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RE: Possible good choice for headphone cable??

Posted by Duster (M) on August 21, 2017 at 17:39:34

In Reply to: RE: Possible good choice for headphone cable?? posted by 13th Duke of Wymbourne on August 21, 2017 at 15:01:23:

Good points, 13DoW. A solid Teflon dielectric tends to be better implemented for a cable application that is immobile, with little or no handling involved that would disturb the relationship of the conductor and dielectric. I would also avoid using a litz wire cable for a headphone application for the same reason. I also agree with the notion of individual cable runs for each channel rather than a twisted triad stereo cable with a shared return/ground conductor for both channels.

If I were to upgrade a stock headphone cable with a much higher-quality cable, I would consider the VH Audio V-Quad cable featuring a cellular FEP dielectric that might be less prone to dielectric/conductor disturbance than a solid FEP or solid PTFE insulator. The V-Quad features a twisted quad geometry of 24 AWG (21 AWG aggregate) solid core OCC copper conductors with AirLok cellular/foamed FEP dielectric, offering lowered-inductance and better EMI/RFI noise cancelling effect vs. a twisted pair. If one wanted to choose a lower-cost option, a single V-Quad cable could be used as a dual-channel headphone cable, with an individual return conductor implemented for each channel.

Edits: 08/21/17

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