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So I have been experimenting with cables from different cable manufacturers of late, and wanted to share my positive experiences with a few.

First is India-based Headgear Audio. Their website is here.

They made me a couple of cables for my Utopias. First was this outstandingly ergonomic, premium-looking, and great sounding Litsa copper cable here and pictured below.

The braids have this awesome texture that catches light and gives off this effervescent glow.

I also love the coloration of this cable, its light weight, and of course, it's sound! It smoothens the Utopia just a tad, and makes it very pleasant and comfortable for long listening. I have been driving the Utopia with this cable with various DAPs, including my newly acquired FiiO M17 DAP.

Did I forget to mention price? This premium Litsa copper cable comes in at only $300. I say "only" because I am quite convinced it performs at the level of higher-end cables, having tried DHC, Lazuli and and JPS cables. Thank god for the lower manufacturing costs in India - an increasingly large market for audio and audiophiles.

A second cable from Headgear that I like is their cheaper Leo Copper+ cable that I had terminated for my Utopias, here. Very nice sleeving and nice unintrusive sound, taking nothing away from the Utopia's wonderful signature.

Moving on to a cable manufacturer from another part of the world, I have also been very impressed a Hong Kong based cable manufacturer Creator Cable.

Creator cables are kilobuck range cables and very popular in Japan. This was my first time dealing with Creator and it was a very positive experience. I picked up a cable for my Empire Ears Legend EVO.

What I appreciate about this cable is how thick yet ergonomic it is. It is not as ergonomic as Headgear's Litsa cable, and has a tad bit of memory, but you can bend and shape it to your liking with prolonged use. It's just a very heavy weight and premium-feeling cable, and reminds me of headphone cables. Sonically, it makes my Legend EVO's sound like a super-charged version of itself, with the same tonality of course, but just more of everything I like about these monitors: deep bass, lush but clear midrange, sparkly but polite treble.

Last but not least, I have also been trying out the Lavricable Grandline Silver cable here, with my Focal Stellias.

Lavricables are better known I think among summitfi circles with many preferring their silver cables with warmer sounding headphones like the Empyrean and some even with the Hifiman Susvara. I have tried their Grandline Silver cable with my Susvaras as well but I really like it with the Stellia. Just makes for a sharper presentation with the Stellias which is very welcome. They also bring out the wonderful air frequencies of the Susvara while doing justice to the speed and timbre this headphone is capable of.

Below are the contact details for each of these cable manufacturers in case any of you are interested in checking them out:

Headgear Audio: https://headgearaudio.in/

Lavricables: https://www.lavricables.com/

Creator Cables: https://creatorcable.com/

Big thanks to Jaben Thailand for arranging auditions, Pradeep of Headgear Audio, and Konstantin of @lavricables for these cables.

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