czarivey "The material inside pretty sleeves when opened turned out to be neither OFC nor Silver, but the discussed cheap brass!"
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Gold coated brass speaker spades
Question for the forum.
Whats the low down on brass speaker spades and bananas?
I recently demoed some very nice sounding speaker cables from a reputable manufacturer and found they used gold plated brass connectors. From what I have read in these forums, copper is the preferred base metal. Does it really matter?
What to do?
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@tkrtrb125 +1
I’ve often wondered about this. I’ve got both silver and copper and have experienced a range with both. The thing I wonder is if copper is perceived to be more “balanced” because equipment may be more commonly voiced by designers using copper cables thus making silver sound bright by comparison. The flip side would be, if equipment was designed more with silver cables would copper then sound a little less balanced and a little overly warm or veiled? Probably a question for the ages, but as always system synergy and personal taste should be the final arbiter always regardless of metallurgy. But brass? Not when copper and even some silver cables can be had for (relatively) reasonable prices, which makes brass a non starter in my book. |
@soix you make a valid point about copper and its wide use across all components . I to have some silver in my system (cables digital) but never would think of brass for any function, connectors etc. |
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