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Comparison - Kimber 4tc to Anti-cables

System -
Green Mountain EOS HDx's,
Ayre QB-9,
Ayre Ax7e,
custom built music server in Silverstone case with J-River, Audio Magic Liquid Air balanced interconnects.
Lot's of high res music.

I have been using Anti-cables for a number of years. I have tried a number of different inexpensive cables and settled on the Anti-cables. Not sure what changed but they started sounding very grainy and fatiguing. I kept having to turn my music down. I haven't changed anything for years. So I researched cables. Since I don't believe in spending mega bucks on speaker cables, I ran across a lot of positive reviews for Kimber 4tc and 8tc. I decided on 4tc as I have easy to drive speakers with small drivers. I ordered bare wire, soldered on my spades and gave em a try.

It took a little while for my ears (or the cables) to brak in but I have to tell you everything improved. More musical (warmer? maybe), voices are very present with more depth, soundstage is deeper and wider. There is a lot more separation between instruments. I listen to a large variety of musical styles and have found improvement in everything from folk (Iron and Wine) to R&B, (Mishelle Ngdeocello). I have a wonderful hi-res of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, it sounds quite amazing. I have to listen to everything again now!

This was a real upgrade from the Anti-cables. Highly recommended. I also recommend The Cable Company, great price and service with super fast shipping.

Drew
drewh1
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roxy54
7,962 posts
 
After all of these years, Kimber 4tc is still hard to fault. The best?...no, but a great balance of virtues for a very fair price.
drewh1 OP
115 posts
 
I agree - balance is a nice way to sum it up.

I really thought about trying the 8tc as well. I have long runs and thought the 4tc would be sufficient. I am intrigued that they worked well with the Europas. maybe I'll try them next time I get antsy to switch out cables.
fingerpaws
51 posts
 
I recently replaced Kimber 8TC with Tellerium Q black speaker cables. Much neater looking, they also let me hear lyrics better. Their thing is keeping signal phase right. All I know is they are better than Kimber, JC-1s driving Maggie1.7s.
brauser
525 posts
 
I have used both the Kimber 4tc and Anti-Cables. Each, however, was used at different points in an evolving system. If I had to give a nod one way or the other I would have to go with the Anti-Cables at least with the Dunlavy Vs, which has been the one constant in the system. The Anti-Cables actually look identical to the internal wiring of the speakers.
drewh1 OP
115 posts
 
Just a quick update, after spending a few weeks with these cables, I am liking them more and more, (Please insert all the usual descriptive phrases). I even went back to the Anti-cables and immediately noticed all the qualities that had been bothering me.

Very good value for the money - a great purchase.
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