Silver vs cryogenic treated copper

Thanks for the reply, but your quote is the explaination of the term cryogenic treatment. It didn't say how is it compared to silver. I tried google it, but can't find any specific number, of it stated specifically that silver has lower resistance or lower impedance than cryogenic treated copper, or vice versa.

As has been stated, It's all in the ear of the beholder. More important than the actual metallurgy is the geometry of the conductors as well as the dielectric materials and their interaction. LCR parameters are affected more by the cable design than the conductor material itself. The difference in conductivity of silver over copper is relatively small and if the silver is alloyed with something else, then the difference is even smaller. I personally have a strong preference for copper over silver, but that's just me.

Two things I have noticed:

1. Typically all pure silver wires I have heard till date alter the tone and timbre of the instruments.

2. Cryogenic treatment of wires also makes the sound tad dry and lifeless, less micro details as well.

I am waiting for at least one exception.

I apologize if this was not very helpful for the original poster but since both the things are related to un-musicality so I could not resist writing it.

Don't have a lot of experience with silver wire, but every piece of cable that I've had cryoed has resulted in improved sound quality.

The description of dry, lifeless and less micro details would, in fact, be exactly the opposite of what I've heard.

Cryoed wire does need extensive break-in (or re-break-in in the case of even well used cables) to the tune of 2 weeks to a month under normal load. A cable burning device is a real positive post cryo to avoid some of the pain.

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