DIY Leads: Perfecting Audio

https://www.adorama.com

In this episode Keith demonstrates how to make your own leads from scratch. With some basic tools from a vice grips to a soldering iron. Keith goes through step by step how to make a jack lead, a phono lead and XLR cables.


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