Kimber Select 3033 versus 3035 and 3038


I just tried a pair of Kimber Select 3033 speakers cables in my system. All i can say is WOW. I had actually borrowed a pair from a friend of mine. My question is does the 1035 provide a significant upgrade over the 1033?? If so, what characteristics seem to improve. How about the 1038?? Both are significantly more expensive . . .
dewinkle
Rja, I've also gotten that response from the Cable Co. The question is what do they consider broken in? It seems the silver stuff continues to change over a very long period.

In my system the 1130 moved the sound from Havarti to mozzarella - it's not quite to the cheddar level. I would like a tiny bit more bite, but every time I succeed at increasing the bite, I get pepper-jack, which can be a nice change of pace, but I don't want it all the time:)
I would suggest that a bit of skepticism is in order whenever someone whom you do not know claims that they have fully broken in a cable, component or speaker that requires many hundreds of hours of break-in time.

For example, logging 750 hours on something requires it to be run 24/7 for a full month. 1,000 hours is a long time and a concerted effort has to be made to ensure that those hours are actually logged. It was worth it to fully break in my Kimber Select 1030 and 3038, as they did not fully open up and smooth out until they got a real 1,000 hours on them, but it was a true pain in the ass and a six-week project. Breaking in speakers and speaker cables is a particular inconvenience, as most of us don't have a barn in which to put them where they can be run in 24/7. Even wiring one speaker out of phase so they don't make noise during break in is a pain, as the speakers have to be faced nose to nose for break-in, but then pulled apart, the leads flipped on one pair of speaker cables, and the speakers repositioned if, during the break-in period, the owner feels like listening to music. Von Schweikerts and Verities, to name just a few, take 500+ hours to break in. Given the inconvenience of break-in, speakers should be, in my opinion, broken in by the manufacturer, and I am perfectly fine with them working the added cost into the price, as the current failure of the industry to do this is intolerable (at least to me) ... "[H]ere are your new speakers. If you run them 24/7 for three weeks, they will sound like they are supposed to sound. Thanks for your $30k and good luck".

My apologies for the diversion from your question.
I use Kimber Select ic`s and speaker cable ( copper, hybrid, silver ) and the Bi Focal XL with B&W N802`s. If you like the KS 3033 then you`ll love the rest of the Kimber Select line. Kimber makes wonderful cables that not only sound great but look great. You can`t go wrong with Kimber Select...get what sounds the best to you and your system and as time allows move up the line....for my system the all copper 1011 sounds ``best`` to me but the silver 1030`s,1130`s,3038`s have a magic to them that can`t be beat...especially if they are broken in...the hybrids are wonderful but for a little extra get the silver.....most of all trust your ears.

happy listening