SHURE HEADPHONES EXTENSION CABLE

[ian1948]

Hi everyone. A while ago I posted asking for advice on headphones. Part of the responses was to consider a pair of Shure SRH1540. I ended up buying an unused pair that arrived this morning and my initial response is that I’m knocked out (without any burning in!). Slight problem is a change of hi-fi position that means the supplied cable doesn’t reach by a good 3 metres. Thought about getting a 4 metre cable made up but the cheaper option would seem to be an extension cable. Any recommendations and / or advice please?

 

[eastone]

Don’t Shure make an extension cable?

These are brilliant cans

 

[Rockmeister]

I'm using 5meters of 'VanDamme tour grade classic XKE microphone cable (silver plated OFC)' terminated in really lovely Neutrik locking socket and plug. It sounds exactly like the Shure leads supplied with my SRH 1540's. It's tough, flexible and comes in a ton of colours. You can even have coloured collars on the plugs

Van Damme Classic XKE Balanced or Stereo Cable. Female Jack Socket to Male Jack

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www.designacable.com

 

[Jakob]

Mark Grant cables. Headphone cable.
Very well made but a bit heavy because of the copper in the core.

 

[dreamer69]

Mark Grant cables. Headphone cable.
Very well made but a bit heavy because of the copper in the core.

I bought a Grado one but it was pretty crap so got the Mark Grant one. Fantastic build quality

 

[Salamander]

I've got a Grado extension, recommended on a forum, but I'm not overly impressed either, Mark Grant do look far better.

Mark Grant Headphone extension cable – 1/4″ male to 1/4″ female – Mark Grant Cables

markgrantcables.co.uk

 

[ian1948]

Thanks for sharing your experiences. Took a punt on designacable and looking forward to receiving mine.

 

[Mike Reed]

I'm using 5meters of 'VanDamme tour grade classic XKE microphone cable (silver plated OFC)' terminated in really lovely Neutrik locking socket and plug. It sounds exactly like the Shure leads supplied with my SRH 1540's. It's tough, flexible and comes in a ton of colours. You can even have coloured collars on the plugs

I'm using 5 metres of this after Rocky's recommendation years ago. Good enough for my HD650s, Focal Elears and Utopias