Dragon Cables
Blue Dragon Premium Cable for Dan Clark Audio Headphones
$460.00 USDThe Blue Dragon Premium Cable is the best choice for your Dan Clark Audio Headphones if you are not looking to change the coloration but just looking for added detail and resolution. With the addition of Premium connectors and the best solder available from Mundorf, Moon Audio's goal is to pull out as many percentage points of sonic improvements as possible. In Hi-Fi Audio, materials matter and everything you put in the signal path can make a difference. Reducing the transfer resistance of the solder joint, as crazy as this sounds, is one of the many ways we have seen to improve the signal path. Look at the solder as a pothole on the street you travel daily. Electrical signals look at impurities as potholes obstructing a clear path. A fresh layer of asphalt can improve your travels. High-quality solder and better base and plating materials used on our premium connectors act similarly, providing the best possible deliverance of the audio signal.
Compatible with these Dan Clark Audio Headphones: AEON, AEON 2, AEON 2 NOIRE, AEON CORE, NOIRE X, NOIRE XO, E3, Expanse, ETHER 2, ETHER Flow, ETHER C Flow, and Stealth. Please check with Moon Audio to ensure compatibility.
The Premium Difference
What is the difference between the Premium and Standard Dragon Cable? Our Premium Cable offers the same quality construction as the standard line, featuring UP-OCC conductors 99.99998% pure and matching cable designs, with a few upgrades. Cardas Silver Solder is replaced with Mundorf MSolder SUPREME SilverGold mix at every connection point, and our custom-engineered Moon Audio Premium Connectors are included to enhance the look, feel, and listening pleasure of all your hi-fi music sessions.
Quality You Can Trust
Most stock headphone cables are made of poor, ultra-thin conductors that work as a bottleneck for sound. Poor geometries, no shielding, rubber jackets, and a whole host of other issues in OEM cables can limit the performance of the headphone driver in terms of clarity and definition.
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.
Blue Dragon Sound Signature
The Blue Dragon is designed to be neutral and natural sounding. It improves dynamics without changing the original flavor of the headphone. Look at it as cleaning your eyeglasses, you want the clearest vision possible. The Blue Dragon does just that; it adds more of what the headphone already has but just makes it better. You get to hear more of the micro-dynamics of the music without tipping the sound signature forward or making it laid back.
The Blue Dragon pairs well with all genres, especially music full of stringed instruments. You get a better sense of reverberation and quicker decay of the notes. the piano note decays are quicker almost as if the keys have just had a tune-up. We love this cable with Folk, Americana, Jazz, and singer song writer. Again there is no right or wrong to which Dragon cabl you choose. It is about what is right or your ears.
Blue Dragon Cable Design
This latest edition of the Blue Dragon Headphone Cable uses 4 x 24 AWG Teflon-insulated stranded conductors using pure single crystallized UP-OCC copper with 7N purity 99.99998%. The Blue Dragon Headphone Cable has been designed to match the Silver Dragon Headphone Cable, but with a high purity copper conductor using the Ohno Continuous Casting Process. Each conductor of the Blue Dragon Headphone Cable is made up of a special varying size stranding geometry. The copper stranding is mixed with Kevlar stranding to reinforce the conductor. This makes it stronger overall and less prone to failure due to the harsh constant flexing a headphone cable receives. The conductors are then surrounded by cotton and then a layer of Teflon tape.
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.
Pick Your Dragon
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.
Full | Balanced
- 4 x 24 AWG Teflon-Insulated 99.99998% GUP-OCC Stranded Graphene and Copper Conductors
- The Bronze Dragon improves dynamics while maintaining musicality and detail.
Warm | Flexible
- 4 x 24 AWG Teflon-insulated 99.99998% UP-OCC Stranded Copper Conductors
- The Black Dragon provides a warmer tonality, more musical presentation, and improved bass performance.
Neutral | Uncolored
- 4 x 24 AWG Teflon-insulated 99.99998% UP-OCC Stranded Copper Conductors
- The Blue Dragon adds detail and resolution, improving dynamics without changing the coloration.
For more information on finding your signature sound, visit our Sound Signature Guide.
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FAQ
What distinguishes the Blue Dragon Headphone Cable from other cables?
The Blue Dragon Headphone Cable is known for its high-quality, stranded copper conductors that offer a well-balanced sound signature. It is designed to provide an affordable yet high-performance upgrade over stock cables, enhancing audio clarity and reducing distortion.
Which headphones are compatible with the Blue Dragon Headphone Cable?
The Blue Dragon Headphone Cable is compatible with a variety of headphones from brands like Sennheiser, Audeze, Focal, and more. Moon Audio offers customization options to fit specific headphone connectors and user requirements.
How does the Blue Dragon Headphone Cable improve sound quality?
The Blue Dragon Headphone Cable enhances sound quality by offering improved detail, clarity, and a more natural soundstage. Its design minimizes signal loss and interference, resulting in a cleaner and more accurate audio reproduction.
What configurations are available for the Blue Dragon Headphone Cable?
The Blue Dragon Headphone Cable comes in multiple configurations, including different lengths and our connectors (e.g., 3.5mm, 1/4 inch, balanced XLR). Custom lengths and specific connectors can be ordered to match individual audio setups.
Does the Blue Dragon Headphone Cable require a burn-in period?
Many users report that the Blue Dragon Headphone Cable benefits from a burn-in period. This process helps the materials settle and can lead to improved audio performance over time, stabilizing the sound signature.
Can the Blue Dragon Headphone Cable be used with portable audio devices?
Yes, the Blue Dragon Headphone Cable can be configured with connectors suitable for portable audio devices, such as 3.5mm jacks, making it compatible with smartphones, portable DACs, and headphone amplifiers.
What are the main benefits of upgrading to the Blue Dragon Headphone Cable?
Upgrading to the Blue Dragon Headphone Cable typically results in enhanced audio fidelity, with clearer mids and highs, a more detailed soundstage, and better overall sound quality. It provides a significant improvement over stock cables for many audiophiles.
Is the Blue Dragon Headphone Cable durable?
Yes, Moon Audio constructs the Blue Dragon Headphone Cable with durability in mind. It features high-quality materials and craftsmanship to ensure longevity and withstand regular use, making it a reliable choice for audio enthusiasts.
Do high-end cables make a difference?
High-end audio cables use higher quality materials. Materials matter. Better materials mean better performance and longer life. This can translate to a number of improvements including better shielding, lower noise floor, natural dB boost, and overall improvement in clarity, soundstage, and definition of audio.
Do cables affect sound quality?
They can, depending on the types of materials they use. Factors like shielding can legitimately affect the amount of interference and noise that the audio signal will be subjected to. Long cable runs can act as antennas and shielding is quite important. Materials like copper and silver conductors and the quality of those conductors will affect the sound signature of the audio. Oxygen-free conductors also sound different from cables with oxygen-laden conductors. There are many factors that can affect the overall audio quality of your cable.
We use what is called UP-OCC. This stands for Ultra Pure Ohno Continuos casting. This is a process developed by Dr. Ohno of Japan. Conventional methods of extruding copper results in multiple and fractionated crystalline structure. Oxygen Free Copper (OFC) has a distinctive effect on your audio quality that some might find lacking. The OCC process uses a heated mold for extruding, whereas other processes involve a cooled mold. The cooling process in OCC takes place separately, resulting in larger crystal sizes and increased purity. So, from a materials perspective, the OCC process is far superior to OFC.
Are good audio cables important?
Cables are the connection to your music, so having good audio cables is especially important to improve sound quality. Poor quality cables and poor connections can lead to noise, static, audio cutout, and much more, negatively affecting the quality of your music.
Why are there different Dragon Cable variants?
Our Dragon Cables feature different metal configurations, each having different audio sound signatures when paired with your speakers or headphones. The Silver Dragon lends more detail and soundstage, making it a great pairing for warmer headphones. Black Dragon cables add more warmth and body to make them a great pairing for forward sounding and analytical headphones. Blue Dragon cables are a great value, improving the clarity, staging, and detail on any headphones. Lastly, the Bronze Dragon improves thin-sounding headphones and IEMs, warming and rounding out a flat signature.
There are also USB, digital, interconnects, speaker, and power cables that are also handcrafted to your specifications. Each of these cable types have specific audio signature properties that can help to lift the veil of your music on any device and connection type.
Is copper or silver better when choosing an audio cable?
Each has its own sonic properties that can positively or adversely affect your music, depending on the genre, headphones, or amplifier you are listening to. Silver is more conductive than copper but can also thin out your music if paired with a forward-sounding headphone. Likewise, copper can fill out the low end and create a warmer and more musical presentation, which is great for non-bass-heavy genres. One is not necessarily better than the other, but there is a better option (of the two) depending on your system and the type of music you like to listen to.
| Parameter | Specification |
|---|---|
| Cable Design Specifications | |
| Conductors | 4 x 24AWG |
| Material | 99.99998% UP-OCC Copper |
| Construction | Varying Size Stranding |
| Solder | Cardas Silver Solder |
| Shielding | Teflon, Foil, Braided Wire Shield |
| Jacket | Blue Polyethylene |
| Product Features | |
| Application | Fullsize Headphone |
| Sound Signature | Neutral |
| Break-In Time | 40 Hours |
| Warranty Information | |
| Coverage | One-Year Limited Warranty |
| Protection | Against Material or Manufacturing Defects |