Dragon Cables
Black Dragon 1/4" Headphone Splitter Cable
$250.00 USDFeatures
Built with Black Dragon V2 construction for a warm, bold tonality with strong bass performance
Handcrafted at Moon Audio's headquarters in Cary, North Carolina
Compact 1-foot length designed for dual-connector configurations like Dual RCAs
Delivers the same musical, romantic sound signature as the standard Black Dragon lineup
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Black Dragon 1/4" Headphone Splitter Cable
The Black Dragon Headphone Splitter Cable is a special adapter version of the Black Dragon V2 headphone cable designed to split your 1/4-inch headphone signal to two outputs. This adapter comes in a length of one foot.
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 our top-of-the-line flagship cable designed to increase musicality and provide a warmer tonality with amazing bass performance. Copper strands increase the boldness by providing more slam and attack. It smooths out and provides a more romantic sound signature. A great way to get lost in the music.
The Black Dragon pairs well with all genres, especially Classical, Blues, Rock & Roll, R&B, and anything with a toe-tapping beat like EDM and Dance music. That being said, the Black Dragon can be paired with many other genres as well. If you love to get lost in the music and want to feel like you are at the performance, then this is the cable for you. Are your headphones a little thin sounding and need more meat on the bones, give the Black Dragon a try. Hear those subsonic frequencies like never before.
Black Dragon Cable Design
The Black Dragon adapter cable offers the same wire geometry as the Black Dragon V2 Headphone Cable. Add even more flexibility to your headphone system by splitting your signal to multiple devices.
Black Dragon Cables are constructed with four 21.5AWG conductors. These Teflon-insulated conductors are stranded from pure, single-crystallized UP-OCC copper with a 7N purity level. That means more music, clarity, and sound quality in your ears.
Each conductor is composed of a special varying-size stranding, mixing in Kevlar stranding to reinforce the geometry. The result is a stronger cable that is less prone to failure from the constant flexing a headphone cable receives. The conductors are surrounded by cotton and a layer of Teflon tubing, then double-shielded and placed in a polyethylene jacket for further protection.
The connectors on all of our Dragon Cables are soldered directly to the conductors of the cable with Cardas silver solder for optimal performance. The splicing method used by other cable companies impedes performance by using inferior connections to stock cable connectors. We have gone the extra mile to develop our own plastic injection molds for hard-to-find connection options in order to provide the most reliable, high-quality cables for all of your high-end audio needs. If you can't find the connection system you desire, let us know!
We recommend pairing the Sennheiser Momentum 4 headphones with our Black Dragon Portable Headphone Cable for a wired listening experience. For spoken word on both the Denon AH-D5200 and Focal Celestee we recommend pairing our Blue Dragon Headphone cable. Tonality wise it is the most neutral and natural sounding of our dragon cable lineup. It will add clarity to the vocals without changing the tonality of the sound. Like cleaning your eyeglasses this cable will clean up the sound.
Why Dragon Cables? You’ve heard the saying that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, right? Well, the same applies to your brand-new audiophile-grade headphone or other audio components. The weakest link, in this case, is your stock cable or the cheap interconnects the manufacturer threw in the box just to get you up and running. Why is the cable always an afterthought, when it’s just as important as the rest of your system? At Moon Audio, we use the best raw materials in our cables to unveil your music. We believe the materials matter and your audio cables should have the same care and craftsmanship that manufacturers put into their audio components and headphones. Audio cables are ultimately the connection to your music. The fact remains that cabling is often considered the last priority to that of the main product and a means to cut down the overall production costs. It’s as simple as that.
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.
| Parameter | Specification |
|---|---|
| Physical Specifications | |
| Product Dimensions / Weight |
122mm / 4.80” (H) x 444mm / 17.48” (W) x 356mm / 14.02” (D) Allow extra depth for cable connectors 14 kg / 30.86 lbs |
| Finish | Black or silver painted machined aluminium with crystal LED display |
| Audio Specifications | |
| Digital-to-Analogue Conversion | dCS Ring DAC and Digital Processing Platform on flex-rigid PCB |
| Upsampling | Multi-stage DXD with switchable DSD (DSD, DSDx2) |
| Filters |
PCM Mode: Up to 6 filters per sample rate (trade-off between image rejection and transient response) DSD Mode: 4 filters + Filter 5 for improved transient response |
| Crossfeed Settings |
Standard crossfeed dCS Expanse 1 (E1) dCS Expanse 2 (E2) |
| MQA |
Full decoding and rendering of MQA data from Network and USB2 inputs. Final rendering of unfolded MQA data only from other inputs. |
| Technical Specifications | |
| Electronics Platform | StreamUnlimited Stream800 |
| Automatic Mains Voltage Switching | Yes |
| Digital Inputs |
2 x AES/EBU on 3-pin XLR, 44.1–192 kS/s (dual AES up to 384 kS/s) 1 x S/PDIF BNC Coax, 44.1–192 kS/s 1 x S/PDIF RCA, 44.1–192 kS/s 1 x Toslink Optical, 44.1–96 kS/s 1 x USB Type B, 44.1–384 kS/s PCM and DSD, DSDx2 Async Mode 1 x USB Type A for mass storage devices |
| Word Clock I/O |
2 x Word Clock Inputs on 75 Ω BNC connectors (TTL sensitive) 1 x Word Clock Output on 1 x BNC connector (TTL compatible, output in Master mode) |
| Software Updates | Downloaded via dCS Mosaic Control app |
| Local Control |
dCS Mosaic Control app for unit configuration and playback RS232 interface (via 3rd party automation) Optional dCS Universal Remote available |
| Residual Noise | Better than –113 dB0, 20 Hz - 20 kHz unweighted (6V output setting) |
| Spurious Responses | Better than –105 dB0, 20 Hz – 20 kHz |
| L-R Crosstalk | Better than –115 dB0, 20 Hz – 20 kHz |
- HMHooley M.Verified BuyerRated 5 out of 5 stars4 years agoBlack Dragon cable splitter and Blue Dragon headphone cable
I am using a Black Dragon cable splitter and a 10 foot Blue Dragon headphone cable for Audeze EL8 phones. When I compare the sound to the original Audeze cables, there is no doubt that the sound is much richer and that the music has an extraordinary depth that it lacked before using the new cables. The sense I have is that I am in a room with the musicians. Nothing is overbearing or obvious. It's just that the full range of differentiated sounds is there in a natural and non-confrontational way. I also note that the bass, mid, and treble are all clear and beautiful. I am playing vinyl using a ProJect basic turntable, through a Simaudio Moon 110 LP preamp, into a Soundcraft mixing board. I adjust the frequency ranges slightly using the analogue Soundcraft, as well as the special effects to add dimensionality to the perceived space. I am listening to classical and jazz. Flamenco. And occasionally country. All musical forms work extremely well. Great cables!
- SSStu S.Verified BuyerRated 5 out of 5 stars4 years agoBlack Dragon 1/4 Headphone Splitter Cable
Product is perfect. Sound is A1!!!!!!