[Tomm11]

IvipQ is a cable brand on Amazon that has cables eerily similar to some of the XINHS cables. They don't have thorough descriptions on the Amazon site but from comparing photos ... if I were a betting man, I'd bet that they were the same cables. The connectors aren't the same but the wire itself appears to be. They are more expensive on Amazon. A little bit more expensive for some and significantly more for others.

One example ... ivipQ on Amazon Versus XINHS AliExpress

 

[14christ]

IvipQ is a cable brand on Amazon that has cables eerily similar to some of the XINHS cables. They don't have thorough descriptions on the Amazon site but from comparing photos ... if I were a betting man, I'd bet that they were the same cables. The connectors aren't the same but the wire itself appears to be. They are more expensive on Amazon. A little bit more expensive for some and significantly more for others.

One example ... ivipQ on Amazon Versus XINHS AliExpress

Yeah those are pretty much identical. Looks like a good cable too.

 

[Tomm11]

I agree. $59 is a very reasonable price for a modular system. I got my Eletech Fortitude 8 in today as well. It's the best copper cable I've found yet for the MK2. Very much rope like and comfortable around the ears. I'm very pleased with it so far.

Nice!

 

[Tomm11]

Yeah those are pretty much identical. Looks like a good cable too.

Pretty big price difference on that model.

 

[dougms3]

IvipQ is a cable brand on Amazon that has cables eerily similar to some of the XINHS cables. They don't have thorough descriptions on the Amazon site but from comparing photos ... if I were a betting man, I'd bet that they were the same cables. The connectors aren't the same but the wire itself appears to be. They are more expensive on Amazon. A little bit more expensive for some and significantly more for others.

One example ... ivipQ on Amazon Versus XINHS AliExpress

Xinhs is oem for allot of different Chinese brands. I know it's easy to miss in this thread because there's so many posts but it's mentioned allot.

If it looks the same it's probably the same with different accessories.

 

[Ufanco]

Yeah those are pretty much identical. Looks like a good cable too.

Xinhs is oem for allot of different Chinese brands. I know it's easy to miss in this thread because there's so many posts but it's mentioned allot.

If it looks the same it's probably the same with different accessories.

Totally agree they even ship from China so your paying a premium for a XINHS cable that engraves whatever name a company requests from them.
At least this one does I see a few that ship thou from amazon but it’s not worth paying more for quicker delivery for me. I tend to receive XINHS cables in about 21 days after ordering them. I guess if you need one in a day or two the higher cost might be worth it.
https://www.amazon.com/Strands-Brai...dchild=1&keywords=ivipQ&qid=1632018731&sr=8-4

 

[14christ]

Totally agree they even ship from China so your paying a premium for a XINHS cable that engraves whatever name a company requests from them.
At least this one does I see a few that ship thou from amazon but it’s not worth paying more for quicker delivery for me. I tend to receive XINHS cables in about 21 days after ordering them. I guess if you need one in a day or two the higher cost might be worth it.
https://www.amazon.com/Strands-Brai...dchild=1&keywords=ivipQ&qid=1632018731&sr=8-4

Exactly what I did. Paid for expidited shipping. Was supposed to be here on the 17th and still hasnt cleared customs. That's the last time I ever pay for fast shipping.

 

[Ufanco]

Exactly what I did. Paid for expidited shipping. Was supposed to be here on the 17th and still hasnt cleared customs. That's the last time I ever pay for fast shipping.

Sorry to hear, that sucks to pay for expedited shipping and getting it in a untimely matter. I look at overseas orders saves money but the wait can be annoying. Seems you lucks worse than mine I tend get thing form XINHS in under 3 weeks. Plus I might be older and remember the days before amazon when it took weeks for things to arrive where the norms.

 

[14christ]

Sorry to hear, that sucks to pay for expedited shipping and getting it in a untimely matter. I look at overseas orders saves money but the wait can be annoying. Seems you lucks worse than mine I tend get thing form XINHS in under 3 weeks. Plus I might be older and remember the days before amazon when it took weeks for things to arrive where the norms.

Yeah but I paid more for shipping than the cable costs so I'm a bit frustrated. Oh well I learned a lesson. If I want anything on AE then I need to be prepared to wait a month. Guess my expectations were a bit too high.

 

[dougms3]

Yeah but I paid more for shipping than the cable costs so I'm a bit frustrated. Oh well I learned a lesson. If I want anything on AE then I need to be prepared to wait a month. Guess my expectations were a bit too high.

Theres no point paying for the expedited shipping, they'll ship it the same way unless its upgraded to fedex or dhl which they won't usually do for under $100.

I remember a few years ago when I ordered stuff from Aliexpress or china in general and it would take sometimes 3-4 months to receive it but lately its been getting faster. It seems like sometimes they group many packages that are destined for a specific area in the US at once and ship by air. I'm located near the greater NYC metro area and looking at the tracking info transit time from the China to the US is usually only a couple days, spends more time at customs than anything. My aliexpress packages are delivered by usps via a chinese freight forwarding company either from Monroe, NJ or Jamaica, Queens. It seems aliexpress has this setup for the sellers as some of my orders from various sellers placed within days of each other are delivered together most likely to save on shipping costs.

The last xinhs cable I ordered was delivered in about 12 days from the order date which is ridiculously fast since he had to custom make the cable. He doesn't stock viablue and sony screw on connectors and had to order them, then make the cable. This took 2 days.

Fastest I've received an order from China is 10 days. Delivery times have been getting shorter and shorter, so no need to pay for expedited shipping. Thats a lazy american concept, in china expedited shipping is called SHIPPING.

For more higher priced items they use DHL or Fedex. When I ordered the Denafrips Ares, it shipped from Shenzen on Friday and was delivered Monday via Fedex. Similar thing with my Audio-gd amp, was about 3 days transit time via DHL.

 

[Tomm11]

For more higher priced items they use DHL or Fedex. When I ordered the Denafrips Ares, it shipped from Shenzen on Friday and was delivered Monday via Fedex. Similar thing with my Audio-gd amp, was about 3 days transit time via DHL.

If you don't mind me asking, where did you buy your Audio-GD amp from?

Sorry everyone for the OT post.

 

[dougms3]

If you don't mind me asking, where did you buy your Audio-GD amp from?

Sorry everyone for the OT post.

Direct from Audio-gd.

 

[superuser1]

How are they? I mean the cable stiffness etc and the sonic qualities?

 

[nymz]

How are they? I mean the cable stiffness etc and the sonic qualities?

It's my favourite cable so far. It's well behaved, gorgeous, has a nice feel and it's light for graphene. Loving it so far, the confort is amazing.

 

[Mithrandir1980]

I recently purchased a Thieaudio Monarch and I want to try a better cable than the standard one and I would like to know if you can recommend one that will get the most out of the monarchs. If it is possible to enhance the bass more, I like my head to shake