Kimber Kable Hero Interconnect Cable - 4.0 Meter - WBT 114 RCA's - Pair

Hero Is Kimber's Four-Wire Braid

Kimber Kable's Hero is the interconnect Kimber built around four conductors instead of three. It sits in Kimber's Ascent Series and has been a reviewer favorite for many years. Like every Kimber cable, it is braided and terminated by hand in Ogden, Utah.

Four 19 AWG Copper Conductors in a Quadratic Braid

Each conductor is 19 AWG VariStrand copper, a bundle of strands in more than one gauge. The four are woven in what Kimber calls a quadratic braid. Kimber says the braid gives wide bandwidth and noise reduction without the use of shielding.

Virgin FEP Insulation and Hand-Soldered Ends

Kimber insulates each conductor with virgin FEP, a fluorocarbon it applies in single and dual layers. It publishes the result: 78 pF of capacitance, 0.385 µH of inductance and 0.037 ohms of resistance per meter. The plugs are soldered on by hand under nitrogen, which keeps the joint clean as it cools.

The WBT-0114 Cu Plug, Explained

Hero ends in the WBT-0114 Cu, a plug WBT builds under its nextgen name. The signal contacts are pure oxygen-free copper. A brass sleeve tied to the ground contact provides the shielding, and WBT rates the plug at 75 ohms to 400 MHz. The metal parts are a copper alloy plated in 24-carat gold.

The barrel locks on with WBT's patented collet clamp, a two-section sleeve in a ruthenium finish that works like the chuck on a drill. Twist the barrel and the plug tightens onto the jack. The center pin is slotted so it springs against the socket.

What Reviewers Are Saying

The Absolute Sound staff, in the 2017 Editors' Choice list published April 6, 2017, wrote that "Hero's bass lives up to its name, prodigious in amplitude and definition."

Jason Kennedy, reviewing for hi-fi+ on January 17, 2018, found that "as soon as you drop it into the system the timing comes into focus." Stereophile’s 2026 Recommended Components calls Hero the "strong, silent type" among cables.

Who Is This Interconnect Best For?

• You want more than a three-wire cable gives — Kimber designed Hero's four-wire braid for wide bandwidth, so the whole range gets through
• Your sources sit near power supplies — the quadratic braid cancels induced noise along its length, so the shelf stays out of the music
• You value bass weight — The Absolute Sound singled out Hero's low end for its size and definition, so kick drums land
• You want a plug that locks — the WBT-0114 Cu's collet clamp tightens onto the jack, so the connection cannot work loose
• Your components both offer XLR — Hero is single-ended RCA. If both your components have balanced XLR jacks, choose the Kimber Hero XLR instead. Or call us and we will match the connector

How Does It Connect to Your System?

Run Hero from a line-level output, a DAC, streamer, CD player or phono stage, to a line-level input on your amplifier or preamp. Keep left to left and right to right. Slide each WBT plug onto the jack, then turn the barrel to tighten the clamp. Loosen it before you pull the plug off.

Then listen. Other and longer lengths available. Call for prices.

Pairs Well With

An interconnect is one link in the chain. It usually joins these categories.

• Integrated Amplifiers — the usual input end
• Digital-to-Analog Converters — DAC output to amplifier
• Phono Preamplifiers — phono stage to line input
• Speaker Cables — the last link to the speakers

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the WBT-0114 Cu connector?

A WBT nextgen RCA plug with pure oxygen-free copper contacts, a shielding brass sleeve on the ground side, gold-plated copper-alloy metalwork and a twist-to-lock collet clamp.

Is WBT 114 the same plug as WBT-0114 Cu?

Yes. Audio Advisor titles write it as WBT 114, WBT 114Cu or WBT 0114Cu. They are all the copper version of WBT's 0114 nextgen plug.

What does VariStrand mean?

Each conductor is made of strands in more than one gauge. Kimber uses this stranding in every interconnect it makes and says the mix of gauges spreads the signal across the bundle.

Is Hero shielded?

There is no separate shield. Kimber says the four-wire quadratic braid provides the noise reduction, which is why the cable has no outer jacket.

Why four conductors instead of three?

Hero has four 19 AWG conductors where Kimber's three-wire cables have three. Kimber says the four-wire quadratic braid provides wide bandwidth and noise reduction without shielding.

Is there a step up from Hero with WBT-0114 Cu plugs?

Kimber Silver Streak is the next rung. It moves to Kimber's Summit Series and adds a silver conductor to two copper ones.

See It in Action

Audio Advisor looks at the Hero braid and its plugs.

The balanced version of the same cable, for a look at how Kimber terminates it.

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