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An Inmate perked up, when he read the (on-going) series about the Kimber Carbon 8 speaker cable. He emailed, "It's the [Carbon] interconnect which most people will get." He then admitted that he had three pairs of the Carbon RCA IC.
The Inmate wrote, "Among my audiophile friends, they like to argue about which of your writing partners is their fave. I like Kuma's insights, and I'm jealous that she [actually, her in-laws] has the B&W 805S. But my wife, who was a lab worker, identifies with Scylla."
"I don't have a horse in this race," the Inmate wrote, "Let us know about the balanced Carbon interconnect."
First, I have to give some background, on my experiences with balanced Kimber interconnects. For Christmas 1993, my friends thoughtfully got me Joe Satriani's double-CD, Time Machine. From the studio recordings (disc 1), we loved the killer "Speed Of Light," which was inexplicably left off of 1992's The Extremist.
During holidays 1993, your friends, who were scattered across California, decided to take a vacation, meet up, and go camping. You went with Scylla, Kaye, and Jayne, all of whom were college juniors. Listening to "Speed Of Light" in the subcompact economy car made it feel like you were jetting to SoCal.
At the hotel, you went for a morning swim. However, when you got down to the pool, maintenance staff had closed it, for repairs! You trudged back to the hotel room. Still in their bikinis, Scylla, Kaye, and Jayne sat glumly and silently in the tub. Ho boy, their lack of talking meant that they had serious body image problems. As you approached the tub, they stood up. The four of you stood quietly in the hot shower. Lamenting their short and stick-figure bodies, the four of you did a group hug/huddle.
And that got you thinking about line-level interconnects, which were getting thicker and thicker.
You know what, though? When you got to the campground, because of the tub/shower incident above, the girls were sick of the guys going around without a shirt. So Scylla, Kaye, and Jayne went back in your tent, and took off their bras/bikini tops.
Because of the girls having the bravery to go topless, you set aside your feelings of inadequacy, and, in February 1994, bought a balanced Kimber PBJ interconnect. Without a thick outer jacket, the PBJ felt more appropriate for internal wiring. But no, this was a legitimate line-level interconnect. And for $68, it was not bad.
In late summer 1994, your friends ACS and Angie went to Japan, where they absolutely loved the bathhouses and onsen. So, back in the East Bay, they took you to a hot tub and sauna spa. That broke off your mental chains. You were now ready to replace the budget PBJ with the $400 silver-conductored KCAG.
Amazingly, here in 2021, Kimber still make the PBJ and KCAG. But that brings us to the current-production Carbon interconnect. Termination is $376, which includes either Switchcraft XLR or WBT-0114Cu RCA. Then add $100 per half meter. Thus, the standard 1-meter is $576. For comparative purposes, here are the US retail prices for similar 1-meter lengths:
PBJ: $132
Timbre: $168
Hero: $248
Silver Streak RCA: $484
Silver Streak XLR: $828
KCAG: $1200
In the latter half of the 90s, Scylla's family used to have the Kimber PBJ interconnect. But they currently do not have or use any Kimber products. So Scylla does not have a horse in this race. We shall see if there are any winners :-)
-Lummy The Loch Monster
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