Copper for Solid State / Silver for Tubes ?

Hi Shak73; ICs and speaker cables are equally important, IMO, and either can be "colored" in a way that you either like or dislike. Most try to keep their systems neutal (accurate?), but I doubt that true neutrality is even possible, ie it's a subjective thing-- still, it's a goal.

What is neutral sounding to me may not be to you. And what is the standard for "neutral"?-- some say it's live music, but it's very hard to translate the sound from a live performance to that in your own stereo system and room-- again,IMO . Any wire in the system can cause colorations, including power cords. And in the last couple years I've come to realize that AC wall receptacles have their own sonic characteristics and are thus important in a good high end system.

I would have a tendency to agree with your premise, but only as a GENERALITY. I have a tube pre-amp and SS amp, and use hybrid copper/silver ICs and all copper speaker cables-- works for me! Cheers. Craig

Here is the only GOLDEN RULE for cabling - "If it sounds right to you, then it's the right cable." Only you're own empirical data can decide what works best. Erik

Golden rule must be to use Siltech which has gold alloy in the cables also, HA!! I guess I agree generally, but as Creeper sais; trust your own ears.