Digital Interconnect - Silver?

Msnloeth- That is a good idea and I will quote a private email that another member and I had about this same exact subject.

"Quanta noise developed when transferring the signal through silver cables creates high amounts of jitter. Copper has much lower quanta noise as well as a different frequency. There would be quite an improvement in that area as well."

So I think there would be a noticeable amount of improvement if you were to go from silver to copper, I was in the process of switching all silver to copper, but am on longer using transport/external DAC so I never tried using a copper digital cable.

I know Jena Labs makes a copper digital cable which I imagine is among the best, I have enjoyed every cable I have heard that they make, I don’t see how or why the digital cable would be any different.
Tim

I kind of found out ( by accident ) that i typically prefer Silver digital cables.

I had bought quite a few various digital cables, most of them used and all of them copper as far as i knew. Out of the bunch, there was one that was really much more cohesive and natural sounding that had excellent detail. As it turns out, i had to take it apart to repair it as a loose connection developed. Lo and behold, i found out it was a Silver cable but with none of the glare or brightness that you read about. I have since moved onto another digital cable and it too is all silver. All of the benefits of the other silver cable but even more "relaxed" or "unstrained" sounding.

Like anything else though, it is both a matter of personal taste and system synergy. I know what i like and so far, most of my systems are plumbed with copper. Sean
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I compared Illuminations D-60 (silver) to Cardas Lightening (copper) between a CAL Delta and Bel Canto DAC 1 in a tube setup. It wasn't even close. The Cardas had a much better midrange with well integrated highs.