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Not with my experience, bud.

Posted by cheap-Jack (M) on June 18, 2007 at 08:24:06

In Reply to: Is silver soldering really better? posted by robertopisa on June 17, 2007 at 06:47:56:

Hi.

I used 2% AG solder since day one. I find it works better than non-silvered solders.

Sonically, I do not find it "emphasizes the high range at the expense of the middle-bass range". All the interconnects & power cords are 4N Ag conductors I DIYed built with Ag solders.

Given thorough breaking-in (using wideband white noise HIGH power signals, up to 20KHz, preferrably over min 48 hours non-stop), I have not had any issue of high frequency peaking with my & many audiophiles' home rigs & commercial sound studios' systems hooked up with the AG cords I built.

Maybe your rigs sounds already a bit too bright to start with.

A definite edge of Ag cords over copper is at very high SPLs (say 110dB
peak levels), properly built AG ICs maintain the finely knitted integrity
of the music texture while many many coppers already crap out despite they all sound as good at low SPLS.

C-j

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