Location: Goa, India
Posts: 143
I'm Denzil.
Location: Goa, India
Posts: 143
I'm Denzil.
Ocellia.My .21 Caliopes have internal wire that's MDI covered silver.
https://6moons.com/audioreviews/ocellia4/5.html
Costs a lot of course.
When I borrowed a speaker set, my aged ears couldn't hear any benefit.
Chris.
I am not really a fan of using cables to try to tweak the sound, but I think it'd be unfair for me to say it always messes up the sound. I think yes, subjectively, silver plating can sound a bit 'brighter'. A bit. These things don't make a massive difference. Component choices like speakers, amps and sources way way more important.
Mana Acoustics Racks / Bright Star IsoNodes Decoupling >> Allo DigiOne Player >> Pedja Rogic's Audial Model S DAC + Pioneer PL-71 turntable / Vista Audio phono-1 mk II / Denon PCL-5 headshell / Reson Reca >> LFD DLS >> LFD PA2M (SE) >> Royd RR3s.
Location: cheltenham
Posts: 746
I'm matt.
I've only ever tried Chord odyssey 2 (silver plated copper) against Naim Nac A5 (copper). To me the Odyssey sounded unnatural in the high frequencies. A little bright at certain frequencies but also overly smooth at others (very strange)
Location: Goa, India
Posts: 143
I'm Denzil.
Location: Goa, India
Posts: 143
I'm Denzil.
Thanks Matt,
So assuming all things considered are as near perfect as possible with amp, speakers, source etc., would you use copper or silver plated copper ? Would you consider copper to be more faithful to what should be transmitted to the speakers ? Are they just different ? Or would you consider one more truthful than the other ?
Thanks,
Denzil
https://www.instagram.com/elsewheregoa
I have QED silver Spiral speaker cable, which is silver plated copper. Never found the cable itself to be bright or unnatural in presentation.
My System:
Amplification - Sansui AU-alpha 707 DR
Turntable - Technics SP10 MK2-Technics EPA-250 Tonearm-Yannis Tome 423.5Plus tonearm cable-Eichmann KLEI Absolute Harmony plugs.
Ortofon Cadenza Black moving coil cartridge-Fritz Gyger S re-tip. Panzerholz plinth.
CDP - Pioneer PD-91
Speakers - Spendor D7 on Soundcare SuperSpikes
QED Silver Spiral speaker cable-airloc banana plugs
Mains - Ultra Pure silver plated un-switched socket-Missing link EPS 500 silver plated plugs-Hi-Fi Tuning gold plated silver ceramic 13 amp fuses
Location: Goa, India
Posts: 143
I'm Denzil.
I'm with Geoff on this one, having used many many different cables over my lifetime hobby. The bottom line is that most will suit you perfectly, but all may be system dependent to some degree and that's when you have to make up your own mind just as to what they do for YOU.
One of the best cables I ever used sort of 'went against the grain' as they were minimalist (by dimension) and contrary to most designs, being a very small coaxial type made by Audience, who use Mogami cable of pure copper.
When I retired I was fortunate enough to be able to try pure silver cables in my system, which brought noticeable improvements (to my ears)!!
So, although they are not commonplace, here is one website (Dram) that will give you an idea of what is available and their associated costs.........!!!!
Try different cables in your own system and make up your mind accordingly. Good luck.
Technics SL1000R, DynavectorXV1t, Garrard 401, Jelco SA750LB, Decca Reference, ATVM750SH, AT33Mono, Hana Umami Red, Reimyo CDP777, EarYoshino 912, Ear Yoshino 509s, JBLK2 SL5800s, ART Dram interconnects / speaker cables.