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Silver vs. Cooper speakers cables

I want to know if silver cables are really better than cooper.
Up to the moment I use Audioquest Volcano biwire cooper cables but many people recomend move to silver for my Tannoy Speakers.
Pure silver or hibrid cooper silver ?
AQ silver cables are very expensive, but I can saw that there are many silver cables at very affordable price like Silver Audio or Analysis Plus.
Please let your opinions and recomendations.
Thanks.
elduende14
judy426
228 posts
 
Rsbeck

"The combination of (human) brain and ear have an awesome ability to resolve fine detail, orders of magnitude beyond our best measuring equipment"

from

Studio Monitoring Design: A Personal View
Philip Richard Newell

You should read this in its entirety.
rsbeck
887 posts
 
We can measure differences in amplitude as fine as .01 db at 40Khz. Can the
human ear hear this? Absolutely not. There are many other examples just
like this -- where we have the ability to measure differences that are far
below the threshold of audibility. So, Mr. Newell's "personal"
view, if unqualified, is simply incorrect. It is as valuable as my "
personal" view that the moon is made of green cheese.

But, let's not discount the importance of the human ear. Afterall, this is what
we use to appreciate audio. If the human brain and ear have the awesome
ability to distinguish a difference between the sound of copper and silver, you
should be able to produce at least one double-blind study where someone
has heard the difference between silver and copper when matched for
resistance. You will not be able to do this. No one has ever demonstrated
this awesome ability. Ever.
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dave_b
3,159 posts
 
Use your ears...try some silver vs copper comparisons. Copper will probably sound more musical. Violins are made of wood because wood sounds better than other materials. Right material for the job. By the way, most people make subjective, emotional responses to wires...few have sat in the great concert halls enough to understand what great music can sound like! With no reference point to reality, audiophiles vasilate between frequency emphasis and their own bias.
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