T+A Solitaire T Headphone Cable HCT

Solitaire T Headphone Cables, by T+A.

T+A offers cables with various connectors for their Solitaire T headphones; the HCT 3.5, and the HCT 4.4.

HCT 3.5

Equipped with a 3.5 mm jack plug connection. The jack is regarded as the most popular and frequent connector to date. However, this design is not symmetrical as the left and right channel are not separated. The HCT 3.5 is available in 1.40 m length only.

HCT 4.4

This version is equipped with a 4.4 mm Pentaconn connector. Its symmetrical wiring allows for a complete separation of the left and right channel. Severing the ground connection between both channels renders any adverse influences on sound quality which might arise in non-separated systems such as the standard jack plug all but impossible.

The Pentaconn connector offers the best contact quality, compared to other jack plugs. All contacts are hard gold-plated and free of ferromagnetic materials. The HCT 4.4 headphone cable is available in 1.40 m and 3.00 m lengths.

Technology

Designing headphone cables is a completely different engineering task than designing speaker cables. Speaker cables have to deal with high currents and voltages, while headphones do the exact opposite: they work with lower currents and voltages. High quality materials and carefully meticulous design processes are prerequisites for making refined and accurate sounding headphone cables.

Specifications

• Model: HCT 3.5 / HCT 4.4
• Source Connectors: 3.5 mm Jack / 4.4 mm Pentaconn.
• Headphone Connectors: 2.2 mm, 4-Pole.
• Length: 1.40 m, 3.00 m
• Contacts: Gold-Plated, High-Purity Brass

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