Speaker cable

Can someone tell me why positive (red) cable is of copper and the return (white) is of whatever? It could be sliver plated, but why is it necessary, what does it add?

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sngreen09-29-2022 7:57am

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thyname Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,107 posts 09-30-2022 at 11:15pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Aluminium is my favorite one. Really? Aluminum for speaker cables? 🤦‍♂️
dynalead Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 35 posts 10-09-2022 at 09:41pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete More audiophile nonsense .
ron_hartman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 52 posts 10-26-2022 at 10:40pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I remember decades ago buying spools of speaker cable at Radio Shack . One leg had a silver look. Strictly to identify + and - . Don't think it's any more than that.
sngreen OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 36 posts 10-27-2022 at 06:57am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @ron_hartman .. but marking the cable, instead of marking the cover is a strange way of identifying it, would not you think? And I wonder if this indeed is a copper, and not something else as the substitute. Nevermind the lamp cord, but this is the cable for the entirely different application altogether.

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