Why your Monarch has a different face plate? It almost makes me think what I got is not Monarch, but clairvoyance. BTW, I use the cable from Monarch Mk2 and I still love my Monarch even though I use Z1R more often. Whenever I went back to Monarch, I found it is still can stand not too shy from the much more expensive IEMs.

@wolfstar76 It is a stock face plate, just my photo lighting and reflection management skills haha. But at the very beginning Thieaudio did accept custmizable faceplates and shell colors, there are few of rare Monarchs out there.
Yes same here when ever I moved to like Anole VX, MEST MKII, W80, I found myself still enjoying Monarch a lot. Take care of her well mate!