Question about assembling my own DIY AC Cable

@retiredfarmer 

Which plugs are you talking about? The Furutech or Viborg?

You mentioned "four sets of 48" and "one set of the 15"

@jond 

Yep, it's DIY sounds good tho very neutral 

Let us know how you like the viborg.  I haven't seen anything to make me think they are better than other Chinese connectors other than they gave them a name.

TBH, I just bought the Viborg connector that goes to the wall because it was the only one for my country that uses copper for all the components of the conductor. All other brands use brass.

As far as the IEC plug, I admit I chose the Viborg one because it looks really pretty and it's a reputable brand. The conductors are made out of copper and plated with oxygen-free copper, silver, and the final plating with rhodium. It cost me like $35.

The Viborg IEC connectors with plastic housing cost much less and since the interior components are the same, they cost around $23.

There is another Chinese brand called Monosaudio. They also have an aluminum housing IEC with copper conductors and they use 4 different platings: copper, silver, palladium, and rhodium. It is about $7-$10 less expensive.

All the other Chinese brands just use brass and then plate it with gold or rhodium.

Furutech replied already:

The listed products (FI-46, FI-48, FI-50) have pure OFC grade copper with no nickel plating and direct gold or rhodium plating. It is not a copper alloy.
I hope this information helps.

Kind regards,
Graeme
Furutech Co., Ltd.
Tokyo

I sent an email to Furutech now and asked them if their copper is alloyed

Pure copper is a soft metal and does not have any memory retention properties. Copper contacts of the IEC will not hold the female contacts tightly against the IEC inlet male plug blades...

I disagree, all audiophile IEC's even from Furutech or Oyaide have the conductors of pure copper.

Yarbo looks like a nice cable. Are you sure you want to use those cheap plugs on it? I’d go for something like Furutech, Neotech, Oyaide or Wattgate. 
 

Wish I could afford it. I have a Gustard x26 Pro DAC which was my biggest investment so far and a lovely dyi headphone tube amp. I am using Acoustic Revive USB Cable and RCA.

Connected to my gaming computer. 

I don't even have a network streamer yet, 

Also neither Oyaide and other big brands make male plug for my country which looks like this,

I think using an adapter gives sonic detriment. But I agree some Neotech OCC female plugs would have been nice.

Do you guys think contact enhancer makes a big difference? 
I might still have some Stabilant 22A around.

I will connect it to my tube amp here is a picture of it

Well as I said they are plated with with oxygen free copper, silver and rhodium. But also on the official website it says pure copper.

You guys raised a concern now, idk if I should send them back :(
This plug here is pure copper, FI-46, Fi-48 and FI-50 are all pure copper

Oyaide indeed uses phosphor bronze and beryllium copper for their more expensive ones. Neotech uses OCC copper.

Idk what to do now, you guys raised a serious concern. It just feelsbad to pay $200+ for 2 connectors if I don’t even have a network streamer or a DDC.

The cable itself costed me $90 for 1.5 meters.

What am I supposed to do with all these strands? They are solid core and quite stiff I don't think it's possible to twist them together.

Should i just bundle them together in 2 branches and use a heatshrink were the green, black and red insulation is still there to keep them bundled together?

Or is it better if the individual strands are a bit apart from each other and just insert them like this into the connector?

You don't think it will create kinks or maybe even break? They are 1mm each in diamater 

thanks for the answer

Tyvm I'll do that

btw, do you have some suggestions how to remove the teflon surrounding each conductor? I peeled it off like peeling potatoes with a rather dull kitchen knife but there might be better ways of doing it.

The teflon is almost like chewing gum super sticky and elastic. I tried to simply make a 360 degree cut but somehow that didn't work and I didn't want to cut with too much foce risking to cut into the copper.