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Cables to Add Brightness

I was just wondering which cables will bring the largest impact in adding brightness to the upper midrange and treble? Power cord, interconnects (XLR) or speaker cables.

Next, any recommendations? I am aware that silver plated copper or solid silver tend to do better than all copper. If this is true, what are the brightest sounding cables you have tried which managed to add more sparkle and treble extension to your system?

By the way, I am referring to all the good aspects of brightness ie. sweet, airy, 3-dimensional, tube-like glow and extended treble.

Not negative aspects of brightness such as brittle, hard, glassy or distorted type of treble which sounds like tin can.

I would appreciate any thoughts or experience.

ryder
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nonoise
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Darwin cables. The link I provided takes you right to their Specials section.
Great guys to talk to. 

All the best,
Nonoise

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jjss49
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nordost

most kimber

xlo

newer wireworld

nbs

many (but not all) silver clad or silver cables

many/most of chris sommovigo’s cables under various brands such as black cat, stereovox and so on (r-i-p chris 🙏)

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Silver will give you abit more air and detail but more neutral 

people forget the connectors ,rhodium is abit more neutral then gold  plating 

silver also I prefer gold over copper,

many company use cheap gold over brass , most IEC ,and connectors on equipment ,even. Most cheaper speakers use gold over brass connectors

i replaced everything in my audio system that was not name brand copper 

iuse only WBT, and Furutech IEC , connectors and connectors for power cords,

speakers WBT ,and all XLR,rca WBT. The system sounds at least 10% better just by upgrading all the connectors . Wireworld Eclipse use Silver over High purity  Copper ,which is very respectable and 6-9s pureCopper ,great quality and value.

bpoletti
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Why "add brightness?"  How about just getting neutral components?

tantejuut
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Don't forget Siltech & Crystal cables.

+1 audioman58. Connectors are overlooked most of the times. I can concur the 10% uptick in sound quality by swapping or just skipping connectors (hard-wiring).

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