The Hero was the first interconnect that I used when putting my system together. After that I moved up to KS-1030. The 1030 certainly had more bass authority than the Hero and produced a wider soundstage, however I found the Select to be a bit muddled sounding and lacking in upper end detail in general. The Hero was perhaps a bit more detailed and dynamic than the select 1030 in some ways. I switched to Morrow Audio MA2 cables and never looked back. They are a fraction of the price of the Kimber Select cables and sound superior in every way in my system. As always, YMMV.
