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In Reply to: ChrisVH: Anybody try your IC's with copper? posted by DrM on July 3, 2001 at 16:31:30:
Heres my 2.5 cents. On my ESL's using various tube amps (I tried my new KTA Mk-3's, rebuilt Heath W5M's) on the electrostat I *think* I heard a slight change of the top end between the cables. I built 3 sets of cables per Chris's construction plans. One set all silver, another set silver plated copper (wire wrap conductor with the kynar insulation carefully removed so as not to nick the metal) and the 3rd set Cat-5 FEP wire (left over from my Cat-5 cable construction) wound around teflon tubing. (I still want to try Chris's "Caulking backer foam"...Chris, care to elaborate?) All cables were wrapped in teflon tape. All sets were made 40" long. (I probably will "bob" these things when I finally quit moving the gear around)My opinion? I am pretty sure that the "all silver cables" did add a subtle brightening effect to the sound, in my mind like a "spectral tilt" bringing up HF and diminishing the lower mids. (my ESL's crossover from the 'stats to the TL's at either 250 or 450 so please bear this in mind for my listening comments)The copper/silver wire cable did something similar but much more subtle and I still am not sure I heard it. I definitely didn't find the sonics to completely go to hell from the silver/copper wire as some claim) Finally, the copper wire cables did sound a bit darker, but not dramatically (Please note, the copper used isn't *pure* nor "single crystal, so keep this in mind when considering my comparison to the all silver) If I went away from the system for a bit and came back to listen later, I feel I wouldn't have felt there was *wrong* about the sound.
My feeling is that the "all silver wires" will compliment a system which my have a somewhat soft top end balance (all tube like mine) and be undesirable in a system which is all SS. Speakers are a big factor here as well. Also, I only used one set between amp and preamp (SDS Labs zero feedback set up). Replacing my other cables with the indentical cables to the one being auditioned might alter my perception.
Finally, thank you Chris V for the projects on line and helping me anger (ie: pi-- off) my wife by building cables rather than build the cages in the backyard to house her raccoons!
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