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It wasn't clear to me from looking at the picture, but the cable is built like heavy gauge speaker cable with a separate left and right cable joined together, so it was twice as thick as I expected. I wanted a thick cable, but this might be overkill. The construction is great, I would recommend it if you're looking for a super heavy duty cable.
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Absolutely no quality loss with this cable. I quickly switched the headphone jack between the receiver and the end of the cable and there is no difference in quality. Using Sennheiser HD595's. Also it's very long.Buy Monoprice 105591 25-Feet Premium Stereo Male to Stereo Female 22AWG Extension Cable - Black Now
I think the scrap value of the copper is worth what I paid for the whole cable. I have it set up in my living room so I can use my headphones at night when the kids are asleep. Works great well made.SEE UPDATE BELOW.If you go to Monoprice's website, you can easily find they make a "25ft Premium 3.5mm Stereo Male to 3.5mm Stereo Female 22AWG Extension Cable (Gold Plated) Black" which they describe as "The 3.5mm (1/8") stereo TRS connector is more commonly known as the Headphone Jack on portable mp3 players and mobile phones. This cable features a male 3.5mm stereo (TRS) plug on one end and a female 3.5mm stereo jack on the other end, each with molded connector housings and strain relief boots. Each connector is gold-plated to ensure smooth, corrosion-free connections. The cable is made of heavy-duty coaxial cable for each conductor. The conductors are 22AWG and each conductor is shield to prevent EMI or RFI interference from entering your audio system. The cable is 12mm x 6mm thick, while the connector housings are 41mm long x 15mm diameter. Because of their size and weight these cables are best suited for more permanent connections, such as from your PC to your sound system. If you want something more suitable for portable applications, please try one of our standard 3.5mm audio cables." That sounded like what I wanted, so I ordered it, even though some customers had been ripped off with an el-cheapo substitute.
Anyway, I got a plain cable in a plain ziplock bag without any identifiers of who made it, with a single cylindrical (not asymmetric shaped dual) cable, and with both plug and jack that are clearly different from what Monoprice and Amazon both show on their website.
I have written the Amazon vendor, and asked them to send me the correct item. Even if they do, I'll never use that vendor again.
I knew that other folks wrote that they got what seems to be the Monoprice cable, and others wrote that also had been ripped off. Amazon, please make your vendors supply what is described: what's happening here is sort of like ordering a RollsRoyce, and sometimes getting a Yugo. Not cool.
Update 23JAN2013: The vendor refunded my purchase price, & said I could keep the cable. So I got a cheap cable for free (minus the hassle factor of multiple e-mails, and them wanting photos of what I got, and wasted time).
I reordered the MP cable, as I want a heavy-duty one, this time buying it from Monoprice (who sells their cables at the Amazon website) and the correct one just arrived. it's in a clear plastic bag with the word Monoprice & various codes and a scancode & "Made in China" on the tag, and the cable itself says Monoprice in fine print.
If you get a cable that doesn't say Monoprice, I'd bet it ain't Monoprice.Extra heavy duty! This is a great product; the cable is thickly insulated; and the connectors on either end are made to take punishment. I use mine everyday and have been dragging it around a few months now and the cable and the connectors have remained undamaged. I tried a cheaper alternative that had lighter duty insulation and end connectors and wound up spending more to replace them. Don't do what I did; buy this well made cable and avoid the hassle and expense of having to buy more then once.
Lastly the cable has provided a flawless connection to my equipment; what more can you ask.
Highly recommended.
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