Silver Wire Is Terrific!
I have a modest setup. Rotel 1023> Zen Preamp> Mini-A(elph)> Paradigm Titans. My interconnects have been Monster Cable low end types. My Speaker cables- Audio Quest (8-solid core strands).
I purchased 20 feet of six 9's silver (20 guage) and 20 feet of teflon tubing for about $35-40 with shipping. I made a 1'-1/2" set. It was just a simple 2 wire loosely twisted pair. No shielding. The plugs were a nice quality gold plated set. (I got them second hand from Soundex, now closed  , they don't even match.) I just wanted to see if there was any difference in sound- good or bad. It took less than a half hour to make a set.
My jaw nearly hit the floor. It was like putting on corrective lenses. Any tune that open with a bassline just knocks me out!
It's so much better defined and you can hear a wider range of harmonics. I can literally hear the player's fingers plucking the strings. It wasn't there before. This is without any break-in period. It sounded nice as soon as the set was plugged in.
I'm not sure what to make of it. I still have a set of Monster 100 interlinks between the cd player and the preamp. Could it have made that much of an improvement? It was like I upgrade all my components one step up.
I want to build another set. Does anyone have any recommendations on cable builds? Some builder are using cotton tubing instead of teflon. What about braiding wire or some other geometry? Is simpler better?
Any comments or suggestions would be cool.
Vince
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