Silver Speaker Cables

@twoleftears

Thanks, I definitely missed that information in my first pass. I just don’t understand why one would refine silver to 7N’s and THEN alloy it with copper?! Also, the now claimed composition of 60% silver + 40% copper still leaves seemingly razor thin margins for the raw material costs versus completed cable prices (particularly 11 or 12 AWG speaker cables).

The magnified OCC copper grain structure pictures are the exact same used elsewhere, including on Outlaw Audio’s website since around year 2000 (where I first learned about OCC wire).

The "bonded" wire process seems at least vaguely reminiscent of LAT International’s "SilverFuse" process (bathing copper cores in silver to make a near alloy). LAT is now defunct. I wonder if the SilverFuse process was picked up and rebranded?

Anyways, I would feel mislead if I had previously bought these cables. Not a good vibe. 

When I went to their website I saw promotion of 7N silver and nothing about copper.  This, to me, is misleading and makes me suspect of their products.  If the “bonded” wire is so good, why do they bury the fact that it’s 40% copper, which also seems like BS to me as even 60% 7N silver would need to be more expensive unless your business model is to go out of business.  I simply don’t trust this company. 

Thanks @twoleftears , I missed that area of their website. 

But 60% still seems awful rich based on the weight of silver required at $20 per ounce. 

@twoleftears

Thanks for the additional information. I purchased one of their power cables to use between my wall outlet and isolation balanced AC transformer. My 1 meter cable was 50% off costing me 345.00 USD. I can confidently say that in this specific function it is very good sounding and I am happy with it

I agree with all who have questioned the description approach. Openness and clarity are always the best way to present a product to potential customers. Just be upfront about all aspects of materials and construction. Ultimately sound quality is the arbiter.

This is why in an earlier post I raised the question concerning silver purity. 7N silver wire for that price didn’t seem likely. So, it is not a pure silver wire conductor, rather it is an alloy. in summary, I can vouch for it’s very good sound quality placed as described in my audio system.

I do believe that the Lavricables that I mentioned earlier in this thread are true pure silver wire conductors. Their claim is 5N purity. I can vouch for their excellent sound quality.

Charles

“low priced silver cables” is an oxymoron. Legit pure silver is gonna cost you accordingly. Quality Ag coating over Cu is not cheap either.

And that’s before you factor in the added cost of good quality connectors worthy of the cables themselves . Otherwise, you end up with a junk build quality mismatch that totally defeats the objectives,

Thirdly, are you also considering a proper full loom array? ( ICs, speaker, ?)

When it comes to buying legit and quality build, you ALWAYS only get what you pay for.