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I suffer from Insomnia so I thought I would buy a pair of closed back headphones for late night listening hoping to fall asleep. Well, I received the headphones today (Audioquest Night Owl) and they are quite impressive. They are very well made, come in a nice case and sound good (so far)
However, and this is a BIG however, the cable is way too short. What were they thinking putting a 4 foot cable on the headphones? I sit a good 6 feet away from my audio rack, so the phones are pretty useless to me at this point. I am so disappointed, as I was hoping to use them tonight. I called AA and was told I should buy some 300.00+ Cardas cable which is a couple of meters longer than what came with the headphones. So I dropped 399.00 on the headphones and now am expected to spend another 300.00 on a longer cable? To make matters worse, Audioquest doesn't even make an extension cable or longer headphone cables for the Night Owl.
Audioquest goes on and on about how great the cable that comes with the headphones are, yet didn't stop to think that not everyone is going to use them with a personal player. I called AA and was told most people buy an entire replacement cable of a longer length by another company. Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of using the Audioquest cables and phones which were designed to compliment one another? I ended up spending 49.00 on a Pangea extension cable which AA claims sounds excellent with the headphones. So, I ordered the extension and will have to wait until next week to use the headphones. From past experience with Pangea cables, they sucked the life out of my system and I hope this will not be the case this time around. I am so disappointed and irritated at Audioquest.
"I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the
most of us...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."
Roger Waters
Follow Ups:
BJC makes a very nice extension cable at a reasonable price.
So how did the headphone cable work out? I have a pair of Nighthawks (semi-open) that I love, but here in the RV my wife just asked me if I was listening to something (duh, the cans were on my head) so might be buying a pair of the Night Owls very soon! :+)
Are you still liking the headphones?
Al
If the Pangea doesn't work, try the Grado extension cable. I've been using one for years, and I've not noticed any life sucking or such.
If you decide to go with aftermarket cables in the end, I've just ordered Periapt cables for my Senn 6XX and Elears. Reasonably priced, and hoping they're as good as advertised.
According to several online reviews you should have got two cables with these headphones. A short one for on the road use and a long one for home. However Audioquest themselves specify the cable length as 8ft.
The night owl only comes with the shorter cable while the night hawk comes with both. I spoke with Audioquest and purchased a 3 meter cable for the headphones. It isn't an extension cable, just a longer cable and is the same that comes with them.
"I've always been mad, I know I've been mad, like the
most of us...very hard to explain why you're mad, even if you're not mad..."
Roger Waters
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