the sssnake PFP2050

Headphone extensions have caused my hours of problems in my studio over the years, cheap cables just aren't worth the money, if they're not cutting out its a loose connection and headphones are taped into the socket, noise or any number of other complaints. It was thoroughly refreshing to find these well priced extensions that actually met criteria. They have handy little latches to stop artists/musicians wandering off and pulling cans out of the socket, they are made well (none have broken as of yet) and best yet, if they do break, you can simply unscrew the end and repair it yourself in seconds, none of this moulded nonsense. The sound is clean and noise free, would and will buy again.

I don't know when people started labelling these 1/4" jacks as 'headphone jacks', but I must have missed the memo. Great cable, but not what I wanted.

You are FAR better to have a mini-jack or 3.5mm jack headphone extension cable, so that it will fit most headphone outputs. You can safely just use an adapter to step-it-up, if you come across a 1/4" socket.

But the opposite is not true - 1/4" to mini-jack step-down adapters can easily break. So this cable is pretty worthless unless you know you will only ever want to plug it into a 1/4" headphone socket.

So personally I would never have labelled this 1/4" jack as a 'headphone extension'. In fact, I don't think I've ever used a pair of headphones that have been fitted with a 1/4" jack.

Anyway, good cable, but ensure it is what you're looking for.

We have all been there

In the studio and your client is standing in a comfortable position in front of the microphone ready to go and you remember to get them headphones.... except the cable for the DT150s is only a couple of meters long and they are just out of reach.... woops!

This cable is awesome! It has a lock on it so it wont ever come out (People tend to walk off mid session to get their phone from where they are charging it and forget they are plugged in). It allows your artist to be in the optimal position at all times and it lets you rest assured that your expensive headphones arn't going to get tanked out of your expensive headphone amp or monitor controller.

The best time to use these are for recording drums. Before i got this cable i had to setup my recording desk right next to the drummer which not only cramps him up, it also destroys my ears after a 10 hour session!

This way he can have his space to do his thing and I can do mine. This is also great for any of your drummers trying to run a click track live, it would be great to be next to the laptop at all times buy tiny venues make this almost impossible. Get your guitarist to set the click tracks going and you can chill with your headphone extender.

This cable also comes in handy for applications it wasnt designed for. Always carry one of these in your gig bag! As a session guitarist sometimes you cant be right next to your amp (especially at bigger shows) and you need and extra couple of meters. Sure its not going to be as good as your guitar cable but after you distort it and run it through 10 pedals i don't think you will notice.

Pros:
Amazing price
The most useful thing for the studio
Locking feature protects gear and nuisance singers
Sounds great

Cons:
None

Every studio needs one! Make sure you have yours ready!