Do Recording Studios Use Silver Cables

I have worked in/for a couple of studios, and have toured several others. Most of what I have experienced is bulk cables, cut to length using a mix of connectors. The engineers don't take the time to even match lengths, let alone brand.

Fools prattle on about silver, ignoring what make cables sonics differ. Dielectric and geometry explain six nines of cable sonics.

Internally, electronics have umpteen metal, plastic and resistive interfaces. SS gear adds uncountable metal / semiconductor interfaces. Tube gear adds oxidizing metal interfaces.

Cables are tone controls and are system specific. See ieLogical CableSnakeOil

Not this week.

The engineers don't take the time to even match lengths, let alone brand.

I carried my own cables, mic pre, eq, level control, amp and speakers.

My company did studio installation. Some studios were very specific as to cable, others, not so much. Some studios went offline for a month or so to be rewired. 

Some studios had a wide assortment of mic and instrument cables by Belden, Mogami, Canare, Monster, AKG, Neumann, etc. Some musicians were quite surprised when we changed a cable instead of a microphone to achieve a particular tone.

Bottom line: It's the system.

In the pro world there is some acknowledgement that cables can sound slightly different, but by far the most important quality of a cable is that it is wired correctly and works.  They are tools in the music production arsenal.