Great conversation, thanks all for sharing your experience.
There have been some comments, but any more thoughts on the merits of pure silver over pure copper in digital cables?
Let's talk about Silver...
We got off on a short tangent in another discussion about the merits of silver in cables, but we did not want to derail that conversation. So I thought I would start a general discussion where folks can share their experiences, and opinions of course, with silver cables. This can include solid silver, silver plated or alloys, wire, connectors, analog, digital etc.
The knee jerk reaction in the audio world is to say that silver is bright, and in some cases that may be true, but I think it is not a universal truth. I am currently trialing some solid silver interconnects, and I have had some good success with silver in the digital realm. Please share your experience, and opinions of course.
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@slaw my post wasn’t directed at you. In fact, I didn’t see your post before I posted.
My post was merely to point out that many buy alot of disparate gear and drop in a cable without any basis for doing so other than “I wonder if these will work”. I’ve heard Shindo systems with Shindo silver IC’s and speaker cables and there wasn’t a hint of brightness. Same with Kondo and same with Audio Note UK. Well designed, properly matched gear supplemented with well designed and properly matched cables/IC’s compliment one another. |
I’m using Purist Audio CAT7 (silver) Ethernet cable and like it. |
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