i don't own any TFZ, so can't help.
@Slater's suggestion of filing the housing of the pins a bit looks the best solution.
Thanks for your impressions! They match mines 100%.
I noticed bigger sound stage with this cable, mainly deeper (better layering), but also wider and maybe taller.
The Eagle rhodium plug is made of beryllium copper, gold plated, and rhodium plated over the gold plating. It's a very good quality plug, and costs 6x the price of every plug used in the chinese cables from my stock; most of them are made of brass, with a thin gold plating.
Look is also premium.
For DIY, I'd choose the Eagle gold plated version (no rhodium plating), because my solder skills are already low.
BTW, Electro Acousti Store (cables 173-174 and 170-171 in my list) has added several new shipping methods now (cheaper than Aliexpress Premium shipping, or even free) and some cheaper cables. With this new total price, I can say they are the best value up-occ cables available in Aliexpress (thanks to their variety of wires and terminations, and quality of the components). Oh my... this is a danger for my wallet..
Those who were suffering high shipping costs to their countries, check now the alternatives.
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