Brise Audio YATONO 8-wire Ultimate IEM cable

What a welcoming sound. timber, detail, speed and space are the highlights of this great cable. Comparing it against the FT, 1950 Shield, OTL and SOA using Trailli, Jewel and Raven. While it is not as bombastic as the PWA cables , it excels at bass definiton and quality. It goes as deep or deeper than any of the others but goes for details and correct timber instead of pounding levels of bass. Mids are exceptional and emotional without adding weight , they just simply pull all the detail and emotion out of the human voice and instrument have the real life sound, wether the gently plucking of a guitar string or the burn of a raging trumpet. The top end is extended well beyong my hearing and never fatiguing. Stage and separation are exceptional , each instrument or voice in a concrete location and with room to breathe and not step on the other instruments.

The only thing lacking here is comfort. This is a thick cable that is not as flexible at the rest and can be a burden to bend behind the ear. I can personally sacrifice a little for that great sound.

I'm no stranger to high-end IEM cables; in addition to the Yatono, I own the First Times (both shielded and non), the Orpheus shielding, and the Ode to Laura. What distinguishes that Yatono 8w is the supreme technical performance, with a clean and uncolored tuning, at a competitive price point.

The detail, imaging, soundstage are all extraordinarily impressive and within striking distance of the Orpheus (soundstage, in particular, is where the Orpheus still has a little bit of an edge). It bests the other aforementioned cables in that regard. As for the tuning, while the FT cables add a bit of warmth, the Orpheus adds even more, and the OTL provides a very interesting coloration, the Yatono is clean and pure, with some added low/sub bass, and without being bright. It's unquestionably my favorite cable for a reference-tuned IEM like the Ronin.

The only drawback of the Yatono is the ergonomics. It's thick, it's a little heavy, it's certainly not as comfy as the PWA cables. It is what it is. But it's really not too bad. You forget about it once you've adjusted it accordingly, and when you're listening to how phenomenal everything sounds through it.