I tried an experiment a few years back...
- I built an extremely good digital cable with silver signal wires and exceptional RCA plugs
- I then "stepped back" the design by replacing the signal wire with copper - there was no change
- I then stepped back the design once more opting for a more affordable RCA plug - again there was no change.
The geometry of the cables is an advance Helix design, so that probably made a significant contribution to the performance of the cable.
The RCA’s finally used are silver coated copper, KLE Innovations Silver Harmony RCA and the copper wire was from Neotech.
With this design using a silver conductor seemed to offer no advantage.
With other geometries there may be some benefit to using silver conductors
Hope that helps - Steve
- I built an extremely good digital cable with silver signal wires and exceptional RCA plugs
- I then "stepped back" the design by replacing the signal wire with copper - there was no change
- I then stepped back the design once more opting for a more affordable RCA plug - again there was no change.
The geometry of the cables is an advance Helix design, so that probably made a significant contribution to the performance of the cable.
The RCA’s finally used are silver coated copper, KLE Innovations Silver Harmony RCA and the copper wire was from Neotech.
With this design using a silver conductor seemed to offer no advantage.
With other geometries there may be some benefit to using silver conductors
Hope that helps - Steve