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In late summer 1993, Billy Joel came out with a new album, River Of Dreams. Its last song was "Famous Last Words," and who knew back then, that this would be Joel's last new popular music?
Here in the Bay Area, the latter half of 1993 was hot and dry. Moreover, my friend Ms. Zhu was then entering her junior year at UC Davis, where it was even hotter. Despite that, Ms. Zhu was in need of jackets. So in early September 1993, before the school year had begun, she went to Macy's, Victoria's Secret, and other clothing stores in Union Square.
No, she did not end up buying any jackets. But she did pick up a couple of bikinis. Sigh, life is like that.
Afterward, we went to Ultimate Sound, where I bought Kimber PBJ interconnects, which were then $62 for a 1-meter pair. While that was more expensive than, for example, the $50 AudioQuest Lapis, Monster IL-500, Tara Labs Quantum CD, and XLO Pro, it was still affordable. In fact, one of Ms. Zhu's bikinis cost that much. Anyway, I was able to wire one of my systems entirely with Kimber PBJ.
Ms. Zhu and I went to Baker Beach. With the blue Bay waters and reddish Golden Gate Bridge, Ms. Zhu remarked, "If I had worn black instead of white, we'd have your PBJ." A non-audiophile, she thought that, all else being equal, the Kimber PBJ not having an outer jacket was cool. She also liked that the PBJ came in a Ziploc bag.
Again, the skinny PBJ allows it to be used with equipment with jam-packed and tightly-spaced jacks. But do note that the balanced PBJ does not mark or identify which channel is which. Do not get your left and channels mixed up! That said, the balanced PBJ has sonics which are in line with Kimber's own Carbon 8 speaker cable.
If you have high-quality sources, you would think that there would be little or no sonic difference between balanced and single-ended operation. But with Kimber PBJ, it becomes clear that the balanced model is the more accurate product. It does not curtail top-octave extension, air, and breath, as much. It's the PBJ itself (as opposed to the equipment), causing these differences, between RCA and XLR.
-Lummy The Loch Monster
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Topic - Kimber PBJ, Part 9 - Luminator 15:34:58 09/10/22 (0)
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