Linux DIY Speaker Cable Story

Why can't these goddamned mutherfuckin' cable makers make connectors
that last?  It's not fucking rocket science.  It's just a goddamned
soldered wire connection and any idiot can make one that should last
FOREVER.  But time and time again I will experience a connector failure,
be it audio, USB, or whatever.

Someone gave me a pair of Dell stereo speakers.  (I don't use that
7-channel or whatever surround bullshit.)  They worked great for a while
until the damned fucking plug failed and one channel was dead.

At first I just planned to cut the cable and then solder on a new
audio plug, but trying to solder those tiny stranded wires into
the tiny and tight spaces of a 3.5mm plug is a pain in the fucking
ass.  So I purchased several of these:

https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/tensility-international-corp/CA-2207/701168

I just cut the cable and made the splice.  No soldering required but
it would be the best.

"Big deal," I hear the assholes say.

Listen, motherfuckers.  This was not an easy job.

After I cut the cable I used a stripping tool to remove the insulation
which revealed 2 very tiny stranded wires plus the ground shield copper
strands.

Those fucking wires were less that 1 mm thick.  No stripping tool
could accommodate them.  The only way to strip them is to insert
them between the blades of a wire cutter and then press very gently
into the plastic insulation.  Then, the wire is pulled through
the blades with a hope and a prayer that the action does not cut
the wire or sever some copper strands.

Fortunately I did a perfect job both times.

The splice was made and now I have superb sound on one of my GNU/Linux
machines and it will last FOREVER.

Why can't those goddamned mutherfuckin' cable manufacturers do the
same?

They very likely use Microslop specs.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!



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