In Reply to: RE: Talk about silver wire causing harshness. posted by kenpeter on November 13, 2007 at 19:00:00:
kenpeter, hi. Here's the test. Get some siler wire - try 22 AWG - better if annealed. Get some Teflon tubing with slightly larger inner AWG to run the silver through. I like a lot of air in the tube and keep the ratio of wire to air higher than if the wire is constrained. Make up a pair of interconnects and do an A and B test run. You can do the same with speakers but you might want 18 or 16 AWG. 16 or 18 AWG is more expensive than 22 AWG because it has more metal. Better still, if you have an amp that runs wire from the RCA inputs to grid of first tube replace it with 22 AWG annealed silver with Teflon sleeve. Prepare to be surprised - happily so. Try it and listen for yourself. If you want you can twist the pairs up. I prefer unshielded but you can decide for yourself. 22 AWG silver is only incrementally more expensive than a high grade copper, continuous cast copper, and so on. Remember - oxides of silver do not affect the audio. I have seen Daven type attenuators with silver contacts and silver wipers that are black do just fine. Not so with copper. The oxide and sulfide products of copper are horribly noxious to audio. Copper starts making an oxide layer as soon as it is exposed to the air. If you live in an area with high levels of pollution copper can degrade even faster. Try it and put your ear on it. That's the test. Have fun!
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Follow Ups
- Here's the test - elektron 11/13/0720:21:20 11/13/07 (4)
- Remember - oxides of silver do not affect the audio... - Allen Wright 06:59:19 11/14/07 (3)
- RE: Remember - oxides of silver do not affect the audio... - David Anderson 10:02:29 11/14/07 (2)
- RE: Remember - oxides of silver do not affect the audio... - kenpeter 11:35:35 11/14/07 (1)
- But sulphides in the air attacks silver too. - cheap-Jack 07:32:26 11/15/07 (0)