KLE RCA plugs are the real deal!!

@grannyring - re:

I have found very, very little difference going from the Copper to Silver to Pure. I feel there are two real choices. Copper Harmony if cost is an issue and Absolute Harmony if you want the best. The other two add unneeded complexity to the line. My honest opinion.

I tend to agree somewhat with this comment - with the exception that the Silver harmony is my starting point, simply because in my system the improvement over the Copper Harmony was most noticeable. Also, the silver does wear off of the Copper Harmony pins, but the Silver Harmony seems to wear much better.

And for the few extra bucks the Absolute Harmony cost (that is compared to the Pure Harmony), it makes sense to buy them in place of the Pure harmony, because otherwise you'll always be wondering just how much better they might be.

Regards - Steve

I hope to have more time to read the entire thread as I like these connectors a lot. I got as far as people finding the thin silver flaking off, and a few other issues. Why would you not tin this MINUTE piece of metal prior to soldering your wire on? I mean, it’s the exact same principle as to why tinning your solder tips after a solder work flow. Flow? Get it? hehe!

Oh yeah, have you taken a look at how small their exposed grounding ’antenna’ is? I do direct runs on all my cables. So, on my receiving end, there is virtually NO exposed EMI/RFI area getting into the KLE. If any noise does make its way in, it’s a direct run cable anyway. To point out that they’re dead quiet with real world experience -listen to an Anna Thorvaldsdottir ensemble recording, and you will hear rats crawling across the stage and laugh at you. Seriously, if you can’t hear the timpani player rub his paws across the drum head, then something in your system is scrubbing the details. For me, I noticed a lot come into full bloom with KLE with only a pinch of hiss with ears at 2 inches (ca. 5 cm) from the tweeter -and I'm an SET guy (one PP). 

The number of amp/preamps I own is a lot (a musician who collects audio and musician gear/nstruments) and I've committed KLE connectors to my entire system. But not telling the cable used w/KLE. :D

Umm, am I late to the party? :DD


robert

Very timely and helpful info here for me. Thanks all!

I know this is a really late post, but I decided to experiment with these RCA and speaker posts.  I was using some decent AQ cables as a phono IC, and swapped it for a home brew silver 23awg cable with the Absolute.  This change really made a big impact on the sound, I then changed the speaker terminals on my DIY speakers and was floored as to the impact they made.  I dont get how these tiny things make a difference, but the same music sounds bigger, with tighter bass, and better instrument separation.

Just did a test run of KLEI plugs with Dueland 12gauge speaker wire.  So far fantastic... 

I was using some decent mid tier but respected cables before.