CD Player purchase. Did I do alright?

phoneisbusy
phoneisbusy Posts: 867
edited February 2004 in Electronics
Just bought a Rotel RCD-955AX single disc unit from someone at work for $50 cdn. He's offering me some entry level Audio Quest or Kimber Kable interconnects for $25.

It's 10 yrs old but he assures me it's in great shape. I understand that the DAC's may not be on par with today's models but I'm pretty sure it'll be an upgrade from my pioneer 6-pak changer. ;)

Anyways, can I get my fellow polkie's opininons on the interconnects and whether I should pick one or the other up?

Thanks

Dave
Time is the best teacher. Unfortunately it kills all its students.
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited February 2004
    Congrats. You can't go wrong for $50.

    Not sure which models he's offering. I have no experience with Kimber and only have the Audio Quest Diamondback. The RCA's are silver plated and it sounds slightly brighter than the other IC's I've tried. I think you'll be happy with either one.

    Maurice
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  • tryrrthg
    tryrrthg Posts: 1,896
    edited February 2004
    It's probably the Kimber PBJ interconnect. if it is, $25 is a pretty good deal. If you don't like it you can probably sell it for $40 at audiogon or $50+ if it's a full meter. I'd find out what the model is and check audiogon for prices...
    Sony KDL-40V2500 HDTV, Rotel RSX-1067 Receiver, Sony BDP-S550 Blu-ray, Slim Devices Squeezebox, Polk RTi6, CSi3 & R15, DIY sub with Atlas 15
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited February 2004
    The Diamondbacks are definetly bright IMO, I agree with Organ.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • phoneisbusy
    phoneisbusy Posts: 867
    edited February 2004
    Hi everyone,

    I ended up getting both cables. One pair is Kimber Kable PBJ's. The other is from Audioquest. It doesn't appear to ressemble anything from their present or archived line. Is this one of their earliest models?

    Thanks in advance

    Dave
    Time is the best teacher. Unfortunately it kills all its students.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited February 2004
    Those were sold under the G-String (or sometimes G-Snake) name. They were Audioquest's entry level interconnect. I bought some .5 meter G-Strings locally about a year and a half ago and they ran about $17 a pair.
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  • phoneisbusy
    phoneisbusy Posts: 867
    edited February 2004
    It's pretty hard to stump this bunch over here! Once the receiver comes in, I'm gonna try both the kimber and audioquest out to see which one I like better.

    Thanks Shack!

    Dave
    Time is the best teacher. Unfortunately it kills all its students.
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited February 2004
    damn a .5 meter g string? thats a big girl. ;) oh well fat girls need love too
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