Kimber Kable KS 1036 RCA Interconnect

KS 1036 is the single-ended twin of the KS 1136 — the same all-silver Select 6000 construction, terminated in RCA with WBT connectors rather than balanced XLR. For a system built around single-ended electronics, this is the top of the Kimber Select interconnect range.

The Select braid is identical across the 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.

The Select 6000 series arrived in 2010 and has held its position at the reference end of the interconnect market since. Silver conducts roughly six percent better than copper, and in the Select geometry that shows up as low-level detail retrieval and spatial precision rather than as brightness. Copper (KS 1016) and hybrid (KS 1026) alternatives sit at the same construction level — different tonal decisions rather than lower tiers. The loudspeaker counterpart is the KS 6068.

KS 1036 is the correct choice for a single-ended reference system where the source deserves everything the braid can pass and silver’s spatial character is the deliberate voicing. Comparing silver, copper, and hybrid Select cables against the same source material in the same system is the honest way to settle the metallurgy question — and it is a decision worth making with your actual electronics in the room, not from a specification comparison. Walk in during business hours or book ahead if the audition needs your specific source and preamp in place.