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During the Fall 1991 quarter, my friend Andrea and I had moved from the dorms, and into on-campus UC Santa Cruz apartments. One Saturday morning, Andrea came over to my place. She played Cathy Dennis' "Too Many Walls." We then took a city bus to Santa Cruz's Metro Center. From there, Andrea took a shuttle bus to the San Jose Caltrain station. She was going home, to see her boyfriend (now husband).
I took a bus to the Eastside, and went to Water Street Stereo. This was among the first times you got to touch and handle Kimber's braided speaker cables. Skinny, soft, and flexible, they had no outer jacket. You were so enthralled with the speaker cables, you forgot about Kimber's interconnects.
I then went to my friend Quyen's (pronounced "Quinn" or "Kwin") house. She and her three housemates lived within walking distance of West Cliff Drive and even Natural Bridges. Quyen was rail-thin. Being skinny was okay for a speaker cable, not so much, for a college kid.
With or without an outer jacket, Quyen's housemate wore the tank top version of a gray UCSC t-shirt I had. Walking and climbing barefoot on the rocks hurt. She didn't get very far, before gingerly stepping down, and fetching her flip-flops.
Quyen's household had an arrangement for dinners. Her housemates would buy ingredients, and do the cleaning. Four days a week, Quyen would cook dinner. That early October 1991 Saturday, Quyen made caramelized pork belly. She laughed at me, "Why are you washing the hell out of the rice?"
Apparently, the rice she had only needed to be rinsed once or twice.
She then told me to use three fingers, to cut the pork belly into cubes/chunks. Then she realized that my fingers were bigger than hers, so she corrected me, and had me use two fingers.
A good cook, Quyen had made, for dessert, tapioca with mango purée.
Kimber Kable have been making the balanced PBJ line-level interconnect since at least 1993. So some of their samples could be almost 30 years-old. Look. If you do not have a cable burn-in device, that's like trying to walk and hike barefoot. You're not going to get very far, and you'll be in pain.
Andrea always complained that, with so much time needed to travel home and back to UCSC, the 2-day weekend was too short. After a mere 2 days on an audiodharma Cable Cooker, the balanced PBJ is unlocked. When you listen to Cathy Dennis' "Too Many Walls," it's as though two of the four walls have been knocked down. Once again, regular playing time isn't enough. Even a couple hours (you probably need a little more than that, in order to make caramelized pork belly) on the Cable Cooker out-does what 30 years (or any length of time) or regular playing time can do.
But put the balanced Kimber PBJ back on the Cooker for another 2 days. Then, after having a total of 4 days of Cook time, the interconnect is truly ready, its potential realized. That's like having Quyen's tapioca with mango purée for dessert.
If you have quality sources, you might not know that the Cooked PBJ is a budget model. Why? It gets the midrange right. The very top octave is rolled-off, which is common with balanced interconnects. Also, the PBJ attenuates the deep bass, and reduces its mass, extension, and power. But that's really it, as far as gross negatives go.
The Cooked balanced Kimber PBJ is so good for so little, it's as though it gets you through college. You might just stick with it. Or, it may keep you satisfied, until you can afford the more expensive models. Don't worry, we'll compare and contrast the PBJ against others.
-Lummy The Loch Monster
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Topic - Kimber PBJ, Part 8 - Luminator 00:29:07 09/03/22 (0)
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