KCI Pure Gold and the benefits

Wow, this thread still lives!! Glad you liked what you heard Denon1, your set is coming along nicely.

Lall,

Great question, thank you. As you know gold pricing is VERY volatile and prices have fallen over the last week or so, but, KCI has held firm on our pricing for years now with the exception of one small price increase, which I think, was back in 08 or 09 time span I believe. We did not increase our prices when gold began to climb, we held steady and hung in there for our customers, so hopefully it continues to fall and reaches a more "normal" price point so we can begin to gain some headway here.

As luck would have it; I was running low on wire so about 8-10 days ago I placed an order for some wire, received it this past Monday morning right about the time gold began to fall rapidly..... Checked the market Monday afternoon and was a little shocked! Oh well, that's the way it goes with precious metals, maybe it will continue to fall so I can make up some ground here....

Thanks,
John

Just want to provide with some update. KCI now manufacturing speaker cables that are great sounding cables (bested Gabriel Gold reflections, Hidiamond 8, Stealth Hybrid MLT and some others in my system for less price). If anybody need more details and pictures please send me email. These speaker cables are a great match to silkworm ICs.

Hello,
I'm on the way for cables. I have HiDiamond D8 speaker cables and naturally thought about D9 interconnect when I read some post about KCI and Snake River. Did you listen to them all and how would you caracterize the sound ?
Best

I'd also be interested in the answer to Barbapapa's question.

Lak and BArbapapa, the KCI cables (ICs, power and speakers) are terrific cables for the money. But of course its all system depended.
The KCI silkworm plus ICs are best interconnects I had in my system. They were better than Hidiamond XLR3 (more open and even more natural with better defined midrange) and bested so many others. I have to admit, that (driven by desire to get the best manufacturer offers I upgraded them to KCI silkworm SE version where John (KCI maker) utilizes 22K gold instead of 24k.
They elevated the overall sound to even higher level with more flashed out tones, better air and deeper soundstage.
I stopped looking for ICs after getting KCI silkworm + SE. Btw KCI power cables are also terrific for the price.
I compared them directly to Kubala Sosna emotions, HD power 3 and 4, Shunyata anaconda CX, HZ crown jewel and some others and their owner, John,( in my opinion) one of the few guys (also on this level Eric Love from Fusion audio and Jonny from Snake River) out there that still provide great real ( not a snake oil) cable products and terrific services.
After auditioning Snake river signature speaker cables in my system I sold Hidiamonds HD8. The hidiamonds just did not sound that open and natural in my system as Snake River and KCI.
Now I am buying the Fusuion Audio Ella speaker cables, but they cost 3 time more than Snake river, but do provide with even more air and more midrange without sacrificing any details.

So my opinion for the money Snake river signature cottonmouth speaker cables are best cables I heard under $2500 range. Don’t hesitate to contact any of those guys, they are terrific to deal with and provide you with the demos to audition. You can contact me off the forum for more details. I don'trepresent any of those brands, just another happy customer.
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