Dragon Cables
Black Dragon Premium Cable for Sony Headphones
$425.00 USDBring your Sony MDR Z1R, MDR Z7, and MDR Z7 MKII headphones to the next level with a Black Dragon Premium Cable. Sony headphones are on the warmer side, but if you crave a warm, full, and robust sound, the Black Dragon will deliver. UP-OCC copper strands in this cable will enhance the body, shape, and immediacy of your music while making the midrange sound more musical. This cable will also smooth out the top end without sacrificing detail. This versatile cable works well with most genres, particularly Rock and Roll, Pop, R&B, and Electronica. If your goal is an engaging and immersive sound that gives you that "I'm there" feeling, you'll want to pair your Sony headphones with a Black Dragon.
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 Sony headphones all over again!
Compatible with these Sony headphones: MDR Z1R, MDR Z7, and MDR Z7 MKII.
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.
Black Dragon and Sony
The Black Dragon is designed to add warmth and richness to the bottom end without losing any clarity in the sound signature. The Black Dragon will smooth out the top end and provide a fuller presentation with more weight to the sound.
Sony Connectors
Sony headphones primarily use one of three headphone connectors. This premium cable is available in your choice of the standard 3.5mm connector or the screw-type 3.5mm connector.
3.5mm Standard
Compatible with MDR-Z1R, MDR-Z7
3.5mm Screw Type
Compatible with MDR-Z1R, MDR-Z7
3.5mm Single Entry
Compatible with MDR-1A, MDR-1AM2
Cable Design
Most stock headphone cables are made of poor ultra thin conductors that work as a bottleneck for the sound but the Black Dragon Premium headphone cable uses 4 x 21.5AWG Teflon insulated stranded conductors using pure single crystallized UP-OCC pure copper with 7N purity 99.99998%. Yes, you will be able to hear and see the difference in our hand-crafted cables!
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 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.
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.