DIN audio cables - where to buy?

maxhifi

maxhifi

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Want to get my hands on some 5 pin male DIN to DIN cables, and maybe some DIN to RCA adaptors... got some vintage european hi-fi equipment on the way. Where to get them these days? All I am seeing on the 'net is MIDI cables, which obviously won't work.
 
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This is what got me confused
http://connector.pinouts.ru/5_pin_DIN_male/
The din audio cables use a different pin out than din midi, it looks like midi cables never have four individual shielded conductors, and use different pins than an Audio cable. The website referenced looks like a cool resource and the connectors are cheap. If I can't find any actual din to din audio cables I will buy some of those breakout cables and some 5 pin plugs, and make what I need - I am just surprised that DIN Audio patch cables appear absolutely not available. Thanks for the advice!
 
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In Germany you have the Reichelt.de shop.
I do not know whery you are and do not know about shipping costs.

They have a whole range of this stuff, but on the website it is hard to find. If you go there and type AVK as the search string, a list of possible numbers show up, and select AVK 102 you ar in the right direction, selecting the other AVK numbers you see a lot more.
They really have a lot of this elcheapo connection stuff, unfortunately you only find out when you have their (thick) paper catalog which they send you with your first buy if you tick the selection.
I bought a lot of this stuff also minijack to jack adapters, stackable RCA leads, this DIN stuff and so on.
It is elchapo but it works.
 
maxhifi said:
Want to get my hands on some 5 pin male DIN to DIN cables, and maybe some DIN to RCA adaptors... got some vintage european hi-fi equipment on the way. Where to get them these days? All I am seeing on the 'net is MIDI cables, which obviously won't work.
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Several suppliers exists here ( in europe)

This cost about $20 :
http://www.kjell.com/sortiment/ljud...in/din-kablar/din-5pol-kabel-1-5-meter-p39151

Another cable ( din to RCA ) about the same cost :
http://www.kjell.com/sortiment/ljud.../din/din-till-rca/din-anslutningskabel-p39210

If everything fails i _could_ send to us, i do nit know the cost however.
Let me know if you need assistance.
 
The 5 pin discrete MIDI cables look like they will work, however I am concerned it is 4 individual cables in a common shield, rather than four bundled shielded cables which of course could invoke all sorts of subtle cross-talk issues which I would like to avoid. I will be using a tube amplifier with high input impedance so cross talk is more of an issue.

I am in Canada - sometimes ordering from Europe is actually cheaper than the USA, so go figure. I will check out all the suppliers mentioned above - thank you very much!
 
gslikker said:
In Germany you have the Reichelt.de shop.
I do not know whery you are and do not know about shipping costs.

They have a whole range of this stuff, but on the website it is hard to find. If you go there and type AVK as the search string, a list of possible numbers show up, and select AVK 102 you ar in the right direction, selecting the other AVK numbers you see a lot more.
They really have a lot of this elcheapo connection stuff, unfortunately you only find out when you have their (thick) paper catalog which they send you with your first buy if you tick the selection.
I bought a lot of this stuff also minijack to jack adapters, stackable RCA leads, this DIN stuff and so on.
It is elchapo but it works.
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You sir, hit the jackpot. I am hooking up a USSR made amplifier and preamplifier, and it is all DIN. My Teac cassette deck can take a DIN connector too, but other components will need DIN to RCA conversion. The prices can't be beat, at that rate I will buy more than I need and not be left short - Thank you!
 
Lots of options on EBay.

Bang & Olufsen appears in a lot of the descriptions, might help in your search.

I need to pick some up myself as well as 2 DIN speaker connectors for a Grundig MR 100 receiver that I have.
 
Update - hadn't ordered this yet and my amplifier is now almost ready, so I made up my own. 4m of RG-174/U cut in half, and held together with heat shrink every 8 inches or so. Was a bit fussy to solder but at least I was able to get everything locally. I think it should be at least as good as the pre made cheapies, especially since the cable is quite high quality.
 

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