Kimber KS 1036 Silver RCA Cable Review

[lordhumungous]

I felt sorry for them.

I have to believe it was done in jest.

 

[Rick63]

I have to believe it was done in jest.

That's what I'm thinking. Either that or they own Kimber cables and refuse to accept the truth.

 

[Ruediger]

I seem to recall someone cut open the Amazon Basics RCA cable (so we don't have to) and didn't find it at all wanting in terms of conductor gauge or sheilding. I can't remember where it was, but hopefully some enterprising soul here will research for me and post it

Took a look at the amazon basics rca offer. Actually decent cables with good plugs what they have for €8 today.

Not the real cheap stuff of yesteryears.

I would expect shielding and thickness at a bare minimum at that price point.

 

[Mosfet]

'Florida Nirvana'. If you don't know what I am talking about, it is an inside joke about someone from another forum. He would definitely buy these Kimber cables and then would swear up and down about the sonic improvements that only he can hear.

 

[PoorishDecision]

null testing results would be interesting.

 

[amirm]

null testing results would be interesting.

It is tremendous amount of work and will show nothing.

 

[PoorishDecision]

It is tremendous amount of work and will show nothing.

fair enough, I've always seen the argument that cables like this just sound different even if they're identical electrically.

 

[Gary_G]

Yet a lot of people believe it as witnessed by the proliferation of companies making them. Our previous approach was just to say they don't make a difference. I demonstrate that with real data in extreme cases. This approach is working but much more needs to be done.

I think that's were a video review helps.

 

[VientoB]

fair enough, I've always seen the argument that cables like this just sound different even if they're identical electrically.

That's what the cable companies tell people. They use terms like "monocrystal copper" and "virgin dielectric" to get the old expectation bias going.

 

[IanRoberts]

I love products like this. They cost more than my entire stereo, which is still pretty high end. Revel M106 ($1100) 2 Topping D90 Discrete amps ($1300) Revel b112 subwoofer ($1100).

 

[Robin L]

I love products like this. They cost more than my entire stereo, which is still pretty high end. Revel M106 ($1100) 2 Topping D90 Discrete amps ($1300) Revel b112 subwoofer ($1100).

You're confusing "High-End" with "accurate reproduction", a beginner's mistake.

 

[Rotiv]

Probably many of us, some time ago, years, decades , dreamed of having cables like these.

 

[phoenixdogfan]

Probably many of us, some time ago, years, decades , dreamed of having cables like these.

Maybe speakers like the Infinity Reference Source or the Apogee Original Ribbon Speaker but NEVER $50 k cables.

 

[VientoB]

Probably many of us, some time ago, years, decades , dreamed of having cables like these.

Not that expensive. I always thought when it got to the point they were attaching pieces of wood to them the shark had been jumped

 

[Rotiv]

Ok, you are not one off the many

 

[Gremlins]

That's what I'm thinking. Either that or they own Kimber cables and refuse to accept the truth.

There's no truth, there's science that explain and demonstrate

But cablers only read audiof**l forums ..they don't read ASR, they see it as evil forum , truly

 

[ROOSKIE]

You're confusing "High-End" with "accurate reproduction", a beginner's mistake.

@IanRoberts was simply noting that these cables cost more than his stereo and that his stereo is not a particularly low budget system, thus making the price of the cables seem apparently even more bizarre.
I think his choice of 'which is still pretty high end' to describe a $4500+ 2.1 channel stereo is appropriate here.

 

[VientoB]

There's no truth, there's science that explain and demonstrate

But cablers only read audiof**l forums ..they don't read ASR, they see it as evil forum , truly

Many forums actively chasing you out of you start refering to ASR. I think they get revenue from manufacturers advertising and don't want to lose it.

 

[testp]

Kimber Kable KS1036 ... US $4,520. yummy!

 

[shuppatsu]

Awesome Awesome Awesome, another H bomb of truth, yet the Wokeist, Subjectivist, Cable Cultists will still swear they can hear those chocolatey highs and fruity midrange,...THANKS AMIR!

Wokeist? What, are the cables DEI too?