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Re: Best for IC's - copper? silver? gold-plated silver?

There is a lot of hype in the high-end audio market concerning what type of wiring is better (ICs & speaker cables)...the fact of the matter is that no component manufacturer (amplifiers, DACs, sources, etc...) that I know of uses solid silver conductors in their internal wiring inside the amp.

It is almost always copper or tinned copper inside your components and speakers.

So, for short runs, it is better to use copper, to maintain "signal purity." Silver is a different element, and unless you have fully silver circuitry and signal paths, always choose copper.

There are tangible benefits to using silver as ICs and wiring, but most manufacturers claim that at lengths of 0.5M and 1M a silver IC will drastically improve your system sound quality. This is simply not true in the majority of cases.

If there are any manufacturers out there who would like to debate this with me, I'm more than open to it.

In addition, think about it practically. Do you really believe that paying $449.99 for a 0.5M pair of Ag interconnects will improve your sound that drastically over a $50 copper pair?


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