Kimber Monocle X

As a former owner of the XL, you can do much better at retail prices.  They are not bad cables but it all comes down to "what is a great price"

Appreciate the input all - I'm pretty set w my system right now and don't envision adding any new components in the near future other than maybe an sut to my vinyl rig (vpi classic/dv20x2/black cube se ii). And I like the sound I get from my 8vs on the whole. But monocle x is a considerable jump up the kimber chain and when I saw their local avail it definitely made me think. I need a fairly long run for my set up and he has a 10ft pair of monocle x that I think I could get for 600. Less than half off retail. 

Really the only way to know is to try them

I did a comparison with Monocle X, Nirvana SL, and Straightwire Maestro II with Thiel 3.6 and Mcintosh mono's courtesy of the Cable Company a few years back.  The SW was the best, the other two were close.  The Monocle was on the warm side, slightly more refined than 8TC but not as open and transparent.  I will always have a run of 8TC around, they are classic solid performers.  I thought Kimber Select 3035 was on the warm side also.  I bought the 3035's w/o an audition and lived with them for a couple of years before selling.

The Monocles are probably not the best match for Thiels because they are so transparent but the warmer mid bass was nice.  As Jayctoy says the only way to know is to try in your system and your room.

Pops my experience is always good to try them in my system, agoners here all have different system, We all have different taste of sound, For the most part, you read what kind a speakers and components they have, cables sounds different on every system,if my system is dark sounding, I will look for Nordost, kimbers, silver cable, it does not always work though, auditioning cables is fun, and stressful,and it can get very enpensive too .At audiogon there is so much information that can either help or confuse you.Keep on asking until you can understand what they mean.Trust me agoners are helpful, I learned a lot here.