Den Sol
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I also ordered the SXC 8 but returned it. Too unwieldy and I didn't hear a big enough difference between it and the silver Litz cable included. But it is a gorgeous cable.
I have contemplated getting the SXC 8 as well, but decided against it due to the same unwieldy concern. I ordered ref 8 instead, because, I found quite a few reviews on ref 8 saying good things about it, but don't see much of any review with IEM and SXC 8. So seems ref 8 would be a much safer bet.
Got my ref 8 2.5 mm balanced cable today, I can hear the difference between this and the stock single-end pure-silver cable. More clear, open and real, two thumbs up!
The ref 8 cable is not as supple as the stock pure silver cable since it has more strands braided together, but I feel it is as light if not lighter than the stock cable, don't feel unwieldy at all.
Haven't tweaked with the memory cable much yet, will see how that work.