The MSRP jump from 001 cable to 000 cable is indeed quite significant, Fujiya sells the 001 for only 10,500 yen but the
000 cable costs ard 28,350 yen, more than double the pricetag.
I'm actually having plans to import in the Parterre soon prolly by end July, and there's actually some recent news reports over at JP side that Yodobashi-Akiba, Yodobashi's main flagship store and their online website Yodobashi.com will be having some exclusive bundled sales of the Parterre bundled with the 000 cable by default, for ard 128,000 yen from July 19th onwards. Typically the Parterre like the TG 334 universals by if you were to purchase them from their official retailers there such as frm Fujiya-Avic/e-Earphone, usually only comes with the 001 cable by default.
If Yodobashi has no long waiting time, I think i might bite it cause by normally 2 mths is really a pretty long wait and I'm actually damn curious to listen to the Parterre's now after reading a recent japanese blogger review that this universal model measures up or even precedes the UE18 customs, which are reknowned for their treble clarity soundstage properties among CIEM owners.
This Parterre bundle costs as much as a brand new set of AK120, and right now I'm still not really sure if I'm supposed to be making such an insane purchase decision here, when im supposed to set aside some moola for my upcoming ATH desktop amp purchase. Will have to decide soon though and i think my wallet will really hate me.
