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

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.

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).

@ryder, I just looked at your system on Audiogon and it looks very nice. It would be very helpful to know what brands of all of your cables, etc you are using?

Thanks for all responses.

@lak current cables in the main system

Acrolink 8N-A2080III Evo XLR interconnect
Acrolink 8N-PC8100 mains cable
Acrolink 7N-PC9700 mains cable
Wireworld Silver Electra 7 mains cable (recent addition)
Wireworld Electra 7 mains cable
Wireworld Platinum Starlight 8 USB (recent addition)
Chord Signature XL speaker cables

 

The Wireworld Silver Electra 7 power cord has just completed the burn in process and it sounds slightly more dynamic and brighter than the Elektra 7 which is a good thing. I’ve also installed the Platinum Starlight 8 into the system yesterday and didn’t hear any noticeable difference. Just today after about 10 hours, the sound has changed and opened up nicely. The treble now sounds lit and tube-like, full of energy. Piano sounds very nice. I’m not sure if it’s fully burned in but will swap the old USB cable (Tellurium Q Silver Ultra) back to the system sometime next week for a final judgment.

As you can see, the new Wireworld cables were selected for their silver content, and I am glad that they are sounding the way I wanted it to be. Although I’m not expecting any big change or miracles with these new cables especially the USB cable, I am stunned, and happy.