This review is for the red nylon braided 3.5mm auxiliary audio cable. After putting the cable through its paces for a month, including a week-long road trip, I figured it was time to share my impressions. I have been using this cable primarily as an interconnect between a portable headphone amp and various audio sources (iphone, ipad, nintendo 3ds, etc).
PROS
+ Audio signal over the cable sounds fine. No hissing, popping, or other noticeable audio artifacts
+ Construction and materials feel solid. The metal caps over the end jacks feel well-secured and reasonably strong
+ The braided nylon sleeve looks great and feels nice to the touch. It also keeps the cable from getting tangled and knotted
+ The cardboard box packaging the cable comes in is much easier to open than a standard blister pack
CONS
- Nothing notable
Overall, I have been very pleased with this cable. I took it on the road with me for a week, pulling it in and out of various bags, moving around, etc. It's held up great so far. I could find nothing to complain about with the audio quality. Every audio source I used the cable with sounded fine. The audio jacks plug in with a slight click and enough pressure so they don't shake loose. Also of note, I own an iphone case that has a narrow opening for the audio plug, and I have had previous issues trying to plug cables in through it. The Anker cable fit without any problems. For those interested, I measured the small spacer between the actual plug and the thicker metal shell at ~5mm thick. The outer shell is ~7mm.
With all of the similarly priced cables that are available, I would consider the Anker cable a solid choice. It has held up great for me so far, and aesthetically, the metal plugs and red nylon braid make it look a step up from many other cables I researched.
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This Item  Anker 3.5mm Nylon Braided Auxiliary Audio Cable (4ft / 1.2m) Tangle-Free AUX Cable for Headphones, iPods, iPhones, iPads, Home/Car Stereos and More (Red) |  |  |  |  |  | |
| Price | Currently unavailable. | $7.99 | $8.99 | $24.99 | $5.28 | $19.09 |
| Delivery | — | Get it as soon as Monday, May 20 | Get it as soon as Monday, May 20 | Get it May 20 - 22 | Get it as soon as Monday, May 20 | Get it as soon as Monday, May 20 |
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| Sold By | — | UGREEN GROUP LIMITED | UGREEN GROUP LIMITED | eDragon, Inc. | Nanxudyj | Amazon.com |
| cable type | — | Aux Audio Cable | AUX | AUX | 3.5mm Male to Male Cable | AUX |
| connector type | Auxiliary | Auxiliary | Auxiliary | Stereo Audio | Male to Male, Auxiliary | Other |
| connector gender | — | Male-to-Male | Male-to-Male | Male-to-Male | Male-to-Male | Other |
| cable length | 4 feet feet | — | — | 50 feet feet | 30 centimeters | 5 feet |
| compatible devices | Tablet, Laptop, Speaker, Smartphone | Tablet, Laptop, Speaker, Television, DVD Player, Personal Computer, Smartphone | Tablet, Laptop, Speaker, Television, Personal Computer, Smartphone | Smartphone | Headphones,Tablets,Intelligent mobile phone,Car/Home Stereos, Speaker,and More | Speaker |
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Premium, Heavy, Quality Aux Cable; Warranty Replacement Working Great!
This Aux cable was initially great; I used it with my Galaxy S3 and S4, and the resulting sound was great, the cable looks & felt heavy/premium, and the braided nylon cable jacket is apparently durable. It's long enough to reach the mobile phone/tablet of anybody in our 5.7L Crew Cab Tundra. It arrived boxed in easy-open packaging; it initially appeared that the Anker brand has the same high quality standards as Inateck, so we were very pleased with this purchase. Will update if any issues present themselves, but initially, we gave this a full five stars. Highly recommended!Update: about 4 months after purchase, the cable began to fail, functioning only intermittently, and I threw it away because it stopped functioning entirely. I lowered my rating to two stars because of the abysmal reliability.Update: in late March of 2017, Anker sent me a replacement due to my negative reliability experience with this product.It has functioned flawlessly since then, so I've adjusted my rating back up to 4/5 stars.Thanks for the great, proactive customer satisfaction work, Anker! Better late than never!
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