I said my Hi-Fi spending is done for 2026, I take it all back!
Alright
@Gray you were correct, I owe you a beer!
The custom cables I have for my Hifiman He1000V2 Stealth's are pretty decent, though Furukawa generic headphone cables I got from AliExpress were much cleaner in the vocals but these were rubbery and rigid and looked worse than the original stock cables but sounded great.
Nothing wrong with the Mogami Etsy cables but the Furukawa were a little better.
Meze for their top end headphones do proper Japanese Furukawa cables and the quality is top notch. I was also tempted by the Gladiator Caesar series "Argento" Japanese Pure Silver Litz monocrystal cables 20awg, these were the same price €300.00 but I thought I do a bit of research, and I learnt there was some quality issues, hence my preference for the Meze's.
Also for the same price, Meze cable was 2.5m (I hope it doesn't get caught in the wheel of my retired office chair!), while the Caesar was a miserly 1.4m.
It was cheaper ordering from Germany than the UK but I can expect a longer delivery wait for those.
Ok this is definitely my last Hifi spend for 2026!!
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