Dragon Cables
Black Dragon Premium Cable for Focal Stellia Headphones
$425.00 USDTake your Focal Stellia headphones to the next level with a Black Dragon Premium Cable. We feel that the copper-based Black Dragon is the right match for the Stellia's beryllium driver, which gives these headphones a more analytical nature. The smooth, musical quality of the Black Dragon pairs well with this type of sound. While the Stellia's top end is not sharp, it is on the forward side. The Black Dragon provides the right balance to the sound with more musicality to the top end without sacrificing detail. A versatile cable that works well with most genres, the Black Dragon pairs especially well with music with a big, bold presentation, such as Rock and Roll, Electronica, R&B, and Pop.
The Black Dragon Premium Cable features 4 x 21.5AWG Teflon-insulated stranded conductors using pure single crystallized UP-OCC pure copper with 7N purity 99.99998%. Dragon Premium cables offer the same quality construction as our standard Dragon cables, but with extras like Mundorf Msolder SUPREME SilverGold and premium rhodium-plated Furutech connectors that look and feel great while enhancing your listening pleasure. Get ready for a truly immersive experience that will make you fall in love with your Focal Stellia headphones all over again!
Compatible with the Focal Celestee, Clear, Clear Pro, Clear Mg, Clear Mg Pro, Elear, Elegia, Radiance, and Stellia headphones.
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.
The Premium Difference
Premium Dragon Cables offer the same quality construction as the standard line, featuring UP-OCC 99.99998% pure conductors and matching cable designs with a few upgrades. Cardas Silver Solder is replaced with Mundorf MSolder SUPREME Silver-Gold mix at every connection point, and premium Furutech Rhodium connectors are included to enhance the look, feel and listening pleasure of all your hifi music sessions. When you are trying to squeeze out every last percentage point of performance, the Premium version makes sense. The Furutech Top Line connectors are quite simply the best made, and every point of signal saturation makes a difference.
Is there a night and day difference between the sound quality of the standard and premium? No. Is the Premium the best of the best? Yes. These cables are meant for cream-of-the-crop headphones where every detail makes a difference in bringing you closer to audio bliss.
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.
Cable Design
The Black Dragon uses 4 x 21.5AWG Teflon-insulated stranded conductors using pure single crystallized UP-OCC pure copper with 7N purity 99.99998%. Each conductor is made up of a special varying size stranding geometry. The copper stranding is mixed with Kevlar stranding to reinforce the conductor making it stronger overall and less prone to failure due to the harsh constant flexing a headphone cable receives. The conductors are then surrounded by cotton and then a layer of Teflon tape. This V2 version is now also shielded and placed in a polyethylene jacket for further protection.
The wire is soldered to the connector with high-quality silver solder. The default 1/4" plug is the new Furutech CF-763. Furutech’s beautifully finished, beautiful sounding CF-763 connectors are the result of meticulous engineering and careful audition of various suitable materials. The CF-763 features a Nonmagnetic Rhodium-plated α (Alpha) phosphor bronze conductor and Fluoropolymer insulation for minimal impedance and a nonmagnetic stainless and carbon fiber finished housing for superior damping.
For XLR connections there are two options. The first, the FP-601M（R) XLR, uses a beryllium copper and phosphor bronze α (Alpha) conductor; the body is a copper alloy with PVDF fluoropolymer insulation. The second option is the top-of-the-line CF-601M（R）XLR, which utilizes an α (Alpha) beryllium copper and phosphor bronze rhodium-plated conductor with carbon fiber and nonmagnetic stainless steel housing. The body is PVDF Fluoropolymer insulation with a specially designed cable strain relief.
Black Dragon and Focal Stellia
The Black Dragon is designed to add warmth and richness to the bottom end without losing any clarity in the sound signature. The Focal Stellia is very smooth but still has the analytical detail of the Utopia, so we recommend the Black Dragon as the best match for this headphone. The Black Dragon will smooth out the top end and provide a fuller presentation with more weight to the sound.
Focal Connectors
Most Focal headphones use a 3.5mm locking connector. This headphone connector is compatible with the Focal Celestee, Clear, Elear, Elegia, Radiance, and Stellia headphones. The Utopia uses a different connector.
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.
Cable Design
- Conductors
- 4 x 21.5AWG
- Material
- 99.99998% UP-OCC Copper
- Construction
- Varying Size Stranding
- Solder
- Mundorf MSolder SUPREME Silver-Gold mix
- Shielding
- Aluminum Foil, Braided Wire Shield
- Jacket
- Black Polyethylene
- Format
- Dual Entry (Y-type)
- Connector
- 3.5mm Locking
Features
- Application
- Fullsize Headphone
- Sound Signature
- Warm & Musical
- Break-In Time
- 40 Hours
Dragon Audio Cables are covered by a one-year limited warranty against material or manufacturing defects. For more information, visit our Warranty Terms page.