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Compatibility guide

HIFIMAN replacement and upgrade cables

Replacement and upgrade cables for HIFIMAN headphones, handmade to order in Singapore from USD 89 and shipped worldwide with FedEx (free from USD 250).

Current HIFIMAN headphones, including the Sundara, Arya, Ananda, Edition XS, HE400se and Susvara, take a 3.5 mm plug on each cup. Choose Dual 3.5 mm under Headphone connection. The HE1000 / HE1000 V2 and the HE400i made from 2015 to 2019 take 2.5 mm plugs instead: choose Dual 2.5 mm. Every cable is handmade to order in Singapore and ships worldwide with FedEx.

Quick facts

Connection

Sundara

3.5 mm on each cup

Published reviewforum.headphones.com: HIFIMAN Sundara
Arya

3.5 mm on each cup

Published reviewhead-fi.org: HIFIMAN Arya / Arya Stealth
HE1000 / HE1000 V2

2.5 mm on each cup

Manufacturerstore.hifiman.com: HIFIMAN HE1000 / HE1000 V2

HIFIMAN models

Which option for each model

Choose is the option to pick under Headphone connection. The recommended cable follows the headphones’ price; any cable that offers the option will fit.

HIFIMAN

ModelConnectorChooseRecommended cable
Arya Organic 20233.5 mm, both cupsSource: headfonics.comDual 3.5 mm
Null Audio
Vanda · HIFIMAN Susvara, HE1000se & AryaUSD 323 · plug fittedNylith · Lune · Aoraki
Edition XS 20223.5 mm, both cupsSource: headphoneer.comDual 3.5 mm
Null Audio
Lune · HIFIMAN Sundara, Arya & AnandaUSD 203 · plug fittedNylith · Vanda
Deva Pro 20213.5 mm, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioDual 3.5 mm
Null Audio
Nylith · HIFIMAN Sundara, Arya & AnandaUSD 59 · plug fittedLune
HE400se 20213.5 mm, both cupsSource: galaxus.atDual 3.5 mm
Null Audio
Nylith · HIFIMAN Sundara, Arya & AnandaUSD 59 · plug fittedLune
Deva 20203.5 mm TRRS (balanced), one cupSource: headamp.comSingle 3.5 mm TRRS (balanced)One cable to the left cup, 4-pole (balanced) 3.5 mm.
Null Audio
Nylith · HIFIMAN DevaUSD 59 · plug fittedLune
HE400i 2020 20203.5 mm, both cupsSource: stereoindex.comDual 3.5 mm
Null Audio
Nylith · HIFIMAN Sundara, Arya & AnandaUSD 59 · plug fittedLune
Ananda / Ananda Stealth 20183.5 mm, both cupsSource: headfonics.comDual 3.5 mm
Null Audio
Vanda · HIFIMAN Susvara, HE1000se & AryaUSD 323 · plug fittedNylith · Lune
Arya / Arya Stealth 20183.5 mm, both cupsSource: head-fi.orgDual 3.5 mm
Null Audio
Aoraki · HIFIMAN Susvara, HE1000se & AudivinaUSD 863 · plug fittedNylith · Lune · Vanda
HE1000se 20183.5 mm, both cupsSource: headfonics.comDual 3.5 mm
Null Audio
Aoraki · HIFIMAN Susvara, HE1000se & AudivinaUSD 863 · plug fittedNylith · Lune · Vanda
Sundara 20183.5 mm, both cupsSource: forum.headphones.comDual 3.5 mm
Null Audio
Lune · HIFIMAN Sundara, Arya & AnandaUSD 203 · plug fittedNylith
Susvara 20173.5 mm, both cups or 2.5 mm, both cupsSource: drhead.aeDual 3.5 mm or Dual 2.5 mmMade with dual 3.5 mm or dual 2.5 mm sockets depending on the production year: check your cups.
Null Audio
Aoraki · HIFIMAN Susvara, HE1000se & AudivinaUSD 863 · choose Dual 3.5 mm or Dual 2.5 mmNylith · Lune · Vanda
HE1000 / HE1000 V2 20162.5 mm, both cups or 3.5 mm, both cupsSource: store.hifiman.comDual 2.5 mm or Dual 3.5 mmSome later V2 units take 3.5 mm; check the cups.
Null Audio
Aoraki · HIFIMAN Susvara, HE1000se & AudivinaUSD 863 · choose Dual 2.5 mm or Dual 3.5 mmNylith · Lune · Vanda
HE400i (2015–2019) 20152.5 mm, both cupsSource: audiophonics.frDual 2.5 mmThe earliest units have screw-on connectors.
Null Audio
Lune · HIFIMAN HE1000 V2, HE400i & HE-4XXUSD 203 · plug fittedNylith
Ananda Nano3.5 mm, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioDual 3.5 mm
Null Audio
Lune · HIFIMAN Sundara, Arya & AnandaUSD 203 · plug fittedNylith
Ananda Unveiled3.5 mm, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioDual 3.5 mm
Null Audio
Lune · HIFIMAN Sundara, Arya & AnandaUSD 203 · plug fittedNylith · Vanda
Arya Unveiled3.5 mm, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioDual 3.5 mm
Null Audio
Vanda · HIFIMAN Susvara, HE1000se & AryaUSD 323 · plug fittedNylith · Lune
Audivina3.5 mm, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioDual 3.5 mmHIFIMAN moved from 2.5 mm to 3.5 mm sockets over the years: check yours, or ask us.
Null Audio
Aoraki · HIFIMAN Susvara, HE1000se & AudivinaUSD 863 · plug fittedNylith · Lune · Vanda
Edition XV3.5 mm, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioDual 3.5 mm
Null Audio
Lune · HIFIMAN Sundara, Arya & AnandaUSD 203 · plug fittedNylith
Edition XX (Drop)3.5 mm, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioDual 3.5 mm
Null Audio
Vanda · HIFIMAN Susvara, HE1000se & AryaUSD 323 · plug fittedNylith · Lune
HE-300SMC, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioHIFIMAN SMC
Null Audio
Nylith · HIFIMAN HE-6, HE-500 & HE560USD 59 · plug fittedLune
HE-4SMC, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioHIFIMAN SMC
Null Audio
Lune · HIFIMAN HE-6, HE-500 & HE560USD 203 · plug fittedNylith
HE-400SMC, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioHIFIMAN SMC
Null Audio
Lune · HIFIMAN HE-6, HE-500 & HE560USD 203 · plug fittedNylith
HE-4XX2.5 mm, both cups or 3.5 mm, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioDual 2.5 mm or Dual 3.5 mmHIFIMAN moved from 2.5 mm to 3.5 mm sockets over the years: check yours, or ask us.
Null Audio
Nylith · HIFIMAN HE1000 V2, HE400i & HE-4XXUSD 59 · choose Dual 2.5 mm or Dual 3.5 mmLune
HE-5SMC, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioHIFIMAN SMC
Null Audio
Lune · HIFIMAN HE-6, HE-500 & HE560USD 203 · plug fittedNylith
HE-500SMC, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioHIFIMAN SMC
Null Audio
Vanda · HIFIMAN HE-6, HE-500 & HE560USD 323 · plug fittedNylith · Lune
HE-5LESMC, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioHIFIMAN SMC
Null Audio
Vanda · HIFIMAN HE-6, HE-500 & HE560USD 323 · plug fittedNylith · Lune
HE-6SMC, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioHIFIMAN SMC
Null Audio
Vanda · HIFIMAN HE-6, HE-500 & HE560USD 323 · plug fittedNylith · Lune
HE-R103.5 mm, one cupConfirmed by Null AudioSingle 3.5 mmSingle-ended player plugs only (3.5 / 6.35 mm).
Null Audio
Vanda · HIFIMAN HE-R10USD 323 · plug fittedNylith · Lune
HE-R10D3.5 mm, one cupConfirmed by Null AudioSingle 3.5 mmSingle-ended player plugs only (3.5 / 6.35 mm).
Null Audio
Vanda · HIFIMAN HE-R10USD 323 · plug fittedNylith · Lune
HE-R10P3.5 mm, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioDual 3.5 mm
Null Audio
Aoraki · HIFIMAN Susvara, HE1000se & AudivinaUSD 863 · plug fittedNylith · Lune · Vanda
HE-R93.5 mm, one cupConfirmed by Null AudioSingle 3.5 mmSingle-ended player plugs only (3.5 / 6.35 mm).
Null Audio
Lune · HIFIMAN HE-R9 & HE-R10USD 203 · plug fittedNylith
HE-X43.5 mm, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioDual 3.5 mm
Null Audio
Nylith · HIFIMAN Sundara, Arya & AnandaUSD 59 · plug fittedLune
HE1000 Stealth3.5 mm, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioDual 3.5 mmHIFIMAN moved from 2.5 mm to 3.5 mm sockets over the years: check yours, or ask us.
Null Audio
Aoraki · HIFIMAN Susvara, HE1000se & AudivinaUSD 863 · plug fittedNylith · Lune · Vanda
HE1000 Unveiled3.5 mm, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioDual 3.5 mm
Null Audio
Aoraki · HIFIMAN Susvara, HE1000se & AudivinaUSD 863 · plug fittedNylith · Lune · Vanda
HE3502.5 mm, both cups or 3.5 mm, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioDual 2.5 mm or Dual 3.5 mmHIFIMAN moved from 2.5 mm to 3.5 mm sockets over the years: check yours, or ask us.
Null Audio
Lune · HIFIMAN HE1000 V2, HE400i & HE-4XXUSD 203 · choose Dual 2.5 mm or Dual 3.5 mmNylith
HE35X3.5 mm, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioDual 3.5 mm
Null Audio
Nylith · HIFIMAN Sundara, Arya & AnandaUSD 59 · plug fittedLune
HE400S2.5 mm, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioDual 2.5 mmHIFIMAN moved from 2.5 mm to 3.5 mm sockets over the years: check yours, or ask us.
Null Audio
Nylith · HIFIMAN HE1000 V2, HE400i & HE-4XXUSD 59 · plug fittedLune
HE560SMC, both cups or 2.5 mm, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioHIFIMAN SMC or Dual 2.5 mmThe first HE560 has SMC screw-on sockets, later ones 2.5 mm: check yours, or ask us.
Null Audio
Vanda · HIFIMAN HE-6, HE-500 & HE560USD 323 · choose HIFIMAN SMC or Dual 2.5 mmNylith · Lune
HE560 V43.5 mm, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioDual 3.5 mm
Null Audio
Vanda · HIFIMAN Susvara, HE1000se & AryaUSD 323 · plug fittedNylith · Lune
HE5SE3.5 mm, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioDual 3.5 mm
Null Audio
Vanda · HIFIMAN Susvara, HE1000se & AryaUSD 323 · plug fittedNylith · Lune
HE5XX3.5 mm, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioDual 3.5 mm
Null Audio
Nylith · HIFIMAN Sundara, Arya & AnandaUSD 59 · plug fittedLune
HE6 Remastered3.5 mm, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioDual 3.5 mmHIFIMAN moved from 2.5 mm to 3.5 mm sockets over the years: check yours, or ask us.
Null Audio
Aoraki · HIFIMAN Susvara, HE1000se & AudivinaUSD 863 · plug fittedNylith · Lune · Vanda
HE6003.5 mm, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioDual 3.5 mm
Null Audio
Vanda · HIFIMAN Susvara, HE1000se & AryaUSD 323 · plug fittedNylith · Lune
HE6SE3.5 mm, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioDual 3.5 mm
Null Audio
Aoraki · HIFIMAN Susvara, HE1000se & AudivinaUSD 863 · plug fittedNylith · Lune · Vanda
Isvarna3.5 mm, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioDual 3.5 mm
Null Audio
Aoraki · HIFIMAN Susvara, HE1000se & AudivinaUSD 863 · plug fittedNylith · Lune · Vanda
Susvara Unveiled3.5 mm, both cupsConfirmed by Null AudioDual 3.5 mmHIFIMAN moved from 2.5 mm to 3.5 mm sockets over the years: check yours, or ask us.
Null Audio
Aoraki · HIFIMAN Susvara, HE1000se & AudivinaUSD 863 · plug fittedNylith · Lune · Vanda

Ordering

How to order

  1. Pick a cable from the list below.
  2. Under Headphone connection, choose Dual 3.5 mm, or Dual 2.5 mm for HE1000 and early HE400i.
  3. Choose the player plug: 4.4 mm or 4-pin XLR for a balanced amp, 3.5 mm or 6.35 mm for a standard one; see choosing the player plug.
  4. Not sure which connector your headphones have? Send us the model and a photo of the socket before you order.

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IEM connectors explained

2-pin, MMCX, IPX, A2DC and FlexiPlug.

Choosing the player plug

3.5 mm, 2.5 mm, 4.4 mm, XLR and USB-C.

HIFIMAN Sundara

Choose Dual 3.5 mm.

Focal Clear, Clear MG

Choose Dual 3.5 mm.

Sony headphones

Z1R, Z7: Dual 3.5 mm. 1A, M1ST, MV1, M1: Single 3.5 mm.

Moondrop Chu 2

Choose Standard 2-pin.

Shure SE215

Choose MMCX.

Truthear Hexa

Choose Standard 2-pin.

KZ ZS10 Pro, ZSN Pro X, EDX Pro, Castor

Choose KZ C-pin 0.75 2PIN, or the flat plug for flat sockets.

Sennheiser HD 600 / HD 650

Choose Sennheiser HD600/650.

Sennheiser HD 560S / HD 5x9

Choose Sennheiser HD 5x9.

Sennheiser HD 800 / HD 800 S

Choose Sennheiser HD800.

LETSHUOER S12, Ember, Astralis

Choose Standard 2-pin.

7Hz Salnotes Zero, Zero:2

Choose Standard 2-pin.

Truthear Gate, Hola

Choose Standard 2-pin.

Moondrop Starfield, Starfield II

Choose Standard 2-pin.

Sennheiser IE 200 / IE 300 / IE 600 / IE 900

Choose IE300/600/900. Recessed MMCX socket.

Sennheiser IE 40 PRO / IE 400 PRO / IE 500 PRO / IE 80

Each has its own option, not standard MMCX.

Sony IER-Z1R / IER-M9 / IER-M7 / XBA

IER-Z1R: choose Sony IER-Z1R. IER-M7: MMCX.

Etymotic ER4SR / ER4XR / ER4P / ER2

ER4SR/XR: keyed MMCX. Older ER4P/B/S: own option.

Shure SE846 / SE535 / SE215 / AONIC

Standard MMCX.

64 Audio

Universals: Flat 2-pin. Aspire: IPX. Customs: IPX or Flat 2-pin, matching your socket.

JH Audio

4-pin: JH w Bass Control. 7-pin: JH 7-pin.

Westone MACH / Pro X

T2 socket: choose IPX. Older W and UM Pro: MMCX.

Ultimate Ears (UE)

Current customs and UE 150–350: IPX. Older 2-pin and SL: UE/UM/QDC 2PIN Legacy.

Campfire Audio

Most models: MMCX. Andromeda 10, Chimera: 2-pin.

Audio-Technica

Choose A2DC. IM series: plug on request.

AAW (Advanced AcousticWerkes)

Choose Standard 2-pin. Nebula One: fixed cable.

Moondrop

Choose Standard 2-pin. Original CHU: fixed cable.

qdc and CCA

KZ, CCA: KZ C-pin 0.75 2PIN or KZ / 64 Audio 0.75 Flat 2PIN. qdc: UE/UM/QDC 2PIN Legacy.

Truthear, Kiwi Ears, Simgot and more

Most: Standard 2-pin. Some: MMCX.

Empire Ears

Choose Standard 2-pin.

Vision Ears

Choose Standard 2-pin.

Noble, UM, FiR, Softears, Symphonium, Elysian

Most: Standard 2-pin. Elysian: FlexiPlug.

JOMO Audio

Choose Standard 2-pin.

Dunu

Most: MMCX. Some: 2-pin.

FiiO

Choose MMCX.

final

Choose MMCX.

beyerdynamic

DT PRO: Mini XLR 3PIN. T1, T5: Beyer T1/T5P.

Audeze

Choose Mini XLR 4PIN.

Focal

Most: Dual 3.5 mm. Utopia: Focal Utopia.

4.4 mm balanced cables

Every cable with a 4.4 mm plug, and which FiiO players take one.

2-pin IEM cables

0.78 mm, recessed or flat: Standard 2-pin.

MMCX IEM cables

Shure, Campfire, FiiO, final, Dunu: MMCX.

IPX IEM cables

64 Audio Aspire, UE customs, Westone T2: IPX.

KZ

Raised socket: KZ C-pin 0.75 2PIN. Flat: KZ / 64 Audio 0.75 Flat 2PIN.

Extension cables

3.5 mm and 4.4 mm extensions, or a longer cable up to 3 m.

USB-C IEM cables

A DAC in the plug, for phones and laptops. Lightning too.

IEMs for gaming

A mic cable turns your IEMs into a headset.

Sources

Sources

  1. forum.headphones.com: HIFIMAN Sundara 3.5 mm, both cups.
  2. head-fi.org: HIFIMAN Arya / Arya Stealth 3.5 mm, both cups.
  3. store.hifiman.com: HIFIMAN HE1000 / HE1000 V2 2.5 mm, both cups.
  4. Null Audio configurator, Headphone connection Options offered on each cable. Snapshot 16 Oct 2026.

Prepared 17 Oct 2026. Not yet reviewed by Null Audio.