Kimber 8tc w/ Mark Levinson 23.5 and Revel F52

The 8TC's will get the job done nicely. They don't put a hole in your wallet and allow you to enjoy the music. I understand they require 200 - 500 hours of burn in. Or so I've read. Mine are near the 80 hour mark and they sound good. I'll wait till I get 300 hours on them before I "really" judge them. Until that time, I'm okay (i.e. satisfied) with the job they're doing.

A great tweek for 8tc, get some clear tubing from home depot , or some round poly foam insulation and put in the middle of the braid, the 8tc will open up quite a bit and you can snake the tubing right down the middle of the cable, this is what kimber does in the more expensive cables in their line, it makes the braid angle more of a 90 angle, which lowers inductance, and it is an audble inprovment, good luck.

Chrissain (all),

Thanks for the info. What diameter tube is good ? 3/4" ?, 1" etc.

(I already own the 8tc so I'd like to use it for now.
Transparent Ultra or reference maybe in the future.)

Thanks
Regards
John

3/4 would work great, remember that as you open the braid up you will lose some length, but not alot. I have done this tweak many times with great results. If you hold the cable in both hands and push the braid closer together you will see that it opens up quite a bit, and the cross angles change to being more of a cross angle, this is good, and is what kimber does for all their more costly cables, they use carbon anti static sorbathane, but good luck finding that. you can take it a step further and fill the tube with pure silica sand for vibration controll, and get some nice jacket from parts connexion or tweak geek to finish them off, happy listening, chris

Thanks to all. I'll be using these until I switch over to something in the Transparent line.

Regards
John