Headphone cable, what do you do?


I hope it is not just me but none of the headphones I have owned over last few years have long enough cable to reach from my headphone amp to my normal listening, lounging seat.

At present I have been using a fairly cheap 20ft extension cable I purchased off eBay but upon reflection could this be degrading the sq?

Surely I am not the only one in this situation so my question is what do you do? Your solution?
uberwaltz
From Grado.

Grado offers a 15 foot (450cm) extension cable terminated with a 1/4 inch (6.3mm) plug and a 1/4 inch (6.3mm) jack. This cable is constructed from the same high quality wire as their headphone cable. For longer lengths the cable may be piggybacked up to 3 cables." Grado guarantees no degradation of sonic quality with Grado headphones while using their extension cable."

Features:

  • Grado Extension Cable 4.57m (15 ft) Headphone Extension Cable
Like the guarantee in quotes!
Just a word of warning....

As above post shows I purchased this Grado cable from eBay, it failed last night, lost one channel, yes it is the cable.

Emailed Grado to show my displeasure over failure of a $47 cable in such a short time especially as I have used it no more than 10 times.

Their reply?

see below..

"Hi Kevin
there is nothing we can do as you purchased it from an unauthorized source.
Authorized Grado dealers do not sell on eBay therefore, we cannot know that the cable you bought is a real Grado product
we suggest that you go back to the seller on eBay
any questions, let us know"

So basically they are not willing to back up their dealers if sold online through ebay. Yes this was purchased from a dealer and there are a lot of Grado new products for sale on eBay so my assumption is right now that if you have a problem you are on your own as far as Grado are concerned.

There is no way any Grado dealer can survive without an online presence somewhere and I seriously doubt every single Grado product for sale on eBay right now is from a non authorized dealer!

I have yet to get a reply from the dealer involved and likely never will.

Lesson learned, no more Grado products!