Thanks for all the responses and thank you Dieter for your input and
clarification. It was mainly the stiffness I was concerned about, I
don't doubt the quality of the wire or the plugs, as the rest of
your gear is top notch! I find that the stiff cables stick out more
when they are plugged in and I get my fat fingers caught on them too
easily.

Any idea when the newer more flexible cables will be available

Cheers,
Adam-V
--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , "Dieter Doepfer" <hardware@...>
wrote:

>
> Adam,
>
> our cable manufacturer had no parameter available that tells the

flexibility

> or stiffness of the cables. This is why the different productions

series of

> the cables differ in the flexibility/stiffness. I understand that

you prefer

> a more flexible/less stiff cable as I do as well. We already

instructed our

> cable manufacturer to use a more flexible cable in the future as

most users

> prefer more flexible cables. But I have to point out that the

stiffness has

> no influence to the cable quality. The most important part of the

cable is

> the quality of the plugs. As far as I know the stiffness is not

caused

> mainly by the type of shielding but by the stiffness of the

plastic material

> used for the cable.
>
> Best wishes
> Dieter Doepfer