Denon AH-D1100 headphone cord.

Buy one of those "3.5mm stereo to two RCA plug" cables that are meant for connecting portable CD and MP3 players to home stereos. These are almost always two single-conductor shielded cables, bonded together like lamp cord. With a bit of care you can "unzip" them into separate leads. Sometimes there is a molded block near the 2 RCA plugs to prevent the cable from unzipping too far; you'd have to cut this away, or cut the cable past this point.

Drawbacks are that this cable won't be as flexible as a real official headphone cable, and that sometimes these cables are harder to find in lengths over six feet. (All Electronics has a 12 foot one, CB-406, for $2.25. It does have the molded block you'd have to work around.)

This will also work. Cheap computer speakers may be another source, but the really cheap ones seem to have relatively short cords.

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Matt Roberds

Hi Arfa

Good point about saving the ends. That's something I would have thought of after I cut the cord!

Hi Matt,

Thanks for the good suggestions. If I can't find a suitable cord from an old pair of headphones, I'll try the miniplug to RCA adapter.

I wound up using a miniplug to RCA adapter and that worked pretty well. The cord is a little shorter but an extension cord is less than $5 so that all worked out very well.

Cool. Thanks for posting the results!

Matt Roberds

You're welcome!