I received the Faaeal Hibiscus cable today (ordered during 11.11).
As a standalone upgrade cable (for a non-Hibiscus earphone), it’s a nice cable. It’s not a $200 high end monster killer wonder cable, but it’s not bad at all. Personally though, I think the stock ibasso IT01 cable (which it has been compared to) is nicer.
The plug is good, and the 2-pin ends are nice. No strain relief on the y-split, but many upgrade cables don’t have any strain relief on the y-split. The ear guides are bent too extreme IMO, and curve all the way back into themselves (making a circle). The ear guides are soft and flexible though, which is comfortable. I removed my ear guides (as I do with most of my ear guides).
The Faaeal chin slider is useless, as it doesn’t even function as a real chin slider (it’s so loose it just falls down on its own). I actually removed mine, because I fear in the long term it will actually damage the cable due to the slider being very thin and sharp aluminum.
Other than that, the cable is roughly equivalent in build quality and resistance to the other upgrade cables in the same ~$16 price range. It’s definitely premium looking though; I’m sure people will ask you about it if you are out in public with your IEMs.
It’s resistance is around 0.4ohms. I actually expected it to be lower, but it’s still very respectable.
Now,
from the standpoint of a stock cable that is included with a $60 IEM, it’s better than any stock cable I’ve personally seen in the price range. You will not get a better stock cable included with a $60-$100 IEM, with the exception of the $99 ibasso IT01. Very impressive to have a cable like this on a $60 earphone.
It’s only available in a 2-pin plug, but the source end is available in balanced and single ended.
There are definitely better upgrade cables out there at the same price (or only a few dollars more), but I’m glad I bought one to see what the hype is about.