Danacable’s Lazuli Voila 2 is on headphone.guru’s 2025 award list as Price-No-Object Accessory of the Year.
“I fully endorse the Danacable Lazuli™ Voilà II Headphone Cable and would recommend it to any SUSVARA owner, more so to those with the SUSVARA UNVEILED, as they are more capable of showing the shortcomings of the audio supply chain.”
– Gary Alan Barker, headphone.guru, May 2025
Danacable is introducing the latest addition to its “voiced” cable line-up: Designed for the Hifiman Susvara OG as well as the Susvara Unveiled, the Lazuli Voilà 2 is crafted with separate left and right channels from the ear cups to the amp end to yield an even more expansive and pinpointed soundstage than the Voilà. For the introductory period until July 31, a standard 2m Lazuli Voila 2, MSRP $5495, will be priced at $4995. Read Gary Alan Barker’s review on Headphone.guru.
Danacable’s new line of universal headphone cable, the Lazuli Symphony, also features separate left and right channels from the ear cups to the amp end for a more expansive and pinpointed soundstage, compared to the Lazuli Nirvana. Until July 31, a standard 2m Lazuli Symphony, MSRP $4495, will be priced at $3995. Read austinpop’s review of the Lazuli Symphony on Audiophile Style.
We are pleased to announce that starting in 2025, Danacable will carry adapters hand-made by Affinity in Singapore. Contact us at gingko@gingkoaudio.com for more information.
As a special offer from now until end of July, Danacable customers who purchase a Lazuli Symphony FC or Lazuli Nirvana FC (for Focal Utopia headphones) will receive, at no extra cost, an Affinity adapter to enjoy their cable with other headphones they may own. These customers may pick one of the following adapters:
To take advantage of this special offer, the selection must be specified during checkout, in the Note field at the bottom of the checkout form.
Similarly, Danacable customers who purchase the Lazuli Symphony HF-SE or Lazuli Nirvana HF-SE (for headphones with 3.5mm ear cup connectors such as the HifiMan HE1000SE) will receive at no extra cost an Affinity adapter to use with other headphones they may own. The options here are:
The high quality of these adapters means they will not degrade the performance of our headphone cables.
Interested customers who have purchased a Lazuli Nirvana FC or HF-SE from Danacable should contact us at gingko@gingkoaudio.com.
Handcrafted in the USA using copper and silver wires in a variety of sheathing options, Danacable’s Lazuli™ cables have long been known among headphone lovers as the go-to cables for many popular headphone models.
Danacable’s new line of “voiced” Lazuli™ cables is custom designed to bring out the best in each “top of the line” (TOTL) headphone while retaining its sound signature. We introduced the Lazuli Voilà for the Hifiman Susvara at the NYC Canjam in March 2024, followed by the Lazuli Vocalise for the Abyss 1266 and the Lazuli Poème for the Focal 2022 Utopia in September, and finally, the Lazuli Rêve for the Audeze LCD-5 in October. In June of this year, we added the Lazuli Voilà 2, “voiced” for the HifiMan Susvara Unveiled and Susvara Original.
The combination of a TOTL headphone and the matching Lazuli “voiced” cable, driven by a powerful amplifier such as the DanaTone™ Head Space™, a reference-level DAC, and quality interconnect and power cables can be the last headphone setup one needs to own.
Read Gary Alan Barker’s review of the Lazuli™ Voilà in the March 2024 issue of Headphone.guru:
“….definitely raises the bar for the HIFIMAN SUSVARA, from what you would expect from a $6,000 headphone to what you expect from a price-is-no-object headphone, competing favorably with the best in electrostatic headphones.”
“As advertised, the Lazuli Voilà opens up the SUSVARA for use with any genre of music without compromising the performance with the genres it was designed for, moving the SUSVARA from the category of a great headphone to that of a spectacular headphone.”
Read Gary Alan Barker’s review of the Lazuli™ Voilà 2 in the May 2024 issue of Headphone.guru:
“The phase linearity and current capacity of the Voilà II bring the SUSVARA to a whole new level of performance, especially when it comes to the low frequencies where control is so difficult… I fully endorse the Danacable Lazuli™ Voilà II Headphone Cable and would recommend it to any SUSVARA owner, more so to those with the SUSVARA UNVEILED, as they are more capable of showing the shortcomings of the audio supply chain.”
Read Peter Pialis’s review of the Lazuli™ Vocalise in the September 2024 issue of Headphone.guru:
“This cable is able to simply bring the best from these world-class headphones and if you simply want the best, then look no further than the Dana Cables Lazuli Vocalise for the Abyss AB1266 Phi TC! Everything across the board was improved, from a more forward and earthy mid-range to more treble detail without any sense of stridency and improved sound staging, you really can have it all”
Here is a YouTube video review of the Lazuli Poème by Wave Theory.
Read Gary Alan Barker’s review of the Lazuli™ Rêve in the September 2024 issue of Headphone.guru:
“We are not talking about a change in tonal balance, or the basic sonic characteristics of the LCD-5, but just more of everything, more detail, more dynamics, more tonality, more soundstage, and significantly tighter bass (not less bass, faster bass, more controlled).”
“All in all, I consider the Danacable Lazuli Rêve Headphone Cable a sound investment and well worth consideration, two thumbs up.”
Our Lazuli Rhapsody receives Headphone.guru’s 2023 Cable of The Year Award:
“The Danacable Lazuli Rhapsody Headphone Cable did everything a cable is supposed to do, improved clarity, dynamic range, and musicality without making a noticeable impact on timbre and tonal balance, in other words, it does not add its own sound to the mix.” – Gary Alan Baker, DANACABLE LAZULI RHAPSODY HEADPHONE CABLE – A DIRECT CONNECTION
To commemorate this award, we will offer 15% off all Lazuli Rhapsody models until December 31, 2023.
Based on input from our headphone aficionados, Danacable is introducing the Lazuli Rhapsody, a new line of headphone cables.
The Lazuli Rhapsody has the same wire complement as the Lazuli Ultra but uses a braided design with improved sonic performance and more flexibility (the Lazuli Ultra model is discontinued). The Rhapsody comes standard with Furutech connects, has two cloth-based sheathing options (all silver or all brown), and is available in 2-meter or 3-meter lengths.
Headphone.guru Gary Alan Barker gave the new Lazuli Rhapsody a “Two Thumbs Up” in a new review (Headphone.guru, September 2023): “The Danacable Lazuli Rhapsody Headphone Cable did everything a cable is supposed to do, improved clarity, dynamic range, and musicality without making a noticeable impact on timbre and tonal balance, in other words, it does not add its own sound to the mix.”
From now through the end of September, you can get a 15% discount on 2-meter Lazuli Rhapsody standard cables (US$ 1954 instead of US$ 2299).
“Listeners looking for the very best in reproduction will find the Head-Space is able to deliver exceptional performance for both speakers and headphones and competes with the best amplification out there whether its tube or solid-state” – Frank Iaccone, Headphone.guru 2021 Product of the Year Awards
“A serious contender for accessory of the year and gets my highest recommendation for enthusiasts who want to hear everything their transducer can produce.” – Frank Iaccone, Headphone.guru 2021 Product of the Year Awards, November 2021
Danacable introduced Lazuli cables for headphones at the SoCal CanJam in 2016. Our first Lazuli featured more than 600 individual strands of OFC copper Litz wires and was a hit at the show. After a direct A/B comparison between the Lazuli and the stock cable for the HifiMan HE-1000 headphones, show-goers universally agreed that the Lazuli represented a significant upgrade from the stock cable. Rave reviews soon followed from Jack Skowron of Headphone Guru , from Jay Luong of Audio Bacon, and from FLTWS on Head-Fi.
Capitalizing on that successful introduction, in October 2016, Dana Robbins came out with a Lazuli Reference cable that doubled the number of OFC copper wires to >1200 strands and created a buzz on the Head-Fi Forums. Danacable’s reputation as a leading after-market for hi-end headphones was reinforced by reviews by Dave Hanson of Enjoy The Music, by Gary Alan Barker and Peter Pialis of Headphone Guru. In March 2017, Jay Luong of Audio Bacon picked the Lazuli Reference as the best cable for Focal’s ever popular Utopia, establishing it as the go-to cable for the Utopia.
Not resting on his laurels, Dana came out with the Lazuli Ultra in early 2018 with even more OFC copper wires and a touch of silver for a more extended top end. It was featured in reviews by One Old Audiophile on Audio Bacon and FLTWS on Head-Fi.
In October 2018, at the Rocky Mountain Audiofest, Dana unveiled the top-of-the-line, state-of-the-art Lazuli Nirvana to universal praises by everyone who heard it. The Lazuli Nirvana is a hybrid design that builds on our experience with the Lazuli Ultra. It consists of 33% more copper than the Ultra and a full 100% more than the Reference, with the optimal complement of silver to achieve the lowest possible measurements of resistance, inductance, and capacitance. By adding more conductors we reduce the resistance and inductance, but the intra-capacitance within the signal and inter-capacitance between the L/R signals increase, which in turn affect the treble performance and limit the left to right separation.
With the weave design, the intra/inter signal capacitance is reduced by a factor of 40 to 1! With more copper and silver, the Nirvana has about 2.5% of the capacitance of the Lazuli Ultra and Lazuli Reference. As a result, the listener will hear the following effects:
Reviews by Jay Luong of Audio Bacon and Eric Neff of Headphone Guru followed, further cementing Danacable as the ultimate after-market headphone cable of choice!
In 2021, we introduced two new headphones models: The UltraLite for portable applications and the Lazuli Reference Plus, slotted in prices between the popular Lazuli Reference and the Lazuli Ultra. Both the UltraLite and the Reference Plus have a combination of copper and silver wires that produces the best top-end extension while retaining the Danacable “house sound”.
As of January 2022, we have discontinued the original Lazuli category. The UltraLite is now the entry-level Lazuli model. We have started a new category for the Lazuli RAAL, designed specifically for RAAL headphones.
So which Lazuli cable is right for your headphones? The Lazuli UltraLite, starting at $799, is a good place to start to see if you like the “Lazuli” sound. The most popular model and a sweet spot in our product line is the Lazuli Reference, which starts at $999 for a 2-meter length. Most of our customers are quite happy with it for a long time. For more “laid-back” headphones like the Audeze LCD headphones, the silver in the Lazuli Reference Plus will add sparkles to the top frequencies. If you want an even more extended top end, the Lazuli Ultra is the right choice. But if you only want the best performance from your hi-end headphones, the Lazuli Nirvana will put you in audio heaven.
Most importantly, to ensure that there is only one kind of Danacable customers – delighted ones – all Danacable products carry a 30-day money back guarantee (if you return the product within the 30-day period, you pay shipping both ways and the PayPal transaction fee on the refund).
The Lazuli Nirvana provides a deep-rooted sense of musical immersion and envelopment. From a technical view, these qualities reminded me of an upgrade in amplification – more depth, better separation, more grip, and appreciable harmonic structure.
(The Lazuli Nirvana) deliver(s) what you are seeking; that last measure of transparency, air, and clarity that we all chase, but seldom find.
(the Nirvana) gives a more 3D like impression to instruments and vocalists with a good recording, almost a sculpted effect, especially with smaller sized chamber and Jazz music.
…at a lower level, their presence is complete, strong and precise and has a superb rendering. The mediums are thus highlighted and taken over, the voices become even more distinct and do not take second place. The treble is there and spins higher, sharper and finer, without any tension. Complete presence in fact of all tones and timbres. Obvious feeling of right balance and placement of stakeholders in space. And, by closing my eyes, I can imagine their spatial location…
At the RMAF 2016, we showed the prototype model of the new DanaTone Head-Space headphones amplifier to rave reviews. Dave Hanson of Enjoy The Music writes: “Arguably one of the most impressive products to debut at CanJam at RMAF was the yet-to-be-released DanaTone Head-Space amplifier (price TBD). Developed by Dana Robbins, who is best known for his fantastic lineup of cables, the Head-Space uses a proprietary selective current feedback technology to deliver tight and impactful bass, euphonic mids and well-controlled treble. The soundscape was quite spacious, with very precise variations in imaging depth, width and height. Through the HIFIMAN HE1000, the Head-Space exuded lush musicality without sacrificing an ounce of accuracy.”
On the Lazuli Reference cable, he adds: “I’ve done extensive testing with this cable (review forthcoming) and it offers the most beautiful, natural midrange and the absolute best bass of any cable I have ever tested. Combined with the Head-Space amplifier and the HIFIMAN HE-1000, the sound left very little to be desired.”
We will again be showing this setup at AXPONA in Chicago on April 21-23. Please be sure to stop by the Ear Gear Room to listen if you plan to attend AXPONA