Cable Asylum

Posted by Luminator (A) on March 04, 2023 at 17:50:33

Man, you guys are good.

We have two Kimber GQ-Mini-Cu interconnects. One has a pair of RCAs.

You guys noticed that the older sample (top), terminated with mini-jacks at both ends, has Switchcraft male plugs. The newer sample (bottom) with the RCAs at one end, has an Amphenol mini-jack.

Starting in the late-1980s, my friends bought portable CD players. At the time, our cars did not have built-in CD players. In order to use these portable CD players on those old car stereos, we needed cassette adapters.

My friend Scylla points out that cars today have neither cassette nor CD. But she still occasionally likes to listen to CDs in the car. She loves rocking out toWhitesnake's "Fool For Your Loving '89," and claims that it sounds best via CD.

She says that some cars have auxiliary input via headphone mini-jack. And that is where the Kimber GQ-Mini-Cu comes in.

A portable CD player isn't "high-end audio." But it still is of high enough resolution, that cables matter. We Cooked both a generic and the Kimber GQ-Mini-Cu. The latter simply does a much better job, of getting signal from Point A to Point B. The former distorts the music, and allows grain to seep in.

-Lummy The Loch Monster

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