iem cable

Hello, this is my first post on the forum (having lurked about on here for a number of years and thank you all for all the highly informative posts!). So a quick preamble: For many years I have happily accepted that aside from build quality there is very little or nothing about audio cables...

I've been uncomfortable with some of the default cables and am on an adventure to find one that has the color,design and softness I want. (It's not about the sound) However, I don't see many users on ASR using cables made by Aliexpress. What about you? I used to use these plain...

So, my moon drop 3.5 connector was broken i could use 2.5 or 4.4 but since my DAC only have 3.5, my option is - buy the 3.5 to 2.5 adapter, which is i dont know the consequences - buy new cable need advise on this, and some recommendation