Gold Vs Silver Audio Cables
Imo the idea that silver vs copper would have any effect on low frequencies or high frequencies is absolute nonsense.
Gold vs silver audio cables. Of course all of this is in reference to unbalanced rca cables. I haven t found a cable or connector using gold that didn t sound a little too dark for my taste. Silver cable with silver connectors can be a very vivid presentation to say the least. You can make 100 different balanced cables fron almost any shielded balanced cable stock and the result will be perfect every time.
Silver is good but it needs to be there. Dh labs was one of the first to experiment with silver conductors. And note that i have. A quarter century later we continue to do it best by virtue of sourcing virtually all materials in the usa combined with cutting edge engineering and impeccable quality control.
All the pins on the processor and amp anthem statement d2v and p5 amp have gold plated on them. If you are considering silver cable find out how much silver is in the cable. Too much for me. But gold is easier to deal with and while lower conductivity quite good enough for most purposes and overall better for domestic equipment.
Silver salesman latched on to this precious metal as a marketing opportunity to sell a web branded performance vapor cable to audio and video enthusiasts. You could spend 10 000 on silver braided speaker cables but you re going to get a much more significant change in sound spending 1 000 on a new amp or 500 on a new dac.