Husband asked me to find him a 3.5mm audio jack, came across this for 99p delivered at Amazon, I've had a quick look & could find nothing cheaper & the other items they sell seem to have decent reviews, so thought it worth a punt since it has 1 Year Warranty for Manufacturing defects and 30 day money back guarantee
1.2 Meter wire. 45 degree connector. Gold-plated connectors and pure copper inside cable ensure reliability and reduce signal loss & they look shiny
All comments (53)
ro53ben
11 Sep 17#1
Your husband will be disappointed. This is a jack plug, the jack is a socket.
shadowfall to ro53ben
11 Sep 17#3
What do you mean by socket
ro53ben to shadowfall
11 Sep 17#8
A socket is what you put the plug into.
1616french
11 Sep 17#2
Are these ok for an echodot to an amp or speaker?
dozstanford to 1616french
11 Sep 17#11
As a rule of thumb you should spend aprox 10% of the value of the device on the cable, per meter. This statement is not a given and can vary by device but is a general rule that can be applied to A/V equipment, obviously price is not always a valid indicator of quality and there are some bad expensive cables and some good cheap cables but following the 10% rule should ensure you get the best from your device.
paul_merton to dozstanford
11 Sep 17#12
Sorry but.... lol.
dozstanford to paul_merton
11 Sep 17#13
So you would pair a 99p cable up with a £500 amp then ?
M0RPH to dozstanford
11 Sep 17#14
It's a cable, with a bit of metal in it, so yeah!!!
dozstanford to M0RPH
11 Sep 17#15
Then why buy a £500 amp, why just buy a £50 one, after all it's just a metal box isn't it :dizzy_face:
M0RPH to dozstanford
11 Sep 17#19
No, there's a lot more expertise and equipment in the amp than the cable. Sorry, but what goes into your £50 cable to make it worthwhile?
dozstanford to M0RPH
11 Sep 17#22
If you do not know, or understand the process of transmission of an analogue signal through metal wire and how the quality of such cable can interfere with the signal and other factors such as directional cables I'm not wasting my time educating you, if you (theoretically) owned a £500 amp and coupled it with pound shop cables, and your happy then that's all that counts, right ?
plewis00 to dozstanford
12 Sep 17#48
If you're going to put someone else down then you could at least get your grammar right, especially if you're actually mentioning 'educating' someone (irony).
To the rest of us, I thought I'd share this review on solid silver Ethernet cable which makes music stored on a NAS sound better as it's part of your 'playback chain': audiostream.com/con…ble
jameshothothot to plewis00
12 Sep 17#53
Reading the review, I thought it was a parody. Reading the comments and the fights he gets into, I am less sure he is winding up the commenters or sucking up to his paymasters!
Smithington to dozstanford
11 Sep 17#24
I don't normally get involved in these sorts of conversations and no doubt I'll regret this but here goes...
People do say spend X % of your budget on cables. Those people are in the business of promoting cables. Hifi mags say it because they are sponsored. Sales assistants say it because they make money selling cables.
Generally, people make these claims over speaker cable or interconnects, not 3.5mm leads.
Laws of physics say that sure, cables have different qualities (such as silver v copper for conductance, or even x-sectional area giving difference), but those differences are not audibly measurable (often not measurable at all) other than one cable maybe being louder than another - which in itself is psychologically perceived as sounding better, but is only a difference in volume. Its ok to spend a bit more money, if it gets you something more robust, or meets your installation requirement better (e.g. flat cable, or even cable that is aesthetically pleasing), but honestly, there is no audible reason to spend money on cable. If one cable sounds bad, it's likely defective.
If you want to spend more, and it makes you happy to do so, great. But don't encourage others to, please.
morrig to M0RPH
11 Sep 17#20
Flex 13amp mains cable is good for hi-fi speakers.
Can't for the life of me why I need this cable but at this price it's screaming at me, Buy me. Drat just did, damn you HUKD.
paul_merton to dozstanford
11 Sep 17#25
Are you really suggesting I should have spent £150 on the 3 metre long cable for my £500 amp? Good heavens.
mrew42 to dozstanford
11 Sep 17#17
I read some nonsense on here before but this is up there with the best
matthew_legend to dozstanford
11 Sep 17#21
So I should spend £2000 on a cable for my car?? :astonished:
dozstanford to matthew_legend
11 Sep 17#23
So a car is a piece of audio visual equipment now then is it .... :angry:
rev6 to dozstanford
11 Sep 17#26
Usually sequels aren't as good as the original. Not here.
pinkleponkle to dozstanford
11 Sep 17#37
Sounds like something an employee at pc world / currys would come out with. Utter waffle
rev6 to pinkleponkle
11 Sep 17#38
Eating waffles while looking around their store. That's a good idea.
doublespresso to dozstanford
11 Sep 17#39
I bet you work for Currys :astonished:
BassBassBass to dozstanford
11 Sep 17#47
Ka11ran to dozstanford
12 Sep 17#49
10% of your man toys too? :kissing_heart: :party:
schnecker
11 Sep 17#4
Nope, looks like 2 male plugs to me.
livid_chimp
11 Sep 17#5
Can't see how long it is? I'm after a short one for my chrome cast audio.
PurplePerson to livid_chimp
11 Sep 17#6
It says they're 1.2m.
whymark10 to livid_chimp
11 Sep 17#7
It is 1.2m
paul_merton
11 Sep 17#9
I've bought some of their other braided cables before and they were pretty good quality.
whymark10
11 Sep 17#10
Never seen any cables with a plug at 45 degree angle before. Is it likely to put a strain on the socket and/or the cable?
driver8
11 Sep 17#16
This is the type of lead you'd use to connect an MP3 player (without Bluetooth) to a Bluetooth speaker.
A lead with a plug on one end and a socket on the other can be used as an extension lead for headphones.
Dodge62
11 Sep 17#18
Betron stuff seems good quality and value but their incessant demands for feedback is very annoying. I nearly gave them some, and it wouldn't have been five stars.
rev6 to Dodge62
11 Sep 17#30
Many places do this. It doesn't bother me too much. Reviews help us all in the long run.
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1.2 Meter wire. 45 degree connector. Gold-plated connectors and pure copper inside cable ensure reliability and reduce signal loss & they look shiny
All comments (53)
To the rest of us, I thought I'd share this review on solid silver Ethernet cable which makes music stored on a NAS sound better as it's part of your 'playback chain':
audiostream.com/con…ble
People do say spend X % of your budget on cables. Those people are in the business of promoting cables. Hifi mags say it because they are sponsored. Sales assistants say it because they make money selling cables.
Generally, people make these claims over speaker cable or interconnects, not 3.5mm leads.
Laws of physics say that sure, cables have different qualities (such as silver v copper for conductance, or even x-sectional area giving difference), but those differences are not audibly measurable (often not measurable at all) other than one cable maybe being louder than another - which in itself is psychologically perceived as sounding better, but is only a difference in volume. Its ok to spend a bit more money, if it gets you something more robust, or meets your installation requirement better (e.g. flat cable, or even cable that is aesthetically pleasing), but honestly, there is no audible reason to spend money on cable. If one cable sounds bad, it's likely defective.
If you want to spend more, and it makes you happy to do so, great. But don't encourage others to, please.
Can't for the life of me why I need this cable but at this price it's screaming at me, Buy me.
Drat just did, damn you HUKD.
Usually sequels aren't as good as the original. Not here.
A lead with a plug on one end and a socket on the other can be used as an extension lead for headphones.