Thanks, dB. I don’t know much about the whole headphone/IEM side of things. I see different headphones and IEMs have very different impedance specs and I don’t know how cables effect that or if they’ve got no realistic bearing on how headphones are driven.
10 feet is a straight line from my amp to where my head would be. I’m going to tape a string to the amp and to my Etys’ plug and measure how much cable I’d really need.
Then I’ll have to figure out what cable to go with. You know how that goes. I saw a Grado 15 ft cable for about $40 or so. Without getting into the great an never ending cable debate, any experience with it? Anything else I should look into? I saw some pretty low priced stuff from Monoprice. People rave about their other cables from a price to performance standpoint. I also saw Mogami, which is highly regarded in the pro sector. But those are the only actual name brands I recognized. The other stuff was highly questionable stuff on Amazon from who knows where. Sound aside, I’m suspicious of the build quality of stuff like that. Sound being equal, I’d rather get the $60 cable that lasts forever than the $5 cable that falls apart in a few months or less.
I just ordered a pair of Focal Listen from Music Direct today for $130. I love my Etys but need a change, so I figured I’d take a chance. I really like Focal speakers. Hopefully they’ll have a similar sonic signature. The head-fi guy’s loved them for $250 or so when they came out.
