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Well I joined the Silversmith FIDELIUM Speaker cable club today

The story behind this goes like this. I bought new speakers in December and their placement forced me to stop using my Wireworld Gold Eclipse III bi wire cables because they were too short. So for an interim cable I found a 2 meter pair of the "Regular" Eclipse III wires used being that I wanted to keep it in the "Family." My  entire loom for the most part is Wireworld Gold Eclipse III interconnects.  The Reg Eclipse III seemed fine but I alway felt I was missing something I was used to before, like it was just a little veiled comparatively. I've researched the hell out of cables and was just going to get a set of the New Eclipse 8's but when they raised the price for a 2M pair another $500 to $2000 I decided to look elsewhere, scouring used cables for months.  Well through that process I discovered the many threads and positive reviews on the Silversmiths, so since they were more like what  I was hopefully  willing to spend I ordered a 6 foot set. Today I placed them into my system and after about one minute into the track I was astonished! I couldn't move from my chair, I listened to the entire album in astonishment. They literally "fixed" my system, it's never ever sounded this good. It's only been a few hours so i won't go into everything that happened right now but new cables are not  supposed to sound this good straight out of the box. I am lucky. they blend with my system right away. The Bass was so immediately impactful I just cannot believe a cable can make this much change, the inner detail and transparency, wow! I know these things have been raked over the coals in these forums and their are some that are naysayers, but in my case I was one of the lucky ones because these babies are not going back to Chris!  I cannot stop listening, it's amazing.

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ab989
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More resistance I figured because I do need to apply more gain with my ZMA(mplifier). However, I still enjoy the Fidelium's, despite the highs not being as extended as I like. When using the Fidel's I run SRA Boomslang Digital RCA's to SRA Cottonmouth Gold IC's RCA's to the Fidelium's.

I do prefer the Kimber Illuminations D-60 RCA'd  Digital to Kimber KS1030 IC's RCA'd to Neotech 24 awg, 12 separate PVC jacketed solid core runs to each speaker (6 neg/6 positive). More live sound and truth in timbre. Plus, the extended highs that is not tipped up treble. 

I might part with the SRA's and Fidel's. Right now though, even after 1.5 years with them.....I continue to swap them in and out every 8 weeks or better for a couple of week run. 

noske
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Looking at the picture supplied above of the cable, it is a bit tricky to even guess the gauge (AWG) of the cable.

Does anyone know what the gauge of a single cable is?

edit - I now see the quote above about being a thousandth of an inch thick.  Interesting.

deludedaudiophile
493 posts
 

@noske  I calculated as much as 1.45 mm^2.  Looking at an online chart, that is between 15 and 16 awg. The resistance comes from the materials used in construction, not the very thin nature of it.

noske
783 posts
 

@deludedaudiophile OK, well that is reasonable and possibly (probably ?) quite sufficient for most home systems, if it is copper. But that would provide no cause for superlatives, for reasons.

edit - I just calculated resistance on my 3 metre (copper) cables - its nearly less than nothing.  About 1 ohm p/1000 feet or just over 3 ohm p/km per the specs.

deludedaudiophile
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It is not copper. I have surmised, based on the marketing information, I believe with some accuracy that is is a nickel copper alloy. There are not many readily available alloys that meet all the criteria. I has been verified that my estimates of resistance are accurate.

I would have assumed that would have opened up some interesting discussions about the properties and what it would do, but I forget the natural reaction is for people to stick their head in the sand.

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