[gbrgbr]

... and here are my Apple USB-C -> 3.5mm with some stress relief :



Is there anyway to straighten those cables (NICEHCK 8 Core High Purity Copper Upgrade Cable) where they attach to the IEMs? They are really stiff.

 

[seanwee]

... and here are my Apple USB-C -> 3.5mm with some stress relief :



Is there anyway to straighten those cables (NICEHCK 8 Core High Purity Copper Upgrade Cable) where they attach to the IEMs? They are really stiff.

You can reshape them by heating them with a hairdryer.

 

[Barusu Lamperouge]

While I started with 1 More and Fiio, it is exactly KZ that got me hooked into ChiFi with AS10 - loved the journey ever since

Actually I bought ED9 as a replacement to Fiio F3.

 

[Wiljen]

I posted my CCA Ca16 review last night, for someone looking for a very articulate near neutral its hard to imagine getting more for $60.
https://www.head-fi.org/showcase/cca-ca16.24390/reviews

 

[PhonoPhi]

CCA C16 with a nice silver cable for a perfectly articulated treble, as the mantras go
(and for me for the B&W aesthetics and the nice looks & fit)

NiceHCK has to be commended for shipping the cable under two weeks! Some companies deliver despite all circumstances!

P. S. Typo editing

 

[RikudouGoku]

CCA C16 with a nice silver cable for a perfectly articulated treble
(and for me for the B&W aesthetics )

NiceHCK has to commended for shipping the cable under two weeks! Some companies deliver despite all circumstances!

What cable is that?

 

[PhonoPhi]

What cable is that?

NiceHCK Litz 4N pure silver, under $20 and what I love compared to TRN - no smell, cleaner plastics are used by NiceHCK.

 

[RikudouGoku]

NiceHCK Litz 4N pure silver, under $20 and what I love compared to TRN - no smell, cleaner plastics are used by NiceHCK.

Yeah I was also very interested in that cable, but slater measured it at 1 ohm and thats quite a lot...

 

[PhonoPhi]

Yeah I was also very interested in that cable, but slater measured it at 1 ohm and thats quite a lot...

You've intrigued me.
The wires are fairly thick.

OK. I've measured.
I do not have a very precise multimeter, but relative to the multimeter circuitry, of 0 3-0.4 Ohm, it measures 0.8-0.9 Ohm, so more than 0.5 Ohm, but about this value -and the same as most (and quite a few) 16-core cables I have (TRN silver (T3) indeed measures lower - 0.3 Ohm or so).

 

[RikudouGoku]

You've intrigued me.
The wires are fairly thick.

OK. I've measured.
I do not have a very precise multimeter, but relative to the multimeter circuitry, of 0 3-0.4 Ohm, it measures 0.8-0.9 Ohm, so more than 0.5 Ohm, but about this value -and the same as most (and quite a few) 16-core cables I have (TRN silver (T3) indeed measures lower - 0.3 Ohm or so).

Do you just use a multimeter or do you have something else when you measure cables? Slater scared me away from getting a multimeter since soldered some stuff to use with it.

 

[PhonoPhi]

Do you just use a multimeter or do you have something else when you measure cables? Slater scared me away from getting a multimeter since soldered some stuff to use with it.

I use decent ($50) multimeter, but definitely not for low resistance measurements.

At work, I have very precise devices, but the main problems are the wires and the contacts.

I do get measurements of 0.9-1.2 Ohm for common KZ cables; 0.6-0.8 Ohm for KZ upgraded ones, 0.4-0.6 for most 16-core cables I have; and I have one 8-core cable and TRN T3 that measures 0.3 Ohm or so.

For my purposes these measurements are fully sufficient, but not "to publish".

So I would be curious and happy to hear what Master @Slater can tell us about - this silver NiceHCK and the measurements.

 

[IEMusic]

I use decent ($50) multimeter, but definitely not for low resistance measurements.

At work, I have very precise devices, but the main problems are the wires and the contacts.

I do get measurements of 0.9-1.2 Ohm for common KZ cables; 0.6-0.8 Ohm for KZ upgraded ones, 0.4-0.6 for most 16-core cables I have; and I have one 8-core cable and TRN T3 that measures 0.3 Ohm or so.

For my purposes these measurements are fully sufficient, but not "to publish".

So I would be curious and happy to hear what Master @Slater can tell us about - this silver NiceHCK and the measurements.

Hmmm, is that what’s primarily responsible for a lot of the sound changes I notice with the TRN T3? A lot of times, I don’t notice much difference in sound with different cables, but with the T3, I do. Maybe it doesn’t have much to do with the fact that it’s silver? I wonder how the Tripowin C8 compares to the Zonie 16?

 

[RikudouGoku]

Hmmm, is that what’s primarily responsible for a lot of the sound changes I notice with the TRN T3? A lot of times, I don’t notice much difference in sound with different cables, but with the T3, I do. Maybe it doesn’t have much to do with the fact that it’s silver? I wonder how the Tripowin C8 compares to the Zonie 16?

maybe its your other cables that have more impedance and they are the ones that change your sound? Then when you go to the T3 you hear the "true" sound?

 

[Slater]

So I would be curious and happy to hear what Master @Slater can tell us about - this silver NiceHCK and the measurements.

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/low...ck-cable-thread.891911/page-301#post-15753197

 

[RikudouGoku]

https://www.head-fi.org/threads/low...ck-cable-thread.891911/page-301#post-15753197

Such a shame that the TRN T3 cables arent available with 4,4mm I would have gotten a few of them otherwise.