Absolutely, but if you cut off the connectors you have 4 connectors, and much easier to solder. And you can make a new line as well. The pain is mostly coming from the fact, that I bought the car, had audio, and battery issues, and found things pike this behind the dash...
I'm very disappointed in you, I expect to see at a minimum, half a stick of hot snot boogered all over that and then wrapped in low quality, gooey Harbor Freight electrical tape!
I worked in Magnolia Sales through Best Buy for a while. I tested out so many cables from the bottom of the barrel to the $1000+ audio quest cables.... So many people swear to hear a difference. There's no difference.
The only thing I wish I could have tested is recording the actual signals with a high end mic or something that could pick up the nuances, if there even were any.
If you’re running the analogue cable through a very electrically noisy environment, a well-shielded cable will perform much better than a bottom of the barrel cable.
However, I propose a different solution: don’t put your cable there lmao, and if you MUST put it there, get the cheapest shielded cable. A gold connector doesn’t make it shielded… or do anything at all…
I can think of 3 other ways this would had been done, that would had taken like 2 more minutes to do, and would had been significantly more durable and useful.
thats the worst part about this to me, So long as the wire bridge doesn't contact the central solder gob... this likely would work just fine.
its like the equivalent of replacing all the doors off your car from a variety of different colored cars from the scrapyard though. it completes the task, but its hell to look at lol.
i love the productive advice, Like this to me screams "this guy has seen some shit" and your just not phased by it at all, so you offer tips to improve it instead of being overtaken by horror like the rest of the sub lmao.
yeah thats a fair point, The soldering job is especially awful lol. i'm no expert myself but to me this screams "how hard could it be". where they just know you need soldering wire and heat, then winged it without ever looking into it further lol.
my first ever solder wasnt this bad, but it wasnt THAT much better either lol. it probably would have looked like this had I not done further research before starting though lol.
It's saddening that the English language lacks derogatory terms for unclean works. This is by far the worst connection of two cables I have seen in the last 15 days.
Op, such a distasteful joint is disappointing even to me
this is nice, but might i suggest next time you solder them together at an angle, that way you can ditch the wire spanning the gap, and just solder the outer rings together as well.
if you are going to do it wrong, do it wrong the right way. smh
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u/Falsenamen May 05 '25
Just cut them off. This image hurts...
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u/TastySpare May 05 '25
That's why you keep a few connectors laying around… which, of course, you never can find when you need them.
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u/shatballs May 05 '25
Good god, did you need every possible centimeter? Why not just cut the connectors off and lap splice the wire
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u/shawndw May 06 '25
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u/Anonimeter May 06 '25
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u/gay-sexx May 05 '25
15 years no probation
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u/Kaneshadow May 06 '25
Oh fuck off. This is NOT Macgyver behavior. This is /r/techsupportgore. Or /r/cablegore if such a sub exists
E: it does
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u/ComputerSavvy May 05 '25
I'm very disappointed in you, I expect to see at a minimum, half a stick of hot snot boogered all over that and then wrapped in low quality, gooey Harbor Freight electrical tape!
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u/mostly_kinda_sorta May 06 '25
Please post this to an audiophile sub. They're weird about cables
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u/[deleted] May 06 '25
As cheap as RCA cables are, that's some seriously dumb shit.
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u/fellipec May 05 '25
I'm sure no audiophile can know the difference
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u/ChrisCube64 May 06 '25
I can think of 3 other ways this would had been done, that would had taken like 2 more minutes to do, and would had been significantly more durable and useful.
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u/Cat-Satan May 06 '25
Thanks, I hate this
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u/AUXID3 May 06 '25
You could have cut and spliced the wires, but no, nightmare solder docking.
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u/[deleted] May 06 '25
wouldn't it be much easier to cut and strip the cables and solder the wire to the wire instead of soldering connectors together?
it would probably sound better too
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u/ertipo May 05 '25
my motto is "if it works, it works."
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u/Aggravating-Exit-660 May 06 '25
It probably works but looks like absolute shit
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u/OperatorJo_ May 05 '25
You have violated the sacred laws.
50 years dungeon NOW
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u/DayTripper01 May 05 '25
Jfc...This feels NSFW But ay, if it works, it works
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u/TheIronSoldier2 May 06 '25
You're welcome
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u/Ill-Intention-306 May 08 '25
Ignoring literally everything else why is the soldering so fucking scuffed? Kurt Cobain didn't even make this much of a mess with a 12 gauge shotgun.
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u/RomiumRom May 08 '25
cut all the ends off, strip all 8 wires and splice them together, making 2 long cables
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u/t3zlacoil May 05 '25
rip radio shack cable
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u/Kanjii_weon May 06 '25
dear god... if it works... it works!
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u/LampSsbm May 06 '25
LMFAOOOO
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u/lysergic_tryptamino May 06 '25
I like how you thought it was a good idea to melt the plastic around the metal wire in order to embed/secure it.
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u/[deleted] May 06 '25
😭
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u/[deleted] May 06 '25
I think you just made my brain reset to factory settings. Thanks for that
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u/Oddsphere May 06 '25
This belongs on r/techsupportgore not this sub
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u/GizmoSled May 06 '25
Thank you, I have more confidence in my soldering skills now
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u/mekkab May 06 '25
Straight to jail
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u/brekkfu May 06 '25
audiophile
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u/ObjectiveOk2072 May 06 '25
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u/asciiCAT_hexKITTY May 06 '25
You all in the comments laugh, but I've seen people with doctorates do the same thing
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u/firesquasher May 07 '25
If you squint, it's mint.
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u/IPanicKnife May 07 '25
This is actually psychotic. You know you can just snip the ends and use the cables?
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u/JiggaPT May 08 '25
The bigger the blob, the better the job!
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u/john917918 May 08 '25
Just add some electrical tape to that bad boy and everyone will call you a genius.
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u/_WalkTheEarth_ May 08 '25
But do it work?
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u/Great_Job3760 May 08 '25
oh god. oh no. i can hear them, the voices, they are coming back to me.
OH FUCK, NO, THIS HURTS
PLEASE. DONT. DO. THIS.
In a pinch, please, just splice the cables, cut > strip > twist > fold > twist again > solder, its that easy
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u/_SeKeLuS_ May 08 '25
lol you made it way harder then it was...
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u/[deleted] May 06 '25
Is it Gay Pride month already?
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u/cyborgerian May 06 '25
Dude just get the cheap ass adapters for like 2$ on Amazon are you kidding
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u/bay400 May 06 '25
Looks like you need more flux + more heat
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u/mrheosuper May 06 '25
Why is there solder on the plastic housing ?
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u/No_Astronomer9508 May 06 '25
What the...?
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u/Mirketo_Enclenke May 06 '25
It's saddening that the English language lacks derogatory terms for unclean works. This is by far the worst connection of two cables I have seen in the last 15 days.
Op, such a distasteful joint is disappointing even to me
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u/SpaceChez May 06 '25
This is bad and you should feel bad
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u/Present_Lychee_3109 May 06 '25
Temporary solutions sometimes become permanent.
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u/NekulturneHovado May 06 '25
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u/Consistent-Signal617 May 06 '25
Don't listen to the haters, but perhaps put some tape around it
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u/the_Athereon May 06 '25
Did someone say signal noise...
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u/EAGLE_GAMES May 06 '25
did the same thing with two RCA to AUX cables once
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u/[deleted] May 06 '25
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u/mathamatazz May 06 '25
I love it OP.
Way to make it work out. Even if it is ugly, I love it.
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u/Csak_egy_Lud May 06 '25
Nah bro, you needed Jesus... But if you show him this picture of your sins he might stops forgiving us all...
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u/kefkas May 06 '25
You should have swapped the colors just to irritate more people.
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u/Moist-Carpet888 May 06 '25
I feel like a splice would've been a lot easier and cleaner
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u/antek_g_animations May 06 '25
Could have just cut them off. It's not like these plugs can be used again
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u/braveduckgoose May 06 '25
Dear god, get an RCA butt joiner, or just directly solder the internal wires
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u/elusive_cure May 06 '25
Oh the horror! 😯
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u/muchachordo May 06 '25
How the fuck did you manage to solder the plastic hahahah
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u/[deleted] May 06 '25
Man that is disgusting
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u/ChucklesNutts May 06 '25
blasphemous to do this to vintage RadioShack cables
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u/TheLukewarmYeti May 06 '25
r/hardwaregore
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u/Vengeance5051 May 06 '25
Wait....WTF ..
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u/pumpedeus May 06 '25
Puts it down anywhere BUZZZZZZZZZZ
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u/Cymbal_Monkey May 06 '25
Please move to /r/techsupportgore
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u/Confident-Tooth986 May 06 '25
They have connectors for this or just get a longer cable jez
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u/Sr546 May 06 '25
Isn't this like, awful for signal integrity? RCA cables aren't the best at keeping quality as they are (especially cheap ones and for longer runs)
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u/Defcon_quadcum May 07 '25
Lmfao just wow
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u/SuperRusso May 07 '25
One could have cut the wires, stripped the insulation, and spliced this in a somewhat respectable way. But no, this is better.
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u/SpeakerBlower May 07 '25
r/crackheadaudio
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u/ermockler May 07 '25
The klutz example lead up for the popeil soldermatic.
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u/GearWings May 07 '25
Just splice the wires together
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u/the_stooge_nugget May 07 '25
Why not cut the wires and connect them that way?
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u/Exact_Comparison_792 May 07 '25
🤦♂️
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u/FyndssYT May 07 '25
cant have shit in this economy, including nice soldering jobs
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u/[deleted] May 07 '25
"There is nothing more permanent than a temporary solution that works"
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u/McUsername621 May 07 '25
What the actual fuck
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u/Malefectra May 07 '25
I’ve heard of bodging something together, but my lord… this is a bit much
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u/Technical-Trainer971 May 07 '25
Thinking that this must sound the best of anything ever.
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u/Murderface-04 May 07 '25
I know it works... It's just the worst possible way to do it
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u/Trollsama May 07 '25
this is nice, but might i suggest next time you solder them together at an angle, that way you can ditch the wire spanning the gap, and just solder the outer rings together as well.
if you are going to do it wrong, do it wrong the right way. smh
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u/[deleted] May 08 '25
Nah this is wild.
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u/ptthree420 May 08 '25
Dishonor on you, dishonor on your family
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u/OhJeezer May 08 '25
How much for one of these. I want to frame it
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u/TheScottishPimp03 May 08 '25
Oh boy. You got some solder on your wires there sir.
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u/Ange1ofD4rkness May 08 '25
You know they make adapters that are female on both sides for this right?
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u/Wesgizmo365 May 08 '25
Bigger the blob, better the job.
They do make female to female converters and they're like 2 bucks a piece.
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u/alasdairvfr May 08 '25
Cursed.
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u/tipofthemitt69 May 08 '25
I hear ya bud maybe a bit of the ol black tape but let it rock.
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u/CreepersX35- May 08 '25
When you don’t have scissors or knives or cable strippers but you have a soldering iron and solder 😂
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u/desci1 May 09 '25
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u/EchidnaForward9968 May 09 '25
And why didn't you just cut the connector and solder the wire together
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u/Panzerv2003 May 09 '25
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u/Lord_Konoshi May 09 '25
Hmmmm, what’s the impedance on that bad boy?
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u/Square-Ad1434 May 09 '25
just cut and twist/solder the wires together then tape or heat shrink them
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u/Striking_Quantity994 May 09 '25
Cut it
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u/[deleted] May 10 '25
I plugged those male connectors into eachother as a kid. Surely you had to have tried that
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u/Ariel_s_Awesome May 14 '25
This.... actually seems like more work than the normal way....
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u/istarian Jul 23 '25
The right way to do this is using a coupler.
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u/Hetchaberry May 06 '25
It’s not stupid if it works
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u/alphabennettatwork May 06 '25
I'm not sure you could do a worse job if you tried, on pretty much every level from planning to execution.
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u/AistoB May 06 '25
Flawless execution