Kimber Kable
8TC
Introduced 1985$736 MSRP
Kimber Kable 8TC is a speaker cable originally introduced in 1985 and still in production essentially unchanged in its core design, making it one of the longest-running products in high-end audio cabling. It uses Kimber's patented VariStrand conductor geometry - sixteen individually insulated hyper-pure copper conductors woven into a large-format braid with a counter-wound helix construction intended to cancel electromagnetic interference without a shield. Termination options include bare wire, banana, or spade, applied with nitrogen-assisted hand soldering.
MSRP
$736
Used market · Excellent
$290
-61% vs MSRP
as of Sep 1, 2026MSRP to used market
From $400 at launch to $290 today.
Specifications
- Termination
- SBAN bananas or spades (WBT options available)
- Construction
- Braided counter-rotating geometry, fluorocarbon (Teflon) dielectric, no outer jacket
- Standard length
- 10 ft (3 m) pair
- Electrical specs
- Parallel capacitance 821.0 pF @ 20kHz; series inductance 0.345 µH @ 20kHz; DC loop resistance 0.018 Ω; frequency response ±0.5 dB, DC–300kHz
- Conductor material
- Hyper-pure copper (VariStrand geometry)
- Aggregate wire size
- Two 9 AWG conductors equivalent
- Termination options
- Bare wire, banana, or spade; nitrogen-assisted hand soldering
- Dielectric insulation
- High-pressure, low-temperature extruded fluorocarbon
- Original introduction
- 1985
- Conductor configuration
- 16 individual TC conductors (8 + 8), large-format braid
- Price 8ft terminated pair
- approx. $432–$453
- Electrical specs 2 5m bare wire
- Parallel capacitance 821.0 pF @ 20kHz; series inductance 0.345 µH @ 20kHz; DC loop resistance 0.018 Ω; frequency response ±0.5 dB, DC–300kHz
- Price 8ft terminated pair bananas
- approx. $432–$453
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