The NBox/PFA solution is amazing, no question about it. But reagardless of whether or not they are available individually, the better question to be asking is how well the solution will work using genuine Schoeps made cables. Solutions I can think of include...
- A custom made PFA for the KCY cable. Will cost about $200 to do it right with genuine Schoeps colette cable and a junction box, but will be the most incredibly useful cable ever and will be build to last a lifetime.
- Unterminated MK connectors and having them hard-wired to individual PFAs. This solution would be like having two "CCM" microphones, but with interchangeable cables. Completely badass if you ask me and probably a good bit cheaper than the KCY solution because there are no junction boxes or Binder connectors. This also allows you to run each channel individually and, of course, directly into any mixer or recorder with p48.
- If you've got a complete KC 5 cable, you could also just hack it in half and run into individual PFA's using Binder or Mini XLR connectors while still being able to run with CMC bodies as a complete KC 5 cable. That's a lot like Nola has his active cables setup and is pretty ingenious.
I think I may very well have to be the guinea pig on some of this stuff. Very curious to know if there are any noticeable performance differences between the KCY and Nbox FET designs when used with the PFA. If the standard Schoeps works as well as the Nbox variant, it's certainly the more accessible option.