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faithguy19
44
Oct 16, 2014
Guys. I got these on the last drop and these are some of my favorite IEMs. Do not let the stiffening issue put you off. They will still work fine and the sound is incredible.
ghawkins
9
Oct 26, 2014
faithguy19The cable stiffening is of no concern.
The apparent "sage" who wrote:
"The issue with stiff cables is that it most often leads to an eventual interruption in the audio signal, whereby the signal may begin intermittently cutting off on the effected side(s), and ultimately give out altogether."
Hasn't the slightest clue what he (or possibly she) is talking/writing about.
I have owned DN-1000's for some time now and the cable does indeed stiffen somewhat where it contacts the skin. The stiffening, however, gradually tapers off so that there is nowhere any point where the cable suddenly transitions from stiff to non-stiff.
Rubber/plastic cables only provide insulation, not mechanical strength. Cables (the metal component thereof) become broken due to repeated flexing at a single point. This single point of failure is almost always where a stiff section of the cable abruptly transitions to a non-stiff section. I have owned such IEM's/ cables (i.e.: Ultimate Ears). The cable around the ears is stiff, to allow tailoring it to your ear's contour and the stiff section abruptly ends leaving the remainder of the cable flexible. This creates a point of failure because the cable will naturally bend at the junction of the stiff and non-stiff section. My Ultimate Ears failed for this very reason and I had to have to cable replaced. The Dunu's suffer from no such problem and, in fact, I view the cable stiffening as a "feature" since it causes the cable to adapt to the shape of my ears.
Notice that no references were given substantiating the failure of the Dunu's cables due to stiffening - only the supposed expert's unsupported pronouncements.
Dinerenblanc
107
Oct 28, 2014
ghawkinsSounds like someone's feelings were hurt when realizing that he spent money on a faulty product.
Quivex
0
Apr 7, 2015
ghawkinsI know you posted this half a year ago, but I still feel like pointing out how wrong you are. After five months I ask you to kindly regard the state of my cable.
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As you can see, the cable got so stiff that it simply cracked exposing the wires underneath. and quite frankly even before this the stiffening was getting extremely annoying. When I went back to my GR07s, I remembered how cables are SUPPOSED to feel. Luckily they are under warranty and DUNU will be replacing them for me. Supposedly with a new cable that no longer stiffens the same way. I hope very much that that is true, but I'll believe it when I see it.
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