Seems like so many IEM cables are chunky. Anyone have experience with good quality, thin, four-conductor cables?
Would appreciate some recommendations, and welcome general reflections on why cables got so damn chunky. Is it really a good thing?
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I was in the same boat a little while ago. I got these when they went on a sale on audio46.
Great, thin lightweight cable. I also can’t understand why so many of them are so big, cable and Y split too.
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Ask for a 4-core version of this.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001744291579.html
^ Looks thick cuz it is 16 cores but every individual one is thin af.
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Thanks, those look nice. Bit over what I’d spend on cables, but nice as a reference.
Ah yeah, I’ve got a cheap tripowin like that. Will definitely see if they could put together a 4-strand of that stuff, would be excellent.
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Yeah I get that. I’m pretty sure i paid like half of that, and even then I was a bit uneasy about doing so.
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I’ve not tried the 4 core (SuperBax) variant, but I have the Linum Bax 2 dual core cable and it’s the thinnest, lightest thing I’ve ever known by a long way. Sounds excellent too.
https://linum.warnertechcare.com/product-category/cables/superbax-cables/
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Damn, that two strand (Bax) looks amazing. Will keep an eye out for one used. Definitely curious if anyone’s seen similar products from Chinese manufacturers (aliexpress).
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Ooo, yeah those are nice and thin too. Now if only I could get something like that with a modular connector 
This is similar in thickness.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001844092313.html
Can ask for modular connectors (does cost extra).
Yeah, single strands there are still almost 2mm. I’d really like 1mm or less.
Kinera Ace is marginally thicker and a bit cheaper, but more importantly is available on Amazon with their return policy.
Both Ace/Leyding are sub 1mm on my micrometer, but i’m not using a digital one so can’t give specifics.
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this is one of the nicest thin cables I have had. it comes with the EJ07m
EDIT: I noticed you want really thin. This probably aint it
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If that is the range you want then you want the cable i linked at post nr 3 above.
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Got the Ace and really like it, but would prefer it in 4-core (or even 2).
Yeah thanks, I’ve messaged them. Just waiting to see what they say about a 2 or 4 core version using that thin stuff. They do already sell an 8 core version with the same cable, but I’d really like to try 2 or 4.
I believe you need 4 core at least. Unlike the “2-core” cable I posted above, that thinner cable does not have any separate cores inside it.
The “2-core” cable above (and all other ones) are technically 4-core cables.
Inside the core, there are 2 separate lets say, sub-cores (+ and -), which is why it works. You then have one core go to the left transducer´s connector and the other to the right, with the sub-cores being soldered to the + and - on each of the connectors.
That cable at post nr 3.
Does not have any sub-cores which is why you need another core for you to solder the + and - parts.
Hope this makes it a bit more clear.
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