Don't understand the fondness for silver. With regard to electronics soldering such as we're talking about here, it's really nothing more than a contaminant, resulting in a poorer quality solder joint than tin/lead.
Sure, if you're sweating copper joints in a plumbing project, it's fine (don't want lead in your water supply), but I'd never use it for electronics soldering.
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Sure, if you're sweating copper joints in a plumbing project, it's fine (don't want lead in your water supply), but I'd never use it for electronics soldering.
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The fondness is due to its ability to create a higher quality solder joint. Not to mention one that won't start sprouting tin whiskers that can cause failures.
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Lead Sounds Bad....
Ime tin/silver sounds really good, lead/tin/silver sounds really bad.
Dan.
On the contrary...96S wets especially well, and is better conducting than standard 60/40 lead/tin.
It's worth trying. Years ago I mentioned 96S to a pro-audio colleague. When he rebuilds vintage mics, he nowadays won't use anything else. (he says better, cleaner, clearer sounding)
Ime tin/silver sounds really good, lead/tin/silver sounds really bad.
Dan.
It doesn't wet as well as 63/37 and has a rather higher melting point. And conductivity of the material doesn't matter so much as the quality of the joint itself.
I have. Along with a dozen or so other alloys over the years. I keep coming back go Kester 63/37 with their "44" flux.
Yeah, well some people report putting photographs of themselves in their freezers makes their system sound better. So...
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I don't like the lead free solder either. The stuff is brittle the minute it solidifies. It may wet well, but that is not the sum total of a good solder joint. SOlder that wets to the joint well, but cracks later is not a good joint. And the tin whiskers in close quarters are a genuine concern.
I also vote for leaded solder unless your local law forbids it.
I also vote for leaded solder unless your local law forbids it.
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Yep, works great especially if the photo is in black and white.
What, the blacks get blakker and the whites get... well, you know....?
Has anybody experimented with listening in a coldroom / industrial freezer?
Think of the tweak possibilities...
Perhaps soldering at sub-zero temperatures (good luck with that) might be the answer. Or maybe using solder with a melting point below zero which mandates operation in cold conditions to avoid the circuit falling apart.
Oh the opportunities for 'scientific research' !
blakkhumour
Joints? Hell, I remember when IAR introduced their Wonder Solder. Someone purported hearing a huge difference after they'd reflowed just ONE solder joint in the circuit with it.
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