RCA interconnect recommendation

@decooney:

Agreed !  

The Coppers are due to arrive this Thursday. 

Another wrinkle-- unfortunately, The Cable Co. only had one pair of the Coppers  in their lending library and the Schiit Lokius requires two pair of ICs ( I locate it between DAC and integrated). This means I'll have to compare the Silvers and Coppers without the benefit of being able to tweak the sound with the Lokius. So, from my point of view, this will be a less-than-ideal test but it's the best I can do. 

@stuartk fwiw I obsessively test both inter-mixed and identical cables end-to-end from sources, to preamps, to amps.  In different types and orders too. While each cable is "not supposed to have a signature" according to some folks self guided rules... imo they ALL leave a signature good, neutral, or bad. Each pair of cables, including the in/out on the Lokius itself, and downstream cables of different types, will all impact the results somehow. Try different combinations and orders of what you have for now. It can be fun.    

You can try putting your best pair first in order and down-order from there.  Or, can even reverse the order of quality for a different affect.  I'm doing this now in a fairly transparent all tube system (tube DAC, tube Preamp, tube Monos amps), with same brand OFC copper IC pairs first up front, OCC copper IC pairs downstream in reverse quality order.  Sometimes my full loom of all OCC or all silver end-to-end is not the best.   The "blend" of the two types and orders can also produce a rewarding result too. Try it with whatever you got.   Best of Luck.    

@stuartk comparing cables without EQ in the chain and without tweaking the sound with an EQ is less than ideal test? 
I think you have it backwards. 

@decooney:

I will try the Coppers by themselves, without the Lokius and with the Lokius in conjunction with the Silvers, as you've suggested.

@audphile1:

Well, no, as I use the Lokius with most CDs, now. It makes sense to me to demo the cable in exactly the same way I'm currently using the Silver Reference. At least that strikes me as the most logical approach-- an "apples to apples" comparison

 I recognize that I can compare both cables without the Lokius in the system and I'll certainly do that but that's not how I'll ultimately be using whichever cable I settle on in the end. 

This is why I described the latter as "less than ideal".