CNCESS CESS-075-1f Heavy Duty Waterproof Phono RCA Male to Male Patch Cable (1 FT)

I am lucky enough to have recently bought a DarkVoice 336SE headphone tube amp and I needed a way to connect it to my JDS Labs EL AMP/DAC stack. Thankfully, JDS Labs seen fit to add a pair of RCA out jacks to their EL AMP and I was able to simply add another interconnect to make it all work. Prior to this I had been using some basic (but rather hefty) Monoprice interconnect cables. However, when I bought the new amp I decided that I wanted to try something a little bit better. I jumped online, did some research on quality interconnects, and ended up buying two pairs (3 ft and 6 inch) of these CESS cables. The smaller 6 inch cable works very well as a basic pre-amp jumper and the 3 ft cable was used to connect both the tube and solid state amps. I'll go ahead and get this out of the way right now. These are very good interconnect cables and well worth the asking price. Both the cables and the gold-plated plugs are covered with a soft, rubber outer sleeve that's waterproof and that helps protect from short circuits and loosening over time. My previous Monoprice cables were stiff and it was a pain to position them the way I wanted. These CESS cables don't have that problem as they're extremely flexible, are easily placed, and sound just as good if not better than the Monoprice. Overall, I am extremely happy with my purchase. Not only do these interconnect cables sound great but they're easy to work with and, for those of you out there who care, they're manufactured in the state of California.

I keep buying this brand's cables for over a year in other longer lengths. I think they are truly the best bang for your buck.

Good quality

I use Schiit Modi D/A as a replacement for crappy sound cards on phone and PCs. This thing is super quiet and sounds great. It needs a little boost so I have a Schiit Magni Headphone amp connected to it. These are my interconnections. See photo. These sit on top of one another so I needed something short. These fit the bill and work great! Another thing that I added was this device: Avantree Oasis Plus Bluetooth Transmitter & Receiver for TV. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BQYYDNJ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Then I can hook my Sonos Roam bluetooth speaker to the Avantree and it is a great sounding PC or iPhone without the HISSSSSSSSS. Not quite as good as headphones though... These interconnects rock though. Sorry for the long post about my setup. I thought it would be nice to share how the interconects are used.

These cables are listed at 6 inches long. The cable between the RCA plugs is 6 inches. Overall length is just under 11 inches - see the photos of the cables with the tape measure. There are not many sources I have found for midget cables this length and I was happy to find these. They fit well, are well made, sound fine and eliminate “cable salad” created by any interconnect longer than these cables. I use an iFI Zen Air Can M99 tuned for the Meze 99 Classic headphones. It’s a solid setup sound wise but I needed to add an A/B switch to toggle between my two headphone sources. I use Tidal streamed music from a BlueOs Node 2i and a legacy McIntosh MVP 861 CD player. I added a Schiit Sys A/B switch ((Schiit calls it a preamp - that’s Schiit - it’s an A/B switch) for the two sources listed above. But I needed a midget cable. I had a 3 foot Tributaries RCA cable connected initially and it looked ridiculous all zip tied up. This pair of CESS “6 inch” (really 11 inch) cables was a great solution. Hope that helps!

These are a good set of RCA cables. They span the listed distance where bendable, so they are in total length slightly longer than the notation. This works out well for spanning the required distances. I have the 3ft and 6in models one for running from my headphone amp to my speakers, the other for running between my DAC and said amp. I could actually have used shorter cables for the headphone amp connection to powered speakers, but the longer cable means more flexibility in the future for adding passive speakers and an amp. The cables are not too stiff and not too floppy. They won't stay as you bend them like some, but they won't go all over the place either. Overall I am quite pleased and the only minor gripe I have is that they (like so many other things) cost money. Considering how much you can spend on cables, however, these are a good (not-quite-amazing) value.

First order had a bad cable. Only had audio from one channel and messing with the cables would make the sound cut in and out. Tried one more time and the second set of cables worked perfectly. Good option for short 6" cables. I have them connecting my JDS Stack (Dac + Amp). There might be some QC issues but when the cable works, they work well.

I have a boat that has a remote stereo and separate amplifier next to each other, but down in a bilge area. The boat manufacturer used run-of-the-mill tinned RCA cables (i.e. not waterproof, leaving a lot of exposed metal) to connect the two units together. I operate the boat in a marine environment, and even though these cables aren’t directly exposed to water, the surrounding salt air is incredibly corrosive to metal. The manufacturer’s RCA cables corroded within just a few months, virtually welding the connections together. The solid construction of these new cables gives me some confidence that they will hold up better over time. To be on the safe side I used a little dielectric grease and wrapped the connection point on the stereo’s pigtail with silicon tape to provide further protection, so between that and the sturdy looking sleeves that the silicon tape adhered to very well, I am not expecting to have a repeat of the mess I ended up with from the manufacturer’s inexpensive generic patch cables.

Excellent quality.

Just what I needed

Buena calidad para alta definición

These cables are excellent! Lovely sound & nice tight connections at a great price. I've a few versions from the same manufacturer & it's well worth the wait for them to be delivered from the USA to the UK - Highly Recommended.

Build quality is ok. Sounds slightly better than the generic free cables. For this price, its a ok product.