KCI Pure Gold and the benefits


Hi Guys just wanted to share my new love for the majic of pure gold interconnects. Ive been through the paces of tring different mid to high grade interconnects in my system and finally tried pure gold. Now the price does vary significantly from pure gold cable to pure gold cable, I picked up the KCI and have really loved what gold did for my modest system compared to pure silver, flat ribbon and tons of different copper. I have read the white papers about silver being a better conductor and even some on why gold is more pleasing to the ear. I feel that gold is more coherent top to bottom than silver but noticed many of my audio friends are using silver still. What is the general feeling and use here amongst guys with the high end of equipment? Are you using gold and does it get even better with higher end equipment?
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Pat,
I meant to email you this morning as well and got side tracked, sorry about that. As you now know your cables are on the way to the Mexican border, hopefully they survive the dangerous journey. I doubt they'll ever be seen again in Ohio without a ransom of some sort. Just the "Border way" my friend, so sorry. ;)

Dazone,
Thank you for the kind words sir. I couldn't help it, I had to update your cable as I just couldn't have you living with the 1st gen/prototype, just wasn't right. I'm happy to hear that you are enjoying the Pegasus. If you ever have any questions or concerns please don't hesitate to contact me anytime. Thank you!

Best,
John
Art,
Glad to hear you're enjoying them, sorry about "blowing them up". I'm looking forward to attending the "meet" you'll be having this month, I can't wait to see the speakers/amps/CDP I've heard so much about! Thank you for the invite, much appreciated.

Pat & Sherod,
You guys are cracking me up! Pat, I think you're screwed, Sherod seems to like your cables and I think you're going to have a tough time getting them back. Oh well, I'll build you some more-someday..... ;)

Best,
John
Rx8man,
Did you receive your cables from Sherod yet? How about those new speakers-any thoughts on them so far? Let us know your thoughts, I for one am VERY curious about your thoughts on the speakers.

John
Pat,

Any updates on your new speakers? Still waiting to hear your thoughts on those babies!

Sherod,

What pre/amp are you currently using in your system? Speakers?

Regards,
John
Hey Sherod,

Sorry I missed this until just now. Is your email working? I've tried emailing and it got kicked back twice....

Have you compared your Musicblocs to the Phi series? Can the Musicblocs run balanced and single ended? Thanks for the info!

John
I tell you; I love the Phi series amps, great stuff but a friend had the Musicblocs and they sounded great to me. Have you seen the Phi Alpha? Would love a pair of those babies! Anyway, hope you're well, have a good day...

John
Arthur,
Sorry, I missed this for a bit. We are currently working on a few things; one being possibly a gold USB cable. Also working on some more affordable cables using copper, silver etc. I'll keep you posted. Hope you're doing great and the new room looks FANTASTIC, I'm so jealous!!

Opus88,

Wow, thank you for the kind words! I'm thrilled to hear that you are enjoying your cable so much. I have to admit I was a little nervous considering some of the other cables you were putting her up against, guess I can breathe easy now. ;)

Please keep me/us posted on your thoughts as you get even more familar with your Silkworm+. I hope you are doing well, thank you very much and have a great day!!

Sincerely,
John
Edman,
I spoke to someone a month or so back in reference to the Firefly S.E., was that you?? I cannot for the life of me find the email he sent me and was hoping he was someone posting in this thread, if so please shoot me another email.
Thanks to everyone!

Best,
John
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