[Deiz]

A few days ago I received 10' of Black Dragon for my HD650.

The cable produced odd hiccups at first, making everything sound awful, but that seems to have gone the way of the dodo as of today. Must've been something going on with my source, which happens to be an Audigy 2 right now. (I know, I know.)

Anyhow, I have no complaints about the cable except for its stiffness. For example, when coiling it, the cylinder I'm coiling it around causes the cable to twist so that I end up with the jacks backwards, and need to again twist them around to plug them into the 650 correctly.. Thereby unwinding the coil.

Is there any way to alleviate the stiffness of the cable?

 

[drubrew]

Performance comes at a price. A stiffer than stock cable is it. Nothing can be done about, sorry to say. The Silver and Blue Dragon are less stiff. As for the noise, computers are noisy animals. Make sure the cord is not laying near any of the other computer cabling or the computer power supply or a battery backup/surge protector. This particular cable is not shielded, but the geometry will ward off most noise. This cable sounded much better without a shield so we left it off. As well a shield would have made it further stiffer. Enjoy the cable and let me know if I can be of further help.

 

[Bostonears]

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Originally Posted by Deiz /img/forum/go_quote.gif Anyhow, I have no complaints about the cable except for its stiffness. For example, when coiling it, the cylinder I'm coiling it around causes the cable to twist so that I end up with the jacks backwards, and need to again twist them around to plug them into the 650 correctly.

How big is the diameter of the cylinder you're coiling the cable around? I don't wind my Black Dragon around anything, but it seems to naturally coil itself into circles about 6 to 8 inches in diameter. I suspect that coiling it around anything smaller is not good for the cable.

 

[drubrew]

Correct, try not to kink the cable or tie it together with zipties. This will change the geometry and deteriorate the sound. Coiling is fine but do not force it to do what it does not naturally do. Enjoy.

 

[BLacklWf]

Performance comes at a price. A stiffer than stock cable is it. Nothing can be done about, sorry to say. The Silver and Blue Dragon are less stiff. As for the noise, computers are noisy animals. Make sure the cord is not laying near any of the other computer cabling or the computer power supply or a battery backup/surge protector. This particular cable is not shielded, but the geometry will ward off most noise. This cable sounded much better without a shield so we left it off. As well a shield would have made it further stiffer. Enjoy the cable and let me know if I can be of further help.

Is BD internally shielded to reduce the crosstalk at least?

 

[drubrew]

This is a very old thread and the Black Dragon is now Version 2. Here are the specs: https://www.moon-audio.com/black-dragon-headphone-cable-v2.html
It is now a totally different design with a double shield. Both foil and braided shield.