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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.
tonyptony

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seurat
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Tonyptony, you are correct the Kimber 1010 are on the warm side, but the Kimber 1021 is another history.
I'm glad you like the AZ silver reference, its a wonderfull cable. Enjoy it. In the end if you are still having the "hardness problem" maybe the answer is not in the cables, but elsewere. then you must dig deeper.
seurat
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I dont know much about the KCAG, but why dont you try one of the fine Kimber Select series. You would be suprise. Very natural sound, great dynamics and excellent build, IMO a step up from the KCAG.
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