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Revisiting the Kimber KCAG

I've been using RCA KCAGs between my preamp and amp for about 15 years. I've tried many other ICs (in approximately the same price range or lower) including Siltech, XLO, Cardas, Staightwire, and some of the internet-only jobs like Oritek, Signal Cable, and Guerilla. Some worked well in my system (I kept those), others not, but what I keep hearing is how incredibly transparent the KCAG cables are (in my system). Do they do everything perfectly? No. With some music you can hear juuuust a little bit of hardness in the mids, and the soundtsgae is not as big as with some other cables.

What I would like to hear from the gang here is whether there are any other cables in this price range (or maybe a bit more) that have the same information retrieval, speed, and transparency (while still remaining very musical) as these classic cables... and maybe improve a bit on those areas where the KCAG may be a little weak. At this point I can work with either RCA or XLR.
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Hi Zaikesman,
Good to "see" you back on Audiogon. If I recollect correctly you seem to have disappeared from this site for quite a while. Maybe just reading the posts but not writing any?

Anyway, you are one of the very few users who has said anything about a vdH cable. I empathize w/ you as a former owner of the vdH The First cable. My brother now owns it & is happy w/ it. You are right on the mark re. getting used to the non-metal sound. I found that when I listened a lot, my mind was calibrated to the metal vs non-metal sound but when I took a longish break, I always doubted that vdH The First before I snapped out of it & reminded myself that it was a carbon-fibre cable!
"Anyway, a one-of-a-kind, idiosyncratic product." - oh yes! you can say that again. IMHO, definitely not created for this particular market!
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