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.

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.

I already have a coily extension lead, but this is very old, and the
connections are zinc plated, which tend to crackle and lose connection
now. I also find the coily lead a bit annoying to use, as it tends to
pull on the headphones if you have any kind of tension on it.

I have even considered making my own lead, a pair of decent connectors
at CPC are very cheap, but I have no idea what kind of cable to get.

Any suggestions?

Cheers.

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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 - now online

"Andy Hewitt" wrote in message
t...
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.
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.
I have even considered making my own lead, a pair of decent connectors
at CPC are very cheap, but I have no idea what kind of cable to get.
Any suggestions?
Cheers.
--
Andy Hewitt ** FAF#1, (Ex-OSOS#5) - FJ1200 ABS
Honda Civic 16v: Windows free zone (Mac G5 Dual Processor)
http://www.thehewitts.plus.com - now online

I bought a "Mini Headphone Extension Lead" by SoundLab from Maplins two
weeks ago. It's 3m long. Whether the quality is good enough for you, I've
no idea, but I'd certainly be interested to know whether you can tell in a
genuine double blind test. (The connectors are not gold plated.)

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M Stewart
Milton Keynes, UK
http://www.megalith.freeserve.co.uk/oddimage.htm

Malcolm Stewart wrote:

"Andy Hewitt" wrote in message
t...
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.
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.
I have even considered making my own lead, a pair of decent connectors
at CPC are very cheap, but I have no idea what kind of cable to get.
Any suggestions?
Cheers.
--
Andy Hewitt ** FAF#1, (Ex-OSOS#5) - FJ1200 ABS
Honda Civic 16v: Windows free zone (Mac G5 Dual Processor)
http://www.thehewitts.plus.com - now online

I bought a "Mini Headphone Extension Lead" by SoundLab from Maplins two
weeks ago. It's 3m long. Whether the quality is good enough for you, I've
no idea, but I'd certainly be interested to know whether you can tell in a
genuine double blind test. (The connectors are not gold plated.)

Yes, the Grados have a gold plated connector, so I guess it's make sense
to match this if I can. It also seems to make sense to at least match
the quality of cable used for the headphones too.

I know this probably won't make much difference on the short term, but
over a period of time it might as the cables degrade, and the
connections oxidise.

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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 - now online

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.

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.

I already have a coily extension lead, but this is very old, and the
connections are zinc plated, which tend to crackle and lose connection
now. I also find the coily lead a bit annoying to use, as it tends to
pull on the headphones if you have any kind of tension on it.

I have even considered making my own lead, a pair of decent connectors
at CPC are very cheap, but I have no idea what kind of cable to get.

Any suggestions?

Cheers.

Grado do a good one buy from www.stoneaudio.co.uk



--
Dave xxxx
www.davewhitter.myby.co.uk

Music is Art - Audio is Engineering
Steam is Fun

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.


--
Chris Isbell
Southampton, UK

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?

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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 - now online

Dave xxxxx wrote:

Andy Hewitt wrote:
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can find don't even seem to sell them. Grado do a 10m one though.

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Grado do a good one buy from www.stoneaudio.co.uk

Yes, but I only need about 2m.

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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 - now online

Andy Hewitt wrote:

Dave xxxxx wrote:

Andy Hewitt wrote:
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can find don't even seem to sell them. Grado do a 10m one though.

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Grado do a good one buy from www.stoneaudio.co.uk

Yes, but I only need about 2m.

Cable clip or one of those cable roller thingys to reduce length that PC
World sell. Or is this heresy?

'Ere..wot you doin' in this group? :-)

Ivor

Ivor Gleek wrote:

Andy Hewitt wrote:

Dave xxxxx wrote:

Andy Hewitt wrote:
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can find don't even seem to sell them. Grado do a 10m one though.

Snipped Text

Grado do a good one buy from www.stoneaudio.co.uk

Yes, but I only need about 2m.

Cable clip or one of those cable roller thingys to reduce length that PC
World sell. Or is this heresy?

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.

'Ere..wot you doin' in this group? :-)

Likewise...?

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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 - now online

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.

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