Kimber 8TC beater?

@Loftarasa...yeah, it's really a pain...plus it sounds thin and smallish to boot...:(

I really appreciate all your help and advice...:)

Hi Bifwynne,
did you get a chance to buy some Romex & compare it as a speaker cable vs. your Kimber? I would love to know what you discovered. Thanks.

Not yet .. but maybe this weekend.

Mogami 3103 and supra ply 3.4 are very problematic cables. The Mogami sounds very dark, heavy, slow and atmospheric with rolled-off highs. When i put it in my system it sounded like i thrown blankets to the speakers. I really felt sick with this cable on. The Supra Ply 3.4 has many problems ,too. The first big problem is the lead voacals which sound laid back and very muddy. You will not hear a thing of what the lead singer sings with this cable. The second serious probelm with this cable is its stereo image. It is not balanced and it draws the vocals to the left side. It's like the plane is leamning  towrds the left side. That is very annoying.

I briefly used Mogami 3104 (double-wrapped into single Left-Right BFAs) with a Naim source and Linn pre/power separates. The sound was "okay" but nothing overtly special. The sound improved substantially when I swapped-out the Mogami for AQ Bedrocks. The Bedrocks were moderately priced; more expensive than the Mogami wire, but substantially lower priced than the 8TC

Another thing to consider would be upgrading the ICs, or using Kimber 8PR or 8VS instead of the 8TC. I'm now running Kimber 8PR in a system that has an Auralic source with an Ayre integrated using Nordost Valhalla balanced interconnects (purchased used). A lot of the fullness and detail in the sound goes away when I swap-out the Valhallas and use AQ Cheetah IC instead. The Cheetah is very good, but the Valhallas are MUCH better.

I don't necessarily recommend purchasing Valhallas, but mention this as you might be able to get closer to the fuller sound you seek via different ICs.