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This technique is often referred to as “over, under” as apposed to the more common “over, over” because it prevents damage or cable memory from twisting in one direction. Frequently used in the audio/video industry.
The biggest downside is that if you pass the end of the cable through the middle of the bundle you will create a knot every other loop. These can quickly be unknotted by gathering the knots together in line and passing an end back through. Also makes a decent magic trick.
A cable tie, hook-and-loop fastener, or a piece of rope or tie-line with a clove hitch in the middle is essential to secure cables while in transit or storage.
tuckerm@feddit.online 3 weeks ago
This is a 10/10 YSK tip. I haven’t had to untangle my headphones or charging cable after I learned this.
Here is the same trick with a smaller cable, probably more like what most of us are coiling up every day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fsvANAT3yg&t=160s (start at 2:40)
bob_lemon@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
My phone decided to play this with AI generated German audio (which I can probably deactivate in Tubular, will check in a second). They must have trained the choice on freaking 90s infomercials, because it sounds cavils like the bad dubs we got on those.
deafboy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If they are training on historical dubs, just be thankful you’re not Polish.
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ve been wrapping headphones in a figure 8 across my devil’s horns, speaker first. The plug end can then be wrapped ~5 times around the crossover and pulled through the loop opposite the one it just came from. It accomplishes the same overall effect of reversing the twist each cycle. It also serves as a neat party trick to show people how they could have had better headphone management =(current year - 2015) years ago
arsCynic@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
And I love you too.