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Which headphone brands have the best stock cables? The worst? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by TrekkieT@alien.top to c/headphones@hi-fi.community

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Not sure if this is a hot or cold take, but I was thinking about how much I like the HD 600 series cables, love Audeze cables, and loathe Hifiman cables. So yeah, what stock cables do you all think are really good or really bad for whatever reason?

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[–] cujobob@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hifiman has probably had the worst I’ve tried in their price range, but I haven’t really been impressed with most headphones cables under $400 whereas IEMs don’t have this issue even at $100 in many cases.

Companies seem to cheap out on the cable and it’s wild because they cost so little to have made in China.

[–] ChildishRebelSoldier@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The Ananda cable was gross

[–] FoRiZon3@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Probably because the cables on the earlier version (2020 and earlier), which is dogshit, are different from the stealth and newer version (2021 and above), which is okay at least.