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• Why is Siltech then such a good cable? - Tekunda 04:18:07 11/14/01 (6)
  In Reply to: Re: Gold is not the best conductor... to add posted by john on November 13, 2001 at 22:27:55:

  Well I do not get it, I guess. The Siltech G5 is one of the best cables I ever heard, but its a gold-silver alloy and here are two people telling me that the use of gold is not recommended.
  Have the people not read my post I wonder?
  I was not speaking about pure gold, but an silver-gold alloy like Siltech uses.
  I guess they have found that an alloy containing gold does just the opposite what people claim here: it is not degrading the sound, but improving it!!
  
  

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  • Re: Why is Siltech then such a good cable? - John 22:51:58 11/14/01 (1)
    In Reply to: Why is Siltech then such a good cable? posted by Tekunda on November 14, 2001 at 04:18:07:

    If siltech uses a silver-gold combination, then I guess they made use of the gold as a corrosion-preventive material. Correct me if I'm wrong here - my comment was based on studies and technical papers I've read on using gold, silver and copper.

    Have you tried comparing the Siltech with another silver only conductor interconnect?

    
    
    

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    • Re: Why is Siltech then such a good cable? - Tekunda 06:45:10 11/15/01 (0)
      In Reply to: Re: Why is Siltech then such a good cable? posted by John on November 14, 2001 at 22:51:58:

      Yes, many of the cables I tried were silver only. Like the Acoustic Zen.
      
      

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  • Re: Why is Siltech then such a cable???? - HIFIADDICT 18:52:01 11/14/01 (1)
    In Reply to: Why is Siltech then such a good cable? posted by Tekunda on November 14, 2001 at 04:18:07:

    Is it? This is not a universal opinion. Gold cladding, Cryo, and super pure wire does not always make the best cable. Transparent uses copper, now what?
    
    

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    • Re: Why is Siltech then such a cable???? - Tekunda 19:28:38 11/14/01 (0)
      In Reply to: Re: Why is Siltech then such a cable???? posted by HIFIADDICT on November 14, 2001 at 18:52:01:

      I never wanted to suggest of course that Siltech has the best cable out there. It is very good and from what I just read about the Transparent Opus, it seems not to justify the price tag.
      Yes, copper makes an excellent conductor also, I enjoy the copper Sahauro cables very much.
      
      

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  • Re: Why is Siltech then such a good cable? - Roysen 12:30:44 11/14/01 (0)
    In Reply to: Why is Siltech then such a good cable? posted by Tekunda on November 14, 2001 at 04:18:07:

    According to Siltech, although gold has a lower conductive value than
    silver, it has the ability to reduce what Siltech calls micro level
    distortion. Therefor by filling gold at an atomic level in a silver
    conductor, they are able to combine the strengths of these two
    metals.
    
    

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  • All generations of Siltech have claimed gold and not copper is the impurity of their silver. - Norm 09:53:19 11/14/01 (0)
    In Reply to: Why is Siltech then such a good cable? posted by Tekunda on November 14, 2001 at 04:18:07:

    nt
    
    

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