Kimber PR Series

Posted by Luminator (A) on November 1, 2015 at 22:38:24

In Reply to: 8PR posted by LWR on November 1, 2015 at 05:49:44:

Each audiophile's experience is different. I did not actually see a Kimber PR product until, I believe, the Winter 91 quarter, when I was a sophomore a UC Santa Cruz. My friend Andrea lived a few doors down our dorm hall. She left me with her Cathy Dennis Move To This CD. She went home to Daly City for a weekend. I did not.

On a Saturday morning, I had intended to go to the Capitola mall. Remember, in those days, we did not have cellphones, the internet, or map apps. I don't recall the itinerary, but I never did make it to Capitola Mall. Instead, I made it to a stereo store on Water Street, just up the hill from the Kiva Retreat House, the clothing-optional spa students liked to go to. That stereo store was most likely, well, Water Street Stereo.

I'm not sure if that stereo store carried Kimber Kable, but I did see pairs of the braided brown-&-black PR series. Compared to pictures I had seen of the PR speaker cables, these real-life products looked duller and more industrial.

The next time I did go home to San Francisco, I went to Ultimate Sound, then located in the "dungeon basement" of the Sherman Clay piano store. Whereas the first floor sold pianos, the Sherman Clay basement was where people bought sheet music. But if you walked past the sheet music, behind some sliding glass doors were Ultimate Sound. During business hours, they brought out these spools of speaker cable. They did have both PR and VS spools.

When I was told that the PR series came out in 1979, I was like, "No way."

Alas, I had gone with AQ F-14 and Type 4, so I did not get Kimber's PR or VS. A few years later, I would get the Kimber 4TC and 8TC.

I cannot vouch for other Cable Cookers, but mine has treated several pairs of 4TC (see link below), 8TC, and 4AG (above).

Do not be surprised, if a Cooked 8PR is cleaner-sounding than untreated 4TC or 8TC. And while you are at it, be sure to treat your interconnects, powercords, digital coaxes, and Ethernet cables.

If 7 feet of 8PR is too long, you can "puff it up." Go over to Cable Asylum, and do a search for "puffing up" Kimber's braided speaker cables. You will lose length, but by getting the conductors at more of a right angle to each other, the gains in clarity are significant.

http://rpghero27.xanga.com/2010/10/18/kimber-4tc-part-1/ (Open in New Window)

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Topic - The agony of the wait! - LWR 07:16:25 10/30/15 (36)

RE: The agony of the wait! - Bodhi 02:05:40 11/04/15 (1)

RE: The agony of the wait! - LWR 06:19:20 11/04/15 (0)

RE: The agony of the wait! - Mike B. 10:27:31 10/31/15 (8)

Yea - LWR 10:36:48 10/31/15 (7)

And Once The Kimber Signal Cables Arrive... - Luminator 18:33:17 10/31/15 (6)

As will the Halo - LWR 19:13:31 10/31/15 (5)

The Halo and Maggie Will Thank You... - Luminator 19:45:22 10/31/15 (4)

I am ok with how they sound - LWR 20:34:18 10/31/15 (3)

That's Cool - Luminator 21:06:55 10/31/15 (2)

8PR - LWR 05:49:44 11/01/15 (1)

Kimber PR Series - Luminator 22:38:24 11/01/15 (0)

In The Meantime... - Inmate51 14:40:44 10/30/15 (0)

RE: The agony of the wait! - SgreenP@MSN.com 13:33:33 10/30/15 (2)

Thanks - LWR 13:38:41 10/30/15 (1)

RE: Thanks - fr8dog 21:07:47 11/01/15 (0)

RE: The agony of the wait! - mkuller 10:05:03 10/30/15 (9)

I did read it - LWR 10:11:48 10/30/15 (8)

RE: I did read it - Terry P 19:56:11 10/30/15 (5)

The smell of the sea - LWR 20:05:07 10/30/15 (4)

RE: The smell of the sea - Terry P 20:17:13 10/30/15 (3)

Ineresting Terry - LWR 20:34:45 10/30/15 (2)

RE: Ineresting Terry - ejman 16:18:26 10/31/15 (0)

RE: Ineresting Terry - Terry P 11:09:40 10/31/15 (0)

Eureka! Audio Capital of, well... - oldmkvi 10:33:45 10/30/15 (1)

Closest dealer - LWR 10:42:32 10/30/15 (0)

Review... - grantv 09:44:33 10/30/15 (1)

The amp needs at least a week or more to break in (no matter what the naysayers say) - LWR 10:14:15 10/30/15 (0)

RE: The agony of the wait! - Mick Wolfe 09:03:44 10/30/15 (0)

Rule number 237... - musetap 08:33:07 10/30/15 (5)

Too short - LWR 10:10:28 10/30/15 (4)

That is why they sell zip cord on the roll at Home Depot nt - G Squared 12:46:47 10/30/15 (3)

40 mile trip - LWR 12:53:07 10/30/15 (2)

Got any lamps? (nt) - mkuller 14:23:57 10/30/15 (1)

Great idea! I cut two of their cords off and - LWR 15:25:15 10/30/15 (0)

RE: The agony of the wait! - fantja 08:28:19 10/30/15 (0)

I love new amp smell - 4everyoung 07:50:30 10/30/15 (0)

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