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The Japanese & European EX1000 & EX600 models come with two cables (1.6m & 0.6m). The American versions only come with one cable (1.2m).
Also, both American versions of the EX1000 & EX600 come with the same EX600 cable (model RK-EX600LP) - yes, the much more expensive EX1000 comes with the thinner EX600 cable! - The European & Japanese EX1000 have the real EX1000 cables (models RK-EX1000LP & RK-EX1000SP), which are thicker but more supple than the EX600 cables (models RK-EX600LP & RK-EX600SP).
Not good.
If I am to get the EX1000 I'll be grabbing the Chinese version (which is the imported Jap version with Chinese printed on where the Kana should be). This would include two EX1000 cables. Although, apparently, the strain relief on the L-jack of the EX1000 seems to be
worse than that of the EX600. So when it comes to long-term it might actually be better to have an EX600 cable (although, granted, you can always chop off the plug and re-terminate it with a Neutrik, Oyaide or SwitchCraft, or a straight one).
Replacement (sold as "upgrade") cable of the EX1000 is out, being made by one single Chinese entity (I'm not saying "firm" because I doubt that it is actually registered as one). See
here. Price in CNY, which is about
half the price of the EX1000 over there.
Disregarding the epicly poor translation, here's the correct translation of that propaganda paragraph, by me:
The central conductor strands have been polished using an ultrasound technology. It is then wrapped with 60µm of pure silver using a FEP jet-extrusion machine and then polished again with an ultrasound. The "micro-space" electrical insulation technology is another unique technology [developed by Beat Audio China] with an electron speed of 0.96c. This cable not only allows for a greatly increased quality of the bass but also considerably expands the sound-stage, both horizontally and vertically, rendering it much fuller and with more realism. The increased resolution allows for a higher fidelity in its music output. The [Nordost] Baldur (Bard?) Mark II allows for a more refined sound-stage and a clearer [instrument] placement, along with much stronger vocal rendering.
They claim to be using an upgraded version of the Nordost Baldur or is it Bard. If you don't know what that "micro-space" technology is, they claim that it is a "hyperspace hovering technology" (as described on their other cable pages) that allows for the conductor strands to be smack-middle inside the insulator wrapping for the entire length of the cable
without ever touching the actual insulators. They claim that air is the best insulator since kilovolt-level transmission cables "are all naked". They claim that a conductor material coming in contact with a non-conductor would "introduce hyperspace distortion" due to the "contaminated electron stream".
Wow.
