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In Reply to: RE: I am ok with how they sound posted by LWR on October 31, 2015 at 20:34:18
But everyone needs to do himself a favor, go over to Cable Asylum, and search for posts on cable burn-in devices. Pay attention to those who have actually utilized one.
If you don't mind me asking, which Kimber Kable products are you awaiting? My colleagues and I have Cooked hundreds of Kimber products.
You may be fine with the untreated Kimbers, but wait 'til you get them properly burned-in.
Those who follow me know that another audiophile recently sent an XLO Signature 2.1 balanced interconnect to me. It has been in use for about 19 years. But sticking it on the audiodharma Cable Cooker [optimum time for this particular interconnect is 3.0-3.5 days] banishes distortions, allowing the cable to do its job, which is to pass the signal unperturbed. And once those distortions are removed, and music remains intact, your equipment, ears, and psyche will thank you. Then you'll kick yourself, for not using a cable burn-in device decades ago.
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with banana plugs, 7 feet long
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.
Edits: 11/01/15
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