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In Reply to: RE: Silver Cartridge Coils posted by AudioSoul on January 12, 2017 at 11:27:44:
*sniff* *sniff* What's that smell? It's Marketing BS!! They are targeting the budget end of the audiophile market but trying to add a prestige factor in. "Ooooh SILVER coils ...shiny"!
It's basically a 2M red (therefore bonded elliptical). Any theoretical advantage in the silver conductivity properties is wasted by the limited tracking ability of the bonded tip which makes for a higher tip mass. In other words, the only advantage is that in theory your distortion is more "faithfully" transmitted to the amplifier! lol
Total waste of money IMO. A cartridge is not required to transfer significant current, which is just as well because the DC resistance for MM is comparatively high and designed to match the mechanical system. So the only real parameter of interest is the linearity of the output voltage to the change in magnetic flux. The total power transfer is miniscule given the load and output voltage.
However, let's for one moment accept that the Silver DID make a difference. It's only in the cartridge. What about the tonearm cable...the inline components...PCB tracks....internal speaker wire (Guess what? Even if you use really exotic speaker cable, the internal wiring especially in the value end of the market is very often just plain vanilla hookup wire).
Regards Anthony
"Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty.." Keats
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