After my ever-ongoing search for the right cable (some of you have seen me talking, asking and complaining about it for several posts
) I finally found a nice looking, available in Europe, not too expensive, quality-cable. First I was searching for a 3.5mm to 6.35mm cable but since those are very rare, mostly super-cheap garbage or not available to be shipped to Europe, I ended up by going for a 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable like most of you guys. I still have a 3.5mm to 6.35mm adapter here which came with my DAC so I'll be using that.
SO for people in Europe:
The cable I'm talking about is the
DeleyCON Premium HQ Stereo Audio Kabel
I got the 1.5m version, at only 4.70 euro. Since the quality is comparable to much more expensive cables like the Oehlbach i-Connect J-35 at 19 euros, this one is a steal. Yes it looks exactly like the pictures (they're NOT renders, the cable really looks this good. Build quality is excellent). The cable itself is rather thick, however flexible, feels very smooth and has no markings or text whatsoever on it. The connectors look and feel very well built. The aluminium jacks shine dark-grey and are unscrewable, revealing the connection between cable and connector which looks solid. If one has enough time and able to scratch 'DeleyCON' off the jacks you would have a very neat and clean looking cable.
The sound to conclude: much better than my 3 3.5mm cables (I already own) combined. Those were cheap stuff which came free with... I don't now anymore but you know what I mean: those cables you have but you never bought
. A very thin and short cable with gold connectors sounded the worst. The 2 others I had (a cable with gold connectors and a long cable with alu connectors) sounded the same. The DeleyCON I now have is much better! I don't have a multimeter so I can't test it's impedance but I notice the sound is a bit more refined, more precise, more sparkly. The voices are better too! Now I really like the X1! First it was like a (thin) veil was covering the sound.
I don't earn money or am affiliated with DeleyCON if some might think
but I can recommend this cable to anyone who still needs one and can't order from the US. It's cheap, however it looks and feels expensive (the pictures on Amazon are 100% accurate), thick but flexible and the sound is very good.
Just spoke to philips they called me about the different X1's and there are actually 10 different versions of it
isn't it amazing...all slighty different from another hihi no there is just one version of it like i thought......One to rule them all...
Isn't that something? Makes you wonder how the other X1's sound
Well I must say my X1 is warm with nice bass, but not
that amazing as most of you say it is. Dubstep and electronic music do sound nice, but I'm not jumping off my seat
. I really enjoy the X1 with AC/DC for example.