Kimber Kable KS 1026 RCA Interconnect

KS 1026 is the hybrid Select interconnect in single-ended form — silver and copper conductors in the same braid, terminated in RCA with WBT connectors. In Select’s numbering, 26 denotes the hybrid conductor material and the 10xx prefix denotes RCA. Its balanced XLR sibling is the KS 1126; the all-silver 1036 and all-copper 1016 sit above and below in metallurgy at the same construction level.

The Select braid is identical across all three material choices — only the metallurgy changes. Each conductor is a mix of VariStrand (multiple strand gauges within one conductor, since different gauges favour different parts of the frequency band) and solid core, braided in Kimber’s counter-rotating weave so each conductor’s position relative to its neighbours changes continuously along the run. That geometry cancels the fields the conductors would otherwise induce in each other, doing the noise-rejection work a foil or mesh shield would otherwise be asked to do. WBT RCA connectors terminate both ends.

This is the Select model that suits the widest range of systems. Pure silver can be the wrong answer in a system already tuned toward detail; pure copper can leave resolution on the table in a system with the resolving power to use it. The hybrid sits between them — silver for low-level resolution and spatial precision, copper for tonal weight and body. In a great many reference rooms it is the one that stays. Pairs with the KS 6065 loudspeaker cable.

KS 1026 is the correct choice for a single-ended reference system where the goal is Select-tier construction without committing to pure silver or pure copper voicing. Comparing 1016, 1026, and 1036 in the same system with familiar recordings is the honest way to settle the metallurgy question, and the hybrid frequently wins that comparison outright rather than by default. Walk in during business hours or book ahead if the audition needs your specific source and preamp in place.