Sorry, you are wrong about the silver. I wrote fine silver, which is 99.99% pure. You rever to Sterling silver, which is 925.
I didn't tell anyone that silver has any audible advantages. It simpy is the best conducting metal, if one asks.
Jeweler use both silver products. Pure silver is needed to make alloys with gold etc. You don't drop Sterling silver in that pot.
The price of raw precious metal will surprise many that are used to the rip off prices of silver and gold doped HIFI nonsense.
You pay the current, daily price for the metal and a small fee to turn it into the form you want. Like bar, pellets, sheets or wire.
I worked part time in a jeweler shop and managed the gold smith.
One thing I can tell you for sure, a jeweler doesn't make even 10% of the profit the HIFI wire and silver solder crooks do.
To make a picture: They drop silver worth 10$ into a gallon of water and sell the bottle it for 2000$.
I didn't tell anyone that silver has any audible advantages. It simpy is the best conducting metal, if one asks.
Jeweler use both silver products. Pure silver is needed to make alloys with gold etc. You don't drop Sterling silver in that pot.
The price of raw precious metal will surprise many that are used to the rip off prices of silver and gold doped HIFI nonsense.
You pay the current, daily price for the metal and a small fee to turn it into the form you want. Like bar, pellets, sheets or wire.
I worked part time in a jeweler shop and managed the gold smith.
One thing I can tell you for sure, a jeweler doesn't make even 10% of the profit the HIFI wire and silver solder crooks do.
To make a picture: They drop silver worth 10$ into a gallon of water and sell the bottle it for 2000$.
I once gave it a try, with 3 leads (signal, gnd, shield) in a braid, according to an old diy-projects-website… it wasn’t until I had the wires cut that I asked myself why for heaven’s sake did I do the shield in silver? 🙄
Rest assured, your silver shield got you the same advantage the signal lines did.
I don't use silver, even as I'm able to turn a fine silver bar into wire if I would. I still have a 90kg rolling press for that work.
I simply think that good copper is just as good if you use it right.
In theory, lower resistance would lead to less voltage drop at a point to point connection. Which may be an advantage.
In the real world, any audio gear is based on resistance and voltage drop.
It would be a huge sales hype when you could build an amp with non resistive, super conductive wires. I don't think it would be audible. Anyway, in HIFI / high end it is all about sales and hype, not objectivity, so you find silver wires quite often.
I don't use silver, even as I'm able to turn a fine silver bar into wire if I would. I still have a 90kg rolling press for that work.
I simply think that good copper is just as good if you use it right.
In theory, lower resistance would lead to less voltage drop at a point to point connection. Which may be an advantage.
In the real world, any audio gear is based on resistance and voltage drop.
It would be a huge sales hype when you could build an amp with non resistive, super conductive wires. I don't think it would be audible. Anyway, in HIFI / high end it is all about sales and hype, not objectivity, so you find silver wires quite often.
At what impedances are we working here? I mean what is the difference of 20cm of silver of 0.5mm diameter compared to copper when the input impedance is 10k Ohm? Even if the input impedance is 100 Ohm? (which it will not be)
I used to get 99.99% soft annealed silver wire from such a supplier, they also had other types of silver (hardness, silver alloys ect).
I use thin PTFE insulated coax cable thas has silver (coated?) inner conductor and braid. I think it is RG142 type.
Shielded cable makes sense only at high impedance places, where the source and the termination is > 10k and the distance is > 15 cm (1/2 ft) and there is stray magnetic field. That is, very seldom needed.
Shielded cable makes sense only at high impedance places, where the source and the termination is > 10k and the distance is > 15 cm (1/2 ft) and there is stray magnetic field. That is, very seldom needed.
