Hi Trelja. The 1030 has been the best IC in my system. IMO Kimber has taken a step in making one of the finest IC I have heard. I would not call it revolutionary. Coincident IC held up well vs 1030. The 1030 has the most gorgeous treble I have heard. Has a top to bottom transparency I have not heard in other ICs. KCAG has no where near the the performance of 1030. Good stuff.
Opinions on Kimber Select
I have always been a big fan of Kimber Kable. I feel it offered great performance in the right system(bad in the wrong one), and good value for money(from PBJ on up). I am not in the market, but wonder what people's impressions on their Select line are. The all copper interconnect costs more than KCAG. Not that they don't have the right to charge that much. Would be even better if those who have experience with both lines checked in. I do not have a lot of experience with the new cable players(seems they are coming out of the woodwork). And over the past few years, prices have skyrocketed. $100 used to be a major price point, and now it has shifted MUCH higher. Did Kimber feel obliged to charge the same as what the others were getting? I realize that Kimber itself may have started a lot of this in our hobby with their Black Pearl. But, have they really made a revolutionary product, or just taken the next step in making good cable(evolution)?