This post focuses on how to create your own cables using raw connectors and bulk cable.
There are some great advantages to making your own cables: you determine the quality, you choose the length, it’s usually cheaper, and you learn in the process. Cables are one of the most marked-up categories of things sold in stores. My first job was cashier at a CompUSA and I was shocked that the USB cables sold there had nearly a 1,000% mark-up. It’s not much different in the audio world. Cables are sold with high margins to make up for the low margins on more price competitive, expensive items. I find that I can save between 60-85% by making my own cables, when compared to cables of similar quality in the store.
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