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Silver wiring for interconnects

I recently changed internal wiring on my Merlin VSM-Mx speakers to Neotech Silver OCC5N solid core. I find sound beeing nice/smooth but still detailed even more so than original without a hint of edge/sharpness. Sound gets more fleshier/full as time goes with better soundstage. I was very sceptical before changing and it wasn´t until reading very positive reviews, especially on Neotechs, I dared.
I use Siltech and Zen silver cables in my system, hence change for better synergy.

I now consider making own IC:s from Neotech but would like to hear other opinion/ideas about: wiring thickness, isolating/damping material and design concept.
For speakers, internal wiring was isolated/damped with pure cotton, no teflon. Used 3x20awg on mid/woofer and 2x20awg on tweeter.

Many Thanks!
clabe
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stanwal
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I have also used silver in places, replaced the tweeter wire in my S100s with Home Grown Audio silver wire and it made a nice improvement. I am using a custom silver tonearm cable from a small maker in England and it is very good. I have some Siltech ICs of the 4-28 and 4-56 vintage but they are .5M length so have limited application. The newer pure silver Siltech is a little out of my budget range.
dgarretson
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Hi Clabe, I see Parts Connexion lists Neotech 20awg silver OCC5N with teflon jacket(blue) hook-up wire. Is this what you used, or is the bare silver conductor available without the teflon jacket? If so, who sells it?
clabe OP
101 posts
 
Thanks all for your helpfulness.
Hi David! I purchased the ones with teflon jacket from Parts Connexion but the cotton tube (one for every core) had to narrow internal diameter so I pulled teflon of because I prioritated thick cotton for both its dielectric and antivibrating properties useful in a "vibrant" enviroment inside speaker.

Have a nice Thanksgiving!
face
516 posts
 
I've been using Neotech 20-24ga chassis wire for balanced interconnects and am very pleased with the sound. FYI, I wouldn't advice anything smaller than 28ga for an interconnect as it's quite fragile.
clabe OP
101 posts
 
Hi Face!
I´ll take that into consideration.
These silver cables are wonderful in my Merlins, so relaxed and natural sounding, no fatigue whatsoever.
Sound gets better as time goes, I read 200-400 hours before fully "burnt in". Just passed 170 hours.

Many Thanks!
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