No, it wasn't the reason I bought it, but if I thought I couldn't get a nice quality compact cable as in the picture I probably wouldn't have bought it.  That was the reason I called them first.  Yes, it may seem like much ado over little, but my local best-buy doesn't have anything, and until a...

There was no email.  I called the company on their posted phone number.  It may have been Goodman with whom I spoke - I don't recall for sure.  The reason I called before ordering was that I looked for an acceptable cable at the time and couldn't find one.  His response to my concern was...

Whatever the reason, it's unacceptable to promise something to a customer then simply not deliver it.  The hifi-m8 is likely a good product, but I don't think much of the company at this point...

Perhaps I'm not looking at the same monoprice cable.  The one I found has a small round wire (in place of the wide flat one), and is about 4 inches long not including the connectors.   I'll check again.   Lee

Thanks a lot guys.  I'd seen the Griffin, but had already realized the wire would be twisted to keep both bits right side up.  Maybe that's not the end of the world.   I'm aware of the Furutech, but it's longer than I want.   I wasn't aware of the Venturecraft, but I don't think I can bring...

Apologies to the group if should be starting a new thread for this.   Received my Hifi-M8 yesterday (ordered last Feb).  At the time of order, I was specifically told that the package included the short 30 pin to USB jumper to connect to my Ipod Classic.    The cable was not to be found, and...