So. Finally dove into the wide world of 3rd party/aftermarket cables finally. A BIT OF A MISADVENTURE. Found some extremely exhaustive review threads on Head-Fi and spent more time reading about measured impedances, connector qualities, etc. than any human adult should even consider in a lifetime. AT LONG LAST, I had identified my target: a 4-core oxygen-free copper ditty from Definitely Real Company JCALLY.
Then I waited ā biding my time, initially just fixing up the house, then putting my girls through college, finally retiring and growing old with my wife; later, when the only things left on the horizon for me were the arrival of an AliExpress delivery and my own death, eventually joined the posthuman revolution and became a formless nanoswarm; loaded up to the cortex from my source box and traversed untold space and time off the moons of Jupiter, ultimately being born anew a child of stardust and light.
Cables finally show up. The air in the room is pregnant with anticipation. My wife is indifferent. My cats were asleep. I pull my new JCALLY brand Certified Bang For Your Buck cables from their spartan transport. And there they were - no lie - 100% absolutely exactly identical to the stock P1 cables that everyone hates.
It was a great moment to be post-alive. There is nothing more audiophile than searching to the ass end of the internet for a superior DOUBLE SECRET SLEEPER cable and ordering some obscure enthusiast offering from the literal other side of the planet, only for the universe to deliver you exactly the cable you are trying to replace.
So I finally broke down and bought hybrid copper-silver offerings from TRN and Yinyoo on the basis that they are supposed to be comfortable and because they look badass. What is their impedance? Will they add EXPANSIVE COLORATION? I donāt know. I donāt care. Iāll find out if I like them when they get here after the sun has collapsed into itself and sucked all recognizable existence into a void of infinite density.
