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spkr cable: copper, silver or combo/hybrid?

Silver interconnects are too bright/harsh in my solid state system so I opted for Synergistic Research hybrids (superlative soundstage!). Now I'm faced with the question of what to use for speaker cables, copper, silver or a combo/hybrid. Will I negate the effect of the SR IC if I choose silver? I put my money in the IC and am looking for budget speaker cables in the belief that the IC is a more critical component. Am considering Signal Cable,Silent Audio, Tara Phase II... in other words, speaker cables below $200. Plus I BI-WIRE. Rega Planet into a Marantz vintage integrated driving Mordaunt-Short speakers. Input?
pmboyd
clio09
3,353 posts
 
I'm buying Alpha Core Goertz MI-2 Veracity. They have a Python MI-2 bi-wire as well that is in your budget. If you want to experiment they also have a Python Hybrid bi-wire, but it will cost you more. Like you I also use silver ICs (Nordost Red Dawn) so I'm hoping the copper acts as a neutralizer. Money back guarantee ensures if you don't like them you can return them.
teajay
1,687 posts
 
I would suggest you audtion a pair of Acoustic Zen Satori speaker wires that are about what your budget allows, used that is, which offer great performance and compete with much more expensive wires. These are copper wires and no you will not negate the gain of your silver but add smoothness and liquidity to your overall system. Hope this helps, but remember you always have to audtion any wires in your own system and let your ears do the deciding.
pmboyd OP
391 posts
 
Some misunderstanding here: my interconnect is not pure silver but a copper/silver hybrid. Silver ICs I found to be too bright in my system. That being the case, can I expect that silver speaker cable will also be too bright or will it simply be more accurately revealing of the detail disclosed by my SR IC which has a smooth, non-harsh quality?
Also, AZ Satori bi-wire speaker cable, even used, is not in the budget range I indicated.
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