Ideal headphone cable length for home setup

[HiWire]

About 6 or 7 feet. I prefer to be close enough to turn the volume knob, but not close enough to hear the transport working...

[postjack]

The problem might be the lack of coiling skills.

Yup, this is definitely the problem. When I am more careful, none of this tangle exists. I was just listening to my Lambdas and thought it was funny that the cable was weighed down by the weight of other XLR terminated cables on top of it, so I snapped a photo.

[Icarium]

10 feet seems to suit me fine. I could see myself justifying the purchase of an extension or at least 1-2 really long cables for the edge case, but its probably unnecessary