I'm now a Cardas Woman. I used to be a Kimber gal

Kimber story.
As I'm sure many of you have, I sent in my system details into
the Cable Co. for their advice on SC for my new Totem Speakers.

E-mail came back recommending Audience, Purist Audio ,Harmonic Tech and Kimber. I called the guy listed on the email.

We talked a while about this and that on the merits of the various cables.
After a while I threw in the fact that 90% of my listening is to Classical Music, The guy halted in mid-sentence and said OH, you want Kimber then, best copper in the business !

Hey Schubert, I'm being a little "tongue-in-cheek" when I post this comment, but I own Kimber Heros I/Cs and 8PR speaker cables. I find the whole cable business confusing and potentially quite expensive.

FWIW, there was a cable discussion running in another OP and Kimber cables came up. The discussion addressed the connection between published specs and the acoustic impact of various cable brands. Which is why I bring it up here on the heels of your comment that if "you want Kimber then, [it's the] best copper in the business!"

What you say may be true, but as far as their speaker cable line-up is concerned, they run 3 or 4 grades of copper cables. My cables, the 8PRs, are "pure" copper. Then next higher up grade is "hyper" pure and the top grade is "ultra" pure. Oh ... I'm not even talking about their "Select" grade. Yet ... when I checked Kimber's published specs, the impedance differences between the various grades was imperceptibly small. I have no intention of buying Kimber's hyper or ultra pure offerings to just find out that its all "hype." :(

My point ... I'm not sure I have a point. But as I first mentioned above, this whole cable business is confusing and potentially "hyper, ultra" expensive.

:-)

Bifwynne, you are most correct.
I'm going to audition the 12TC and would go no higher.
I don't mind being a fool, but do mind being a sucker.
I was going to try the Harmonic Tech but they've just been sold and the Audience bi-wires are 2k.

Schubert, you are hyper, ultra wise. If you are auditining the TCs, perhaps you could also audition the PRs. I would appreciate reading your reactions about the sonic differences bewteen the two grades. I may be a bit of a cynic, but am willing to learn with a little convincing.

I had a pr of 4 pr when they first came out,only Kimber I ever had.They were good back then but I believe they'd be a little rough and ready , esp. in treble , on todays speakers.

Worked a treat on AR3a's though.