Caldoran
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So, as the title says. Personally, I prefer the Sennheiser cabling for its high-end IEMs. So soft, flexible, and strong! Not to mention zero microphonics!
Which of the following IEMs do you feel has the best quality cable?
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Marcus_C
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You expect people to have used/owned all of those? Or do you want a popularity contest....
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Indeed. That's the way these polls always go. Also, the Monster Turbine Pro line uses a different cable from the Jamz line.
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buffalowings
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anywho, most of the phones mentioned have removable cables, if they feel lacking in anyway, you could just go out and buy a replacement
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My vote is for the Westone cable. I'm assuming the Westone UM3X (which I have never had) uses the ES Cable (which I used with my UE SF5Pros). I loved the suppleness of that cable and the very low microphonics. The braiding also looks cool and I noticed significant improvement in detail over the stock UE cable. I only had it for about 3 months so I can't speak much to its durability though. I now have the Shure 535 and love the tank-build quality of the cable but find the microphonics slightly too high (in comparison to the ES Cable from Westone).
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Yeah, including detachable cable earphones in a poll for the best cable is a bit ironic. My vote goes to the CK100 on the basis of what I have read here. I've read that Shure also packs in quite a substantial cable with all their earphones, but the cable on DBA-02 seems a bit iffy from the pictures. (specially at the strain releifs).
I don't own any of these btw.
I don't own any of these btw.
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From what i`ve tried. The order is from best to worst:
Westone um3x (fixed cable)
Qjays
Meelectronics m6
Sennheiser cx550
Meelectronics m11+
UE tf10
Did not vote btw
Westone um3x (fixed cable)
Qjays
Meelectronics m6
Sennheiser cx550
Meelectronics m11+
UE tf10
Did not vote btw
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Wow - the cable that came with my SF5Pros which is purportedly the same as on the TF10 would rank as worst ever IMO.
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Yes its very weird that ue use that cable, beats me considering the price of the Tf10`s
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even at the current low price, the cabling is still a huge disappointment...not to mention the original going price...
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