YCS Basics 50 Foot 3.5mm Stereo Headphone Extension Cable

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Amazon suggests that, for a "good review", I should address what I would have wanted to know before I purchased the product. Well, here's the list of things I would have wanted to know, and what I discovered about the product once I received it:

1. Does it work? (Yes, as it turns out, it does.)

2. Is it really 50 feet long? (Yes, as it turns out, it is.)

3. Does it contain any atomic material? (Yes, as it turns out, it is made with atoms.)

4. Are the connectors on this cable correctly sized to match the 1/8" plugs and jacks on my equipment? (Yes, as it turns out, they are.)

5. Will it ship in some sort of packaging? (Yes, as it turns out, it did.)

6. Will it correctly predict tonight's lottery numbers so I can become a millionaire? (No, as it turns out, it will not. And no, as it turns out, I did not.)

So...if you need your headphone extension cable to correctly predict tonight's lottery numbers, you should definitely look elsewhere. But if you need it to listen to your 1/8" headphones less than 50 feet away from your audio source, this should meet your needs.

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Great basic cable. I use it to connect my NuForce Icon HD dac/amp, which is connected to a desktop computer, to one of three stereo amp/receivers in my home (one is a Denon, two are Onkyo), to a Boston Acoustics radio in a bathroom, and for use with headphones. I considered buying an FM transmitter to send sound from the desktop to the receivers but was put off by the cost and the mixed reviews for FM transmitters (some reviewers say they get good reception with them, but many say they do not, so buying one seems like a gamble, and if you modify one in an attempt to improve the sound, you render it unreturnable). This cable is an inexpensive, though obviously less convenient, alternative.

Connection to the amp/receivers requires an additional cable and I use Belkin Y Audio Cables (I have a few of these so I can keep them connected to the amp/receivers).

I figured it was safe to buy this cable after visiting the YCS Your Cable Store website (yourcablestore dot com) and reading about this family owned business out of Paradise, CA (north of Sacramento, east of Chico).

I've used shorter, more expensive and presumably better quality cables and if there is any difference in the audio quality between those and this YCS Basics cable my ears cannot detect any. The signal is clear and I get no static when the cable is moving around (as when used with headphones). Because the cable is thin and because it's basic and thus inexpensive cable, I realize that it may not hold up well to stress, so I avoid putting stress on it.

It comes coiled up and I found it helpful to straighten it by passing its length through my hands and also over a shoulder a few times. Had I not done this, I'm sure kinks would've developed, as small coiled areas develop when it's first stretched out and when the cable is pulled on these become tighter, creating stress points in the cable (areas where the cable could break). When I coil it up when not in use I go around my elbow and hand (as if coiling a garden hose) so as to keep the cable relatively loose and thus unstressed.

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Great cord! Very good quality. Durable and looks good. If you need an extension for headphones this is for you.

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