Damme and a few other cable manufacturers and they all sounded different and what is more important not as good as my Chord Sarum Super Aray cables. Also, they all had quite different measurement characteristics which sort of backs up why they sound different.
In the end, and after much experimenting and listening trials I have made my own interconnects completely from scratch and these in the end sounded better than the Chord Sarum. Anyone who came to my room (216) at Kegworth will have heard my 2.5m long XLR versions of these cables. I sold the Chord Sarum cables and bought an amplifier with the proceeds (which you will have also heard at Kegworth)..
But that, I have to admit, has been a faff and has taken many many hours.
But back to your question, those cables on
eBay are shielded pairs so you could use the centre core wires for the + and - and then connect the shield (one end only, preferably source end) to the -ve as a ground for the shield. You would of course in this configuration be using a pair of cables for each channel.
Or indeed, you could do what you mention which is to connect the centre core to the centre pin of the RCA plug and the shield to the RCA outer.
The soldering seems fiddly but be patient and work methodically and you will get there.
You will have cheap cables which will be entirely serviceable and indeed you may decide not to search for anything else if you are happy with the sound.