RCA male end pieces for thicker interconnect wire?

[John Parkey]

Greetings everyone and happy holidays to you. I have several audio quest RCA interconnect cables, a ruby and a indigo, which need new RCA end pieces. These cables are about 8mm thick, so the RCA end pieces I have looked at at Parts Express and on Amazon do not fit, they only accommodate cable that is about 6mm thick.

Can any of you recommend a source for these RCA end pieces? Audioquest does sell the 800 series connectors, which would work, but they are super expensive, I think $80 for a pair, which is far more than these cables are worth.

Thank you for your help.

John

 

[mfrench]

I use Canare F09 RCA terminations, exclusively.
I just measured a bundle leading into one at 7.2mm which included the Canare L4E6S cable and multiple players of heat shrink.
I do not use the spring relief that is shown; rather, filling that space with heatshrink wrap.

 

[toddalin]

You can get the Monoprice Premium pieces (PID 6212) for ~$1.50 each on the bay if you buy 10 and make an offer. They will accomodate the cable and are of nice quality for the coin.

 

[MCM_Fan]

I second the Canare F-09 connectors. I just built a pair of cables using these connectors and Blue Jeans LC-1 cable. The LC-1 cable is also speced at 8mm and these connectors accommodate it with ease.

Details of the cable I built here:

https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/new-diy-cables.865336/page-2#post-13297663