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
Latest comments (53)
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:
rev6
12 Sep 17#51
Dispatched. Just wondering if these are only useful for £10 headphones. What do you suggest? :grin:
jameshothothot to rev6
12 Sep 17#52
Hmm not sure mate. Maybe £9.90 headphones but you'll be missing out on the superior sound from a £10 pair.
spamabsorbed
12 Sep 17#50
Expired. Now £2.99
louiselouise
11 Sep 17#46
My teenage niece uses one with her iphone/car hi-fi but took ages to reply on Facebook - you snooze, you lose :stuck_out_tongue:
kodivius
11 Sep 17#45
£2.99 Now
simssmo
11 Sep 17#44
It's showing as £2.99 for me
dybydx
11 Sep 17#43
Don't need one really.
Ordered! :joy:
0901salmoc
11 Sep 17#42
Jesus Christ some of the advice on here :joy: :joy: :joy: :joy: :joy: :joy: :joy: :joy: :joy:
DADSCAB
11 Sep 17#41
I once started a sentence with "as a rule of thumb" but only once, and I never did it again.
polarbaba
11 Sep 17#27
I bought the cheap speaker cables from richer sounds, and when I had the money, I ourchased the more expensive ones, the cheap cables did not exceed what was required from them electrically, so it was a good comparison.
The expensive cable was definitely better, however I think it would be wasted for most. For example if your sound source isnt good, or too compressed then there will.be no benefit.
However for those who do have an excellent source file, excellent DAC, excellent amp and excellent speakers .
And your ears can tell the difference.
(That's a lot of requirements) Then you will certainly benefit from good cables. However that's a very small set of people. But we do exist I can assure you!
rev6 to polarbaba
11 Sep 17#28
This isn't speaker cable.
How much did you spend per metre eventually?
polarbaba to rev6
11 Sep 17#40
Was replying to the flex cord post. Spent around a tenner a metre ( reduced from 30 - special offer) whilst I would never have spent 30, 10 was acceptable. I am not susceptible to sales crap and too much from audio reviewers/ reviews as I am an electronics engineer by training who is also an audio enthusiast and use my own ears to decide if it sounds good to my ears. Although I will concede that some people will have different tastes and some can't tell any difference anyway. So there quite some tolerances/ difference that should be accounted for.
Also some people will be more discerning as they listen more and learn, as I learnt from my children.
fleetingmind
11 Sep 17#31
Hopefully good enough for my kids Bluetooth headphones when they can't be bothered to charge them up and are deseprate to use them!
rev6 to fleetingmind
11 Sep 17#32
It'll do fine.
Crossbow to fleetingmind
11 Sep 17#33
Are you sure it's the right cable for the job? I thought bluetooth (BT) headphones come with some sort of USB-based charger & cable, no? Or, does it depend on the make & model? Never having owned BT headphones myself...
fleetingmind to Crossbow
11 Sep 17#34
A lot of the BT headphones (that I've come across) have the micro USB slot for charging and a separate jack socket to use a cable with it when the battery runs out.
Crossbow to fleetingmind
11 Sep 17#36
Sorry, ignore me. I initially thought you were buying these to charge the headphones with :blush:
But as rev6 says, even for your intended usage, it might depend on the headphones themselves.
rev6 to Crossbow
11 Sep 17#35
As above. Usually headsets work via USB not Bluetooth headphones. Got a link to the 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.
steve123uk
11 Sep 17#29
I used to work for Comet and sell £70 monster cables, pushing them all the way because I used to get £7.00 for every sold. Realistically they were not much better than £4.99 cables on ebay
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.
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?
paul_merton
11 Sep 17#9
I've bought some of their other braided cables before and they were pretty good quality.
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.
livid_chimp
11 Sep 17#5
Can't see how long it is? I'm after a short one for my chrome cast audio.
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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
Latest 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.
Ordered! :joy:
The expensive cable was definitely better, however I think it would be wasted for most. For example if your sound source isnt good, or too compressed then there will.be no benefit.
However for those who do have an excellent source file, excellent DAC, excellent amp and excellent speakers .
And your ears can tell the difference.
(That's a lot of requirements)
Then you will certainly benefit from good cables.
However that's a very small set of people.
But we do exist I can assure you!
How much did you spend per metre eventually?
Spent around a tenner a metre ( reduced from 30 - special offer) whilst I would never have spent 30, 10 was acceptable. I am not susceptible to sales crap and too much from audio reviewers/ reviews as I am an electronics engineer by training who is also an audio enthusiast and use my own ears to decide if it sounds good to my ears. Although I will concede that some people will have different tastes and some can't tell any difference anyway. So there quite some tolerances/ difference that should be accounted for.
Also some people will be more discerning as they listen more and learn, as I learnt from my children.
But as rev6 says, even for your intended usage, it might depend on the headphones themselves.
A lead with a plug on one end and a socket on the other can be used as an extension lead for headphones.