Cable Wars - ASR Review of Kimber KS 1036 Silver RCA Cable ($4500 pair)

I remember back in 2015 when my hearing experience was still low. A friend brought over the Sennheiser IE800 and I listened to it for hours. At that time, it was a lot better than anything I’ve ever heard. And I listened for hours. I knew it was good but I couldn’t understand what made it good or what was good about it, other than that it was "good". 

Fast forward to 2026. If I listened to the IE 800 now, I can comment about its soundstage, separation, imaging, tonality, smoothness, transparency. Level of graininess. The list goes on. 

Lately, I've been super anal about the dynamic range of music, especially dynamic range of the midrange and the treble.

 I bet one of my 100 to 200 dollar Asian inspired wonderful sounding aliexpress cables from my cable stash sounds better than that 4500 dollar kimber wire.

I bet cunning Kimber bought his wire from Asia for 20 bucks and sold it to you suckers for $4500.

 

 

deep_333

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04-18-2026 at 09:47pm 

 I bet one of my 100 to 200 dollar Asian inspired wonderful sounding aliexpress cables from my cable stash sounds better than that 4500 dollar kimber wire.

I bet cunning Kimber bought his wire from Asia for 20 bucks and sold it to you suckers for $4500.
 

Yeah the old sneaky Ray’s at it. Making cheap chinese cables great again. 
And what are “Asian inspired” cables? Do they have any flavor like lo mein or ramen noodles? Are they Asian inspired or chinese fakes of American high end cables?