Kimber Kable 8TC Speaker Cable

[sb_caribou]

Hi, I'm currently using monster speaker cable for my LSi9s and LSiC and am thinking about an upgrade to the Kimber 8TC. Looking into bi-wire with banana plugs. Any tips and good or bad experiences with this cable before I order are appreciated. Thanks.

[Willow]

Are you really going to bi-wire ? has it proven to be a sonic benefit? if not don't buy the bi-wire. I use 4pr. Unless you will bi-amp then it would be worth it.

[dcarlson]

Originally posted by Willow
Are you really going to bi-wire ? has it proven to be a sonic benefit? if not don't buy the bi-wire. I use 4pr. Unless you will bi-amp then it would be worth it. I disagree. The 8TC is great cable in either configuration. I use mine as a single run. You don't HAVE to use them biwired.

*Edit* I miss read the original post and missed the bananas. My 8TC are unterminated.

[Willow]

I just find he could save a tad of cash and get non-bi-wired. why would you buy an extra set of tires for your car if you can only use 4 at a time.

[dcarlson]

It's not a matter of extra anything. The 8TC has 16 individual wires braided to make one cable. It just gives you the option to use it in a biwire setup. If you wanted to.

[Willow]

Thanks D, I thought they were pre-bi wired! my ignorance !

then by all means buy them !

[Zero]

Kimber makes a solid cable. You will find many who enjoy their products... some that even swear by them.

I had the 4tc/4tc run, along with some Hero interconnects. Honestly, I could rarely tell the difference between this wire and lampcord... but there are many attributing factors to the effects (if any) of wires and systems.. just a matter of trial and error.

Id say - so long as you can buy them and not loose your rear end on re-selling if they dont tickle your fancy - your made in the shade.

[Willow]

Must have been quite the lamp cord !;) Right I lucked out and bought 30ft for 50$cad taxes in.

[dcarlson]

Quite the lampcord indeed. Lol.

The 8TC made a subtle but noticeable difference for me over the 4VS. The 8TC is also much better than 8PR. IMO.

[sb_caribou]

Thanks for the quick feedback - seems as though this brand is fairly well received. I do have Hero interconnects now. So I probably will give this a try.

[phuz]

I'm using a doublerun of 8tc to bi-wire, and I'm loving it. It was a very noticable improvement over the PS Audio bi-wires that I had before.

I say go for it. You can't really go wrong with Kimber.

[mantis]

I also Used Kimber 8tc double run bi wire for my Lsi's when I owned them.

If you buy a single run of 8tc and use it as a bi wire, it's really a 4tc 4tc run. When you use 2 runs of 8tc 8tc then you have a true 8tc bi wire.

Go for it there incredible cables,

Dan

[sb_caribou]

Interesting... but I'm not entirely clear on this. so is a double run two pairs of 8tc's? Or do they sell it double width with a banana end?

If 2 pairs, would that rule out the banana connection entirely? Is this something you would only do for spade or bare wire?

[mantis]

Kimber will terminate the cable with whatever you need. My pair was spades at both ends. The 2 8tc cables are joined together by a single pair of spades at the amp end, then at the speaker end the 2 cables have 4 ends, one pair is slighty shorter for the bottom posts.

Dan

[phuz]

Yes, a double run is two full pairs of 8tc, 4 cables. You can get them terminated however you want from from Kimber. For example, you can get the amp ends joined together to a single banana termination. This is how mine are (bought from Mantis) - cept mine have spades all the way around.

You'll most likely have to order them as it's not a terribly common request and I doubt any storefront would have some handy. Most anyone would however, be able to make you some if you don't want the factory Kimber termination.

I have seen some going on Audiogon and Ebay.