Ready, set, comment! Speaker cables don’t make a difference?

willie, yes silver has slightly lower resistance than copper. In the context of audio cables and wire it means absolutely nothing. You are talking about skin effect. Higher frequency alternating current electricity migrates to the surface of the conductor creating a "skin." the higher the frequency the thinner the skin which increases the resistance of the wire at these frequencies. Fortunately, bass frequencies, which require the most current, travel through the entire conductor. The most important factor with speaker wires is keeping them as short as possible followed by gauge and induction. Kimber Kable makes the lowest induction cable and 12TC ends up being 8 gauge. IMHO it is the best speaker wire made. Mono amps placed right near the speaker is always the best way to go. If you have to keep your amp far away from the speakers it is best to use speakers with a high impedance preferably 16 ohms and higher gauge wire with at least twisted pair construction. Zip cord is theoretically the worst. But, if I blind tested everyone on this thread it is highly unlikely that anyone could hear the difference between Kimber Kable and Zip cord.

silver plated copper great in theory almost universally yeeech  in practice.

I have 9 foot pairs of Cerious Technologies Graphene Extreme and Douglas Connection Alpha 12AWG OCC Speaker Cables.  Anyone who cannot hear the obvious difference in these two cables needs to get their hearing checked.  The Cerious are MUCH brighter than the Douglas cables.  You can hear the difference in the highs immediately. 

No audible difference if not connected.

G