On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 23:04:50 +0100, (Andy
Hewitt) wrote:

Chris Isbell wrote:

On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 22:22:48 +0100, (Andy
Hewitt) wrote:

Having now got the Grado headphones, and got them nicely broken in, I
find the lead needs to be a tad longer to suit the position of my living
room furniture.

Just think yourself lucky that you do not need an extension lead for
Stax headphones. This costs over eighty pounds! I am at a complete
loss as to how such a price can be justified.

Like £1000 per meter for interconnect?

At least you have a choice with this. The Stax connectors are not
readily available and there is probably no other option but to buy
their cable. :-(


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Chris Isbell
Southampton, UK

On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 11:14:44 +0100, Chris Isbell
wrote:

On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 23:04:50 +0100, (Andy
Hewitt) wrote:

Chris Isbell wrote:

On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 22:22:48 +0100, (Andy
Hewitt) wrote:

Having now got the Grado headphones, and got them nicely broken in, I
find the lead needs to be a tad longer to suit the position of my living
room furniture.

Just think yourself lucky that you do not need an extension lead for
Stax headphones. This costs over eighty pounds! I am at a complete
loss as to how such a price can be justified.

Like £1000 per meter for interconnect?

At least you have a choice with this. The Stax connectors are not
readily available and there is probably no other option but to buy
their cable. :-(

THere are two cords involved in a Stax headphone - the actual phone
cord and the RCA phono cord. If you extend the phone cord, a) it is
expensive, b) you increase the capacitive loading and compromise top
end and c) you can't reach the volume control any more.

Extend the RCA cord and you fix all of the above.

d
Pearce Consulting
http://www.pearce.uk.com

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

In article ,
Andy Hewitt wrote:
That's not quite the point Ivor. I want to get the right length so I
don't have a cable any longer than it needs to be - signal loss and all
that.

Signal loss really isn't an issue with headphones unless using some really
stupid cable.

Righto, wasn't sure, it's not as bad as signal runs, but I didn't think
it was as good as speakers runs either.

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Chris Isbell wrote:

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Like £1000 per meter for interconnect?

At least you have a choice with this. The Stax connectors are not
readily available and there is probably no other option but to buy
their cable. :-(

I see, fair enough.

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Honda Civic 16v: Windows free zone (Mac G5 Dual Processor)
http://www.thehewitts.plus.com - now online

On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 10:27:35 GMT, (Don Pearce)
wrote:

There are two cords involved in a Stax headphone - the actual phone
cord and the RCA phono cord. If you extend the phone cord, a) it is
expensive, b) you increase the capacitive loading and compromise top
end and c) you can't reach the volume control any more.

Extend the RCA cord and you fix all of the above.

The extension lead I was taking about is the one between the SM-313
driver unit and the headphones - and the one I would wish to extend.

Extending the phono input lead to the driver unit would not be very
helpful; carrying around a heavy and bulky box with attached audio and
mains leads would not be very convenient! I estimate that it would be
about as bulky as 30 i-Pods.

With an extension lead I could go into my bathroom and kitchen without
having to stop listening. (I can pause CDs, etc., but live radio
concerts are a bit more of a problem.)

Does anyone know if the plug and socket used by Stax is a custom part
or if it can be obtained from other suppliers?


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Chris Isbell
Southampton, UK

It only needs to be a couple of metres longer, but I can't find any
extension cables this short anywhere. That, or the one's I can find
are very low quality - like £1.99 on ebay. Most of the hi-fi stores I
can find don't even seem to sell them. Grado do a 10m one though.



Any suggestions?


www.studiospares.com
www.lektropacks.co.uk
www.maplin.co.uk

S.

Roberts wrote:


It only needs to be a couple of metres longer, but I can't find any
extension cables this short anywhere. That, or the one's I can find
are very low quality - like £1.99 on ebay. Most of the hi-fi stores I
can find don't even seem to sell them. Grado do a 10m one though.



Any suggestions?


www.studiospares.com

Almost

www.lektropacks.co.uk

None.

www.maplin.co.uk

Nope.

Thanks.

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Andy Hewitt ** FAF#1, (Ex-OSOS#5) - FJ1200 ABS
Honda Civic 16v: Windows free zone (Mac G5 Dual Processor)
http://www.thehewitts.plus.com

Andy Hewitt wrote:

Roberts wrote:


It only needs to be a couple of metres longer, but I can't find any
extension cables this short anywhere. That, or the one's I can find
are very low quality - like £1.99 on ebay. Most of the hi-fi stores I
can find don't even seem to sell them. Grado do a 10m one though.



Any suggestions?


www.studiospares.com

Almost

www.lektropacks.co.uk

None.

www.maplin.co.uk

Nope.

There's this one:

http://www.russandrews.com/static/He...Cable_PBJ.html

Could be expensive though.

Ivor

Ivor Gleek wrote:

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There's this one:

http://www.russandrews.com/static/He...Cable_PBJ.html

Could be expensive though.

Yes, £68, only £1 less than I paid for the phones :-/

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Honda Civic 16v: Windows free zone (Mac G5 Dual Processor)
http://www.thehewitts.plus.com

Andy Hewitt wrote:

Ivor Gleek wrote:

Snipped Text

There's this one:

http://www.russandrews.com/static/He...Cable_PBJ.html

Could be expensive though.


Yes, £68, only £1 less than I paid for the phones :-/

Maplin - gold plated plug, £1.99 - line socket, £0.99.
300 metres of 3 core 3 amp mains cable at 20p/metre.

£68 is not that expensive for a headphone extension lead.

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Eiron.