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In the Thread: We who are about to die... (a cable thread)
Post Subject: The mystery of different metal in audioPosted by drdna on: 6/28/2008
It is undeniable that different metal sounds different, and the reasons for this are complex. I bet we could have a good old time discussing cable geometry, conductance, impedance, capacitance, inductance, reactance, corrosion, and maybe even some quantum physics. But, you know, I am not going to do that. I encourage people to explore and experiment with whatever they want and do what makes them happy.
I agree that silver is great for the high end and copper is good for the very low end. Another neat experiment is to take some lead wire, you know like the kind used to cut into buck shot and use that as interconnect. It gives a wonderful tone.
When you rebuild the IC's with copper and silver, I bet the result will be similar to silver-coated copper, though. It was, when I did it.
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