Regarding heat shrink... I think the original poster did have a valid argument. Calling it "ghetto" may not have been the most appropriate way of putting it but most definately there are more elegant ways of finishing cables...
I think Zu does have an edge in construction. Even their Y-split in their Senn headphone cable is done very well - before and after split cable is visually coherent, and the split itself is solid, unobtrusive, and clean with a short plastic tubing beneath the heat shrink.
But then, at Drew's business size heat shrink may be the only option available. Which is fine especially since most people seem to be happy with the aesthetics and construction of Drew's cables. But I do think even a simple extra step such as putting a short flexible plastic tubing in the split for enhanced durability and aesthetics and making the heat shrink section much shorter in general is going to enhance the aesthetics greatly and isn't that much more complicated to execute... unless Drew's cable construction tolerances are out of whack, which I believe is not the case. (I do think Moon Audio cables are quite beautiful, even with the ugly, long, wobbly heat shrink sections.)
And another "but then"... it's all about the sound, this forum dictates, no?
