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Kimber Timbre, Part 2

In summer 2002, my friends started to turn 30. And that was really when the weddings ramped up. That was also when I brought in some Kimber Timbre interconnects. With its clear Teflon, you could see the Vari-Strand copper conductors. And that inspired your friends to work on getting a copper-colored tan.



We were listening to Bryan Adams' "Here I Am," when one of the girls hit you. She once again brought up the double-standard, "It's not fair. You guys get to go around without a top, but we [women] don't. So you don't have tanlines."



One of your friends had a pool, so it was time to ditch the bikinis, bake in the sun, and, in time for weddings, try to smooth out or get rid of tanlines.



"It's crooked and lopsided!" None of us worked in salons, but we experimented on the bridesmaids, with different hairstyles.



"What a twisted and tangled mess!" And that wasn't the cables behind your audio rack.



Although the Kimber Timbre is flexible, lightweight, soft, and thin, you won't be able to smooth or straighten it. Just like our lousy hairstyling, the Timbre will bend, kink, rotate, spiral, and twist. Behind your electronics, the Timbre will get all crooked and lopsided. Like getting your hair or necklaces tangled, do not allow the Timbre to get tangled.



"Aw man, our hands weren't all dry, gnarled, and wrinkled!" Hmmm, your friends were not really big on bracelets and rings.



It's not quite like removing a bangle (or swimwear), but on the Timbre with UltraPlate RCA, unscrew the barrel. One of the three leads is soldered to the tab extending from the RCA. Two of the leads are soldered to the center pin.



The weather may not always cooperate. Whether or not we were baking in the sun, we thought about cable burn-in. So we reached out to Alan Kafton, about his audiodharma Cable Cooker. I think we received our Cooker in Spring 2003. Sorry Alan, we did not know you well enough then, to invite you to our weddings. You may or may not have liked the music (sorry, no Bryan Adams), but you would have liked the food!



Your present-day untreated Kimber Timbre may have been in use for over two decades. But while you sunbathe in the afternoon, and leave the Timbre on the Cable Cooker, those few hours go beyond what any length of regular use does. After 3 days on the Cooker, the Timbre starts to exhibit traits of being over-Cooked. Just like you wanted to avoid sunburn (wedding or no wedding), avoid over-Cooking the Timbre!

-Lummy The Loch Monster



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Topic - Kimber Timbre, Part 2 - Luminator 21:00:58 04/13/21 (4)

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