Solid core wire for power cord usage is possibly illegal in most areas... at least not condoned by any safety agengy... perhaps any lack of regulations is based on the presumtion that no one would be that goofy... at its simplest, it's just nuts.
Stranded wire is not the product of a conspiracy put forth by evil wire drawers with the purpose of destroying sound. It was made in response to people that needed wire that would flex.
Silver is not entirely nuts... but people who use it in power cords are getting close. Silver wire, will however, create superior solder joints when used with silver bearing solder.
Silver is by no means non-arcing. In fact, it is the very nature of the arcing and the fact that its oxides are conductive that make silver an ideal self-renewing (although erosive) contact material... very commonly used in relay contacts, IF a restorative arc (current) is present some percentage of the time. There may some confusion here as to "non-arcing" versus "non-sparking".
If you can hear or measure the performance of a normal power cord in your system, it more clearly suggests that some attention, and dollars, be diverted to toward the power supply. "Not knowing what their missing" will always make the non-delusional among us green with envy though. Our only recourse is to lament the sourness of the grapes... perhaps because they too were green.
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