Headphone Extension

skrol
skrol Posts: 3,387
edited June 2011 in DIY, Mods & Tweaks
Anyone here made their own headphone extension? The Grado extension seems to be a pretty good bang for the buck but I need longer than 15 feet. I could connect 2 Grado extensions together but it seems I aught to be able to do better with DIY.

I was considering some Canare 4S11 speaker wire from Bluejeans and some decent 1/4 TRS male/female connectors. This may be too stiff. Is there another wire I should consider?
thanks
Stan
Stan

Main 2ch:
Polk LSi15 (DB840 upgrade), Parasound: P/LD-1100, HCA-1000A; Denon: DVD-2910, DRM-800A; Benchmark DAC1, Monster HTS3600-MKII, Grado SR-225i; Technics SL-J2, Parasound PPH-100.

HT:
Marantz SR7010, Polk: RTA11TL (RDO198-1, XO and Damping Upgrades), S4, CS250, PSW110 , Marantz UD5005, Pioneer PL-530, Panasonic TC-P42S60

Other stuff:
Denon: DRA-835R, AVR-888, DCD-660, DRM-700A, DRR-780; Polk: S8, Monitor 5A, 5B, TSi100, RM7, PSW10 (DXi104 upgrade); Pioneer: CT-6R; Onkyo CP-1046F; Ortofon OM5E, Marantz: PM5004, CD5004, CDR-615; Parasound C/PT-600, HCA-800ii, Sony CDP-650ESD, Technics SA 5070, B&W DM601
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited June 2011
    I've considered the diy route,,but I got a really noce one from a guy that does em' up real well--lemme see if I can get his information,,uses Canare,,and neutric connectors--well built and affordable.
    JC approves....he told me so. (F-1 nut)
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited June 2011
    I would make one yourself if you need a custom (longer) length. Canare 4S11 is completely the wrong kind of cable as speaker cable will not work well for headphones; as well as being too heavy to be useful. Cardas 4x24 sells a DIY headphone cable, as well as the Canare L-4E5C microphone cable would work very well.

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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited June 2011
    I'm in the same boat and was planning on using some Mogami 2534 for $1.31/foot here: http://www.markertek.com/Cables/Bulk-Wire-Cable/Bulk-Audio-Cable/Mogami-Wire-Cable-Corp/W2534-00-A.xhtml
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  • skrol
    skrol Posts: 3,387
    edited June 2011
    Thanks for the advice and the links.
    Stan
    Stan

    Main 2ch:
    Polk LSi15 (DB840 upgrade), Parasound: P/LD-1100, HCA-1000A; Denon: DVD-2910, DRM-800A; Benchmark DAC1, Monster HTS3600-MKII, Grado SR-225i; Technics SL-J2, Parasound PPH-100.

    HT:
    Marantz SR7010, Polk: RTA11TL (RDO198-1, XO and Damping Upgrades), S4, CS250, PSW110 , Marantz UD5005, Pioneer PL-530, Panasonic TC-P42S60

    Other stuff:
    Denon: DRA-835R, AVR-888, DCD-660, DRM-700A, DRR-780; Polk: S8, Monitor 5A, 5B, TSi100, RM7, PSW10 (DXi104 upgrade); Pioneer: CT-6R; Onkyo CP-1046F; Ortofon OM5E, Marantz: PM5004, CD5004, CDR-615; Parasound C/PT-600, HCA-800ii, Sony CDP-650ESD, Technics SA 5070, B&W DM601
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