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In Reply to: SiIver wire Brightness? posted by NEAR SOTA on August 8, 2003 at 17:48:23:
One more time ! Silver wire for audio should be the highest purity wire you can afford. The 99.99% pure silver is best, but expensive, altho sonically worth it. A lot of the silver wire being sold for audio is "Jeweler's Silver", which is alloyed with nickel to make it shiny. Nickel causes hysterisis i.e. non-linearities among frequencies and is BAD NEWS. Pure silver has a dull luster and can't be highly polished. It is also noticeably softer and more pliable than Jeweler's Silver which is somewhat brittle or stiff, a dead giveaway that the silver is an alloy rather than pure silver. The wire should be insulated with teflon sleeving or wrapped with teflon tape.Happy Listening !
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Follow Ups
- Re: SiIver wire Brightness? - pkell44 13:12:58 08/09/03 (7)
- have been using Cardas 6 9's silver in 23 ga - John O. 15:40:21 08/09/03 (4)
- Re: have been using Cardas 6 9's silver in 23 ga - NEAR SOTA 07:22:42 08/10/03 (3)
- Careful now... - John O. 08:56:39 08/10/03 (2)
- Re: Careful now... - NEAR SOTA 11:23:23 08/10/03 (0)
- Silver takes a fine shine but . . - John PA 09:08:28 08/10/03 (0)
- Re: SiIver wire Brightness? - NEAR SOTA 15:03:06 08/09/03 (0)
- Just a minor point but I have worked with pure silver both. . - John PA 15:02:04 08/09/03 (0)
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