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KLE Innovations Silver HarmonyRCA's - not silver eh?

OK - so if you have not yet seen it, there are some postings on the web that calls into question the "integrity" of KLE Innovations. Simply because it was believed that the contacts in the Silver Harmony RCA plug should have been made from solid silver.

When those posters learned that this was not the case - they got upset.

One web site has even gone so far as to post photo’s of Harmony RCA’s with the silver coating ground off to display what they believe to be just plain copper.

Theatrics? - YOU BET!

Since I have been a proponent of KLE Innovations products for many years and have posted many reviews and positive comments. I felt it was important to bring this to everyone’s attention to avoid possible misconceptions and future postings that might propagate this kind of nonsense.

Please checkout the KLE Innovations site and read the Brochure and Technical Paper at
https://kleinnovations.com/kle-innovations-klei-products/klei-harmony-plug/

I think you will find that nowhere does it state that the Silver Harmony is fabricated from "solid silver".

"Silver Harmony" is just the name given to that model of RCA, which achieves a higher level of performance than the Copper Harmony, but not as high as the Pure Harmony or Absolute Harmony models.

To quote from KLE Innovations documents:
Proprietary mathematical modeling is utilized to produce the Silver Harmony’s ground to signal pin relationship, parameters, and determines the proprietary metallurgical processes that are used.

Note the key word here "Proprietary" - this means KLE Innovations are not about to give away what metals or alloys are used, so stop pontificating and just enjoy their abilities.

What you get is a family of RCA’s that are advanced way beyond the accepted norms of current RCA designs, that are capable of extremely high levels of resolution.

If you want more proof of their abilities simply google "Silver Harmony" and take a look at the number of cable fabricators that use them.

What did grinding off the silver coating achieve? One totally useless set of RCA’s - that’s all.

Regards - Steve

williewonka
yping
351 posts
 
williewonka, it appears that you have compared the copper harmony to the silver bullet, http://image99.net/blog/files/category-klei-copper-harmony-rca.html. what are your thoughts?

i find rhodium to be a bit cold sounding and i did not think the pure solid silver was machinable without being doped by a small amount of other metals to make the silver harder and machinable (much like gold). i wonder what mathematical modelling has been used in those rcas?

i think that i would like the absolute harmony to either those that have mentioned, so i will stick with the absolute harmony. i find that they provide a lively, organic, and more real type of sound. i also like the bananas.
auxinput
2,920 posts
 
@yping - rhodium can definitely sound cold in the early parts of the burn-in process, especially within the first 50 or so hours.  I have found that you need 200-300+ hours to really burn in rhodium before it settles down.  But the end result is absolutely excellent resolution.
yping
351 posts
 
have you tried the harmony plugs? the absolute harmony plugs also need 200-300+ hours.

nice to have choices...
auxinput
2,920 posts
 
No, I haven't.  I used to be a fan of silver, but I have gotten my systems resolution to the point where silver just doesn't work anymore (it's too much). 
ricevs
1,543 posts
 
When these connectors came out they were indeed advertised as "pure silver".  Pure silver means totally silver.  The lowest one just had silver plating.....the next on up had "pure silver" ground.  The next more expensive had "pure silver hot and ground" and the best ones had even better "pure silver".  This is what was said on the website.  I have followed these connectors since they first were introduced and love them.  But obviously, they were never "pure silver".  That was simply a lie.  Now the website says nothing about their silver construction.....now that they have been exposed.  I think the connectors are great sounding, but why they needed to lie about the construction seems bizarre.
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