Measure cable again and cut excess of the shielding if it's too long. First melt some solder inside the plug's sleeve as shown on picture. Now comes the trickiest part, soldering shielding wires to the body/sleeve of the plug. Now cut them if needed, strip off insulation and tin. Place cable into plug assembly and see how long should these wires be. Now measure where to cut/strip red and blue wires. Place plug into 3rd hand tool or soldering vice. Strip Black and White (transparent) wires all the way down. You might also damage your headphones if you are not careful, so please do not blame me. from box-cutter knife) - Wire stripper - Diagonal cutters (or anything else that can easy cut wire) - Phillips head screwdriver (to open headphones) - Multimeter or continuity tester - Needle nose pliers - 3rd hand tool or soldering vice (to hold plug while soldering) Warning! By proceeding you will most definitely void any warranty you might have for your headphones. Here's part list: - Mogami W2893 5-6 ft - Amphenol KS3P-AU 3.5 Stereo Mini jack - 63" Kevlar enforced laces Tools that you will need: - Soldering iron with small tip - Rosin core solder - Sharp blade (i.e. You can use others, but make sure it's flat and 3/8 inch wide. For outer jacket I bought a pair of 63" Kevlar enforced laces from ($9 for pair). I paired it with gold plated Amphenol KS3P-AU 3.5 Stereo Mini jack ($1.79). I don't recommend anything shorter as I previously made 3 foot cable and it was a bit too short for walking comfortably. Final cable that I made was a little over 4 foot (50 inches). Cable that I used is high quality and flexible Mogami W2893 4 conductor microphone cable. But coiled cable was very long so I decided to make my own. I've been using this headphones while commuting to work because they sound great and very comfortable.
Instructions are specific to Sony MDR-V6 headphones, but should work with any similar large (studio type) headphones as long as you they are easy to disassemble.
#How to make a loopback cable stereo how to
In this instructable I will show you how to make a great replacement headphone cable.
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