[theintention]

Any thoughts on RedLava? Thinking of pairing this up with my incoming Kinera Dark Phoenix.

 

[TrumpOrMonkey]

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for a 0.78 2-pin to 3.5mm IEM cable with good wearing comfort and nice build quality, low impedance would be ideal as well. I'm not too concerned about wire material or core count (maybe 4 core would be good). I'd be looking at spending up to around 30 dollars, do you guys have any recommendations?

Cheers

 

[sistoz]

Hi guys! Are there any non-PVC cables? For example, cotton? PVC irritates my ears

 

[dougms3]

Hi guys! Are there any non-PVC cables? For example, cotton? PVC irritates my ears

There are different option sleeves for cables.

I've seen some use cotton, polyester, paracord, etc on aliexpress. Can't seem to find a specific example atm but they are available.

You could always ask the seller to make the cable with a sleeve.

 

[sistoz]

There are different option sleeves for cables.

I've seen some use cotton, polyester, paracord, etc on aliexpress. Can't seem to find a specific example atm but they are available.

You could always ask the seller to make the cable with a sleeve.

I found that NiceHCK has some, such as First Touch or BlackDawn. I'll see what they say about cotton, I'll look into these in the meantime.

 

[theintention]

i waited too long to buy cables on AE and now most of the coupons are gone fffffff

lesson learned i guess

 

[amix]

i waited too long to buy cables on AE and now most of the coupons are gone

Which coupons? The ones the stores give you when following them?

 

[theintention]

Which coupons? The ones the stores give you when following them?

nah the ones on the items themselves, example below. I had a bunch of cables from ivipq saved that don't have em anymore

 

[sistoz]

I found some options for non pvc cable:

ivipQ-98 2 Cores 5N UPOCC OCC Copper Cable Litz Headphone Replacement Cable For HD580 HD650 HD800 HIFIMAN ANANDA Black
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EynpmrL

XINHS 2 core copper silver plated blue cotton yarn
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EJAsqat

NiceHCK JIALAI JLY3 HiFi Earphone Upgrade Cable Silver Plated OCC 3.5/2.5/4.4mm MMCX/QDC/0.78mm 2Pin For EDX Pro ZSN CRA ZERO
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EulSqit

7NOCC type 6 Benefit 4.4mm 3.5mm 2.5mm earphone Upgrade cable mmcx 0.78cm quad core single crystal copper silver plated
https://a.aliexpress.com/_EGFD1hb

Does anyone have any experience with any of them?

 

[amix]

nah the ones on the items themselves

Ok, thanks. I must, at all times, know everything about any coupons out there in the wild .

 

[debart]

Hi all,

I bought this cable https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256806009738918.html when I was a babe in the woods and needed a balanced cable for my hifiman edition XS because I had a dongle DAC whose balanced out gave >1.5x power, so naturally I wanted to run balance. In case you don't want to bother clicking the link, it's

$18
16 Core 99% 7N OCC Earphone Cable For Hifiman Sundara Ananda HE1000se V2 HE6se DEVA he400se Arya He-35x Edition XS LN006747
by a shop called EachDIY

I used it without thinking much about it. It worked! Recently got a SMSL C200 desktop DAC amp with 4.4mm balanced out, but it's only for convenience, not actually balanced. With balanced and single ended outputs being the same, I retried the stock hifiman cable and I was shocked by the difference. The OCC cable is def brighter. What's more the OCC cable seems to be missing a lot of bass. I prefer the stock cable. I'm treble sensitive so prefer warmer sound. I'd been blaming the Fiio KA13 dongle for being bright but maybe the cable deserved some blame too.

Now, the OCC cable has silver (supposedly, how much, I don't know) so it's going to be brighter, but shouldn't the bass be the same? Can the cable reduce the bass? Am I imagining it?

Thanks

(Wish I'd found this thread before.)

 

[sistoz]

nah the ones on the items themselves, example below. I had a bunch of cables from ivipq saved that don't have em anymore

Some store will create a promo code just for you if you ask, ivipq did it for me

 

[flightlessbird]

i waited too long to buy cables on AE and now most of the coupons are gone fffffff

lesson learned i guess

There will probably more coupons soon if you're not in a hurry, I'm sure I read that there is likely to be another AliExpress sale sometime in March

 

[username643827]

Are these cables any good?

https://www.linsoul.com/products/tripowin-nucool-cable

https://www.linsoul.com/products/tripowin-seraph?_pos=18&_sid=eb560e4f7&_ss=r

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...83531897422e5382!12000034874651783!sh01!SK!0!

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...sPVSnJuF&utparam-url=scene:search|query_from:

 

[Echalon]

Are these cables any good?

https://www.linsoul.com/products/tripowin-nucool-cable

https://www.linsoul.com/products/tripowin-seraph?_pos=18&_sid=eb560e4f7&_ss=r

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...83531897422e5382!12000034874651783!sh01!SK!0!

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...sPVSnJuF&utparam-url=scene:search|query_from:

My impressions of Tripowin and KBear cables has been ok but not amazing. That said, I have not bought one of these specific cables, or any of their cables in over a year.

If you say your budget, what sound changes you want from the cable, and anything else (colour, thickness, etc), we’ll try to help.