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Black Dragon IEM V1 Cable (2 Pin)
$150.00 USDBlack Dragon IEM V1 Cable (2 Pin)
Upgrade your 2-pin in-ear monitors with a Black Dragon IEM V1 Cable. The Black Dragon will open up your IEMs and let them breathe easier. The Black Dragon has a warmer sound signature than the Silver Dragon, providing a more musical presentation with added bottom-end weight. You get a fuller sound and a smoother top end without sacrificing detail. The Black Dragon is appropriate for most genres, but works especially well with Electronica, Dance, Pop, Rap, R&B, and other music where a big, bold presentation is desired..
Find a list of compatible IEMs in the Specification section.
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.
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.
2-Pin Connections
This cable now includes 2 types of 2-pin connections. The first is for Custom & Universal IEMs that include memory wire for a 2-pin connection option. This is typically used for IEMs like JH Audio, Noble Audio, Empire Ears, and many others that utilize a cable that wraps around the ear.
The second option was specifically designed for the new Audeze IEMs. Such as Audeze iSine10, iSine20 & LCD-i4 with a 2-pin connection that offers a locking channel and no memory wire for a direct drop-down cable from the IEMs.
Cable Design
This cable features a coaxial design utilizing a 99.99998% UP-OCC stranded silver 26AWG center conductor for the positive leg. The center conductor uses Kevlar reinforcing and 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 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.
Connecting the Black Dragon IEM Cable
- Red: Right Channel
- Blue: Left Channel
- Dots should always point up
With the red dot facing upward, slide the connector straight into the right IEM until flush with the shell. Repeat with the blue dot and the left IEM.
Hack Your Headphones
Dragon Cables are an easy do-it-yourself upgrade to your favorite headphones with detachable cables. With a wide array of connection options, a plug-and-play cable is just a few clicks away.
We also offer custom headphone hacks for your hard-wired cans, like many Grado, Sennheiser, or AKG headphones. For more information on custom headphone modifications, visit our Hack Your Headphones portal.
Clear | Detailed
- 99.99998% UP-OCC stranded silver 26AWG center conductor and 99.99998% UP-OCC silver-plated single crystallized UP-OCC pure copper-stranded 26AWG Outer conductor
- The Silver Dragon maximizes the amount of detail, clarity, and instrument separation you get from your music.
Warm | Flexible
- 4 x 99.99998% UP-OCC Copper Conductors
- The Black Dragon provides a warmer tonality, more musical presentation, and improved 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 | Adapter |
| Product Features | |
| Application | IEM, Earphone |
| Sound Signature | Warm and Musical |
| Break-In Time | 40 Hours |
| Compatible 2-Pin IEMs | |
| Alien Ears | C1000, C2, C3, CFR3, G8, G10, G12, G16 |
| Audeze | LCD-i3, LCD-i4, iSINE20, iSINE10, iSINE VR, iSINE LX |
| Aurisonics | ASG-2, ASG-1.5, ASG-2.5, AS-1 |
| Custom Art | Harmony 8, Harmony 8 Pro |
| Dita | Perpetua, Awesome Truth, The Answer, Dream XLS, The Twins: Fealty, The Twins: Fidelity |
| EarSonics | S-EM6, EM2-iF1, SM64, SM3 v2, SM2 v2, SM1 |
| Empire Ears | Bravado MKII, ESR MKII, EVR MKII, Hero, Legend X, Legend EVO, ODIN, Phantom, Valkyrie MKII, Wraith |
| Etymotic | Evo |
| Final Audio | A4000, A3000 |
| Fir Audio | Xenon 6, Krypton 5, M5, VxV, Neon 4, M4, X2 |
| Flipears | Aiden, Aisha, Aim |
| Future Sonics | MG6 HX, MG5 FX, MG5 HX, MG5 PRO, MG6 PRO |
| In Ear | StageDriver 4, 4s, 3, 3s, 2, 2s, 1, 1s |
| INEARZ | Utopia, Nirvana |
| JH Audio | JH 16 Pro, JH 13 Pro, JH 11 Pro, JH10X3 Pro, JH10 Pro, JH7 Pro, JH5 Pro, JH3X, JH5, JH10X3, JH11, AFR, JH13, JH16 |
| Lear | LUF-BD4-2 |
| Moon Drop | Stellaris, Solis, Illumination, S8, A8, Variations, Blessing 2: Dusk, Blessing 2, KATO, KATO (blue), Starfield, KXXS, Aria |
| Noble Audio | Kublai Khan, Sultan, Khan, Kadence, Jade, DXII, Tux 5, Zephyr |
| Oriolus | Traillii, Szalayi, Mallianus, Crassirostris, Isabellae |
| QDC | Anole VX, 8SS, 8SH, Plus all other models |
| Rooth | LS2, LS3, LS4, LS-X5, LS6, LS8, LS8+ |
| SeeAudio | Kaguya, Neo, Bravery, Yume |
| 64 Audio | Fourte, U12t, Nio, Duo, U18s, U18t, Trio, U6t, Qi, V2, V3, V6, V6-Stage |
| Softears | Turii Ti |
| Symphonium Audio | Helios, Triton |
| Thie Audio | Monarch MKII, Monarch, Clairvoyance, V16, Voyager, Oracle, Excalibur |
| Ultimate Ears | UE1 Pro, UE4 Pro, UE7 Pro, UE10 Pro, UE 11 Pro |
| Vision Ears | Phonix, EXT, Elysium, Eve, VE Series |
| Unique Melody | Mason FS Le Jardin, Mason Fabled Sound, Mason FuSang, MEST MKII, Mini MEST, MEST Indigo, Red Halo Fe, UM MEXT, 3D Terminator 3DT, UM Maven, Mavon Pro, UM 3DT, Mentor V3+, Mirage, Miracle 2 |
| Westone | ES Series, AC Series, EAS Series, 4R, UM2, UM3X |
| Compatible 4-Pin IEMs | |
| JH Audio Custom IEMs | 13v2, 13v2 Pro, 16v2, 16v2 Pro, Angie, Layla, Lola, Roxanne, Sharona |
| Warranty Information | |
| Coverage | One-Year Limited Warranty |
| Protection | Against Material or Manufacturing Defects |
- GSGord S.Verified BuyerRated 4 out of 5 stars4 years agoLives up to hype.
Sound and construction quality live up to the excellent standard I have found in their other cables I’ve bought. Only wish that it was visually a bit more appealing. Maybe a small point but as robust as the cable is it looks somewhat like what cheap ear buds come with. Even a plain plastic jacket would look much better on a otherwise excellent premium cable.
- PPeterRated 3 out of 5 stars5 years agoBlack Dragon IEM V1 Headphone Cable (2 Pin)
Fast shipment.Thanks. I found the cable too stiff and the 4.4mm jack too big for my DAP. No right angle jack option was available.
- CChristianVerified BuyerRated 5 out of 5 stars5 years agoBlack Dragon IEM V1 Headphone Cable (2 Pin)
This is my first balanced cable from Moon Audio. I have been using the aftermarket cable which I paid 300 USD for. I figured I wanted to upgrade to balanced with this cable. My god what a difference! The 300 USD I used before is not worth the price once you hear this Black dragon headphone cable. I hear nuances I didn't hear before. The cable is lush instrument separation is impressive to say the least and vocals are buttery with an inviting warm signature. At least that's what I hear. I cannot recommend this cable enough. It has really changed the music for me. I hear tunes that I didn't think very highly of before and I am very picky with which tunes I mostly listen to. Give this cable a chance you will not be disappointed! Thanks Drew for making such excellent products. You have a steady customer from now on.
- AADRated 4 out of 5 stars5 years agoBlack Dragon IEM V1 Headphone Cable (2 Pin)
Great upgrade I am pleased with the sound of my 1969 Ears with the black dragon the low end is much better and the music is very clear even coming from an IPhone through an Allen& Heath ZED 10fx.
- GGVerified BuyerRated 5 out of 5 stars5 years agoBlack Dragon IEM V1 Headphone Cable (2 Pin)
I tried both IEM cables and prefer the silver dragon. The sound is just smooth musical and great overall.