I didn’t think I’d ever get to the point of asking for this product specifically, but are there any recommendations for 3.5mm TRS male to male cables, suitable for headphones, available for purchase from mainland US, and preferably 10ft?
In the past year, the original cable that came with my SHP9500’s started to exhibit problems, and had to be replaced after ~5 years of regular use. This past year, I had replaced it with a cable from KabelDirekt, which failed in about 7 months. KabelDirekt’s warranty handling simply refunded my purchase rather replace the broken cable, so I took it as a sign that they weren’t confident in their products and to try a different company. I then went with a Monoprice cable, which I have gone through three of. None of the three so far have lasted more than 3 weeks, and Monoprice is asking to have the existing faulty cables returned via a rather inconvenient shipping provider before sending another.
Right now, I have stolen my record player’s RCA to 3.5mm cable and an RCA-3.5mm adapter, which is working for the time being. Unfortunately, it does seem that the manufacturer (Ugreen) has stopped selling audio cables however, nor do I really want to be stuck with an adapter chain off of my audio interface.
Your Monoprice cables were probably made with ordinary stranded copper wire, which is suitable for use in an aux cable but not a headphone cable.
Good headphone cables are instead made with tinsel wire, for far more flexing cycles than typical stranded copper. This page has close-up photos showing how it differs from ordinary stranded wire.
Based on its advertised intended usage, I would guess this $13 Syncwire cable is made with tinsel wire.
It looks decently-made. From a BIFL perspective, you may want learn to be able to replace the 3.5mm jacks. Tinsel wire isn’t easy to solder, but here are some tips on how to do it:
Thanks.
ALso Ill follow this cause I also am tired of buying ear and headphones thst only last like 3 weeks.
Quite expensive but fits all your requirements: https://hartaudiocables.com/collections/phillips/products/bra-hc-1-braided-3-5mm-headphone-cable-for-focal-hadenys-azurys-shp9500-more
Haven’t used that exact cable of them but others that are quite good.
$94 crikey!!





