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Black Dragon Portable Mini IEM V1 Cable
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Black Dragon Portable Mini IEM V1 Cable
The Black Dragon Portable Mini IEM V1 Cable is used for linking your portable audio devices when flexibility and a smaller footprint are required. The Black Dragon is made with copper conductors that lend a warm, musical sound to your music, with added bottom-end weight and a top end that is smooth but still detailed. Appropriate for most genres, the Black Dragon works especially well with Electronica, Dance, Pop, Rap, R&B, and other music where a big, bold presentation is desired.
For setups that do not require a more flexible cable, see the Silver Dragon Portable Mini Cable V3, the Blue Dragon Portable Mini Cable V3, or the Black Dragon Portable Mini Cable V2. These cables are more robust and are for connecting the highest-end portable gear, as well as connecting portable gear to home audio systems. A whole host of connection options are available to link up your portable audio pieces. If you can't find the connections you are looking for, please contact us for custom options.
Minimum length of 1 foot required when doing any dual connectors like Dual RCAs.
Quality You Can Trust
Most stock cables are made of poor, ultra-thin conductors with poor geometries, rubber jackets, and other issues that can limit the performance of your equipment.
Dragon Cables are handcrafted from quality materials in Moon Audio's headquarters in Cary, North Carolina. All of our cables are created with ultra-pure, single-crystal silver and copper strands and engineered to provide the cleanest, most musical presentation. Our wire is void of impurities and crystalline boundaries, leaving nothing between you and your music.
Black Dragon Sound Signature
The Black Dragon is warm and smooth with a musical presentation. Copper strands enhance the body, shape, and immediacy of the music. The detail and expansiveness of the Black Dragon make it a flexible fit where a broad range of musical genres are played. It can also improve bass frequencies on bass-light headphones.
The smooth, musical quality makes it a perfect fit for headphones that tend to sound a bit edgy or bright. Despite its warmth, the Black Dragon does not have a laid-back, lush sound. It is much closer to neutral, making it a very natural-sounding cable.
For more information on finding your signature sound, visit our Sound Signature Guide.
Black Dragon Cable Design
The Black Dragon Portable Mini IEM Cable features a coaxial design utilizing a 99.99998% UP-OCC Stranded Silver 26AWG center conductor for the positive leg. The center conductor is wrapped concentrically by a 99.99998% UP-OCC pure copper stranded 26AWG gauge conductor with 7N purity 99.99998%, and it features Kevlar reinforcing. The left and right signal cables run parallel to each other, resulting in a very low inductance. Both signal jackets are polyethylene, and the cable is extremely flexible yet very resilient and resistant to flex failure.
This cable can be used with a variety of different connectors, both balanced and unbalanced, such as a 3.5mm TRS Mini plug, 2.5mm TRRS Balanced Plug, or 4.4mm TRRRS Balanced Plug. As always, we custom-build this cable in-house using high-quality Cardas silver solder.
What is UP-OCC?
UP-OCC stands for Ultra Pure Ohno Continuous Casting (OCC). This is not a material but a way of extruding silver and copper to prevent any impurities and fractures in the crystalline structure of the wire. The wire is drawn very slowly to cast as an almost perfect single-crystal small-diameter conductor. The resulting purity and the size of the cast wire make a tremendous difference, and there is less damage to the near-perfect cast state. We find this UP-OCC process produces a very clean and close to neutral sound in our copper-based and silver-based cables.
Tailored Cables for Any Setup
If you have any questions about the right terminations for your setup, don't hesitate to reach out via our Contact Us page. When purchasing, be sure to fill out the 'List your devices to ensure compatibility' field, as this helps us match your gear with the perfect connection. Whether you're using standard equipment or have a unique configuration, we've got you covered. We specialize in creating custom cables for almost any setup you can imagine. Have a rare or unusual connector? Chances are, we can build exactly what you need. Let us know your requirements, and we’ll take care of the rest.
Clear | Detailed
- 4 x 24 AWG Teflon-insulated 99.99998% UP-OCC Stranded Silver Conductors
- The Silver Dragon maximizes the amount of detail, clarity, and instrument separation you get from your music.
Warm | Flexible
- 99.99998% UP-OCC stranded silver 26AWG center conductor for the positive leg. The center conductor is wrapped concentrically by a 99.99998% UP-OCC silver-plated single crystallized UP-OCC pure copper stranded 26AWG gauge conductor with 7N purity 99.99998%.
- The Black Dragon offers a warmer tonality, a more musical presentation, and enhanced bass performance.
For more information on finding your signature sound, visit our Sound Signature Guide.
| Parameter | Specification |
|---|---|
| Cable Design Specifications | |
| Conductors | 4 |
| Material | 99.99998% UP-OCC Copper |
| Construction | Parallel, Varying Size Stranding |
| Solder | Cardas Silver Solder |
| Jacket | Black Polyethylene |
| Format | Single Run |
| Product Features | |
| Application | Portable Mini Interconnect |
| Sound Signature | Warm and Musical |
| Break-In Time | 40 Hours |
| Warranty Information | |
| Coverage | One-Year Limited Warranty |
| Protection | Against Material or Manufacturing Defects |
- CDChristoph D.Verified BuyerRated 5 out of 5 stars1 year agoVery nice interconnect
Nice cable, very practical length!
- CDChristoph D.Verified BuyerRated 5 out of 5 stars1 year agoVery nice cable
All good! Very practical size.
- DRdavid r.Verified BuyerRated 5 out of 5 stars4 years agoBlack Dragon Portable Mini IEM V1 Cable
just fine it has gteat fit and sounds great...
- CSChenhan S.Verified BuyerRated 5 out of 5 stars4 years agovery good product for its price, saved my Shure KSE1200
I thought my KSE1200 was overhyped crap until I got this interconnect. It basically removes all the problems (narrow soundstage, treble too hot, little bass presense) I had initially with KSE1200. I tried Cardas HPI interconnect. Tho it does smooth out treble and expanse soundstage, the center of the stage is weirdly empty. Black Dragon v1 still sound a little bit empty in the middle, but its not as extreme as the Cardas. Now I am eager to try more expensive interconnect cables.
- CchubmanRated 3 out of 5 stars5 years agoBlack Dragon Portable Mini IEM V1 Cable
One of the best quality cords you can buy sound wise but if you use it everyday something gets loose where the L shape is connected in and wiggles slightly which causes a loose connection between the wires and the metal piece which pick up signal from your device and causes static noise which gets worse over time. I may send it in for repairs or just invest in a different model in the future. I just want to not have to worry about whether or not my connector is going to fall apart and I'm pretty careful with how I treated it too. If you are looking for an aux for a home system this may work but in the car it doesn't seem to last.