Using 99.9% Silver Speaker Cable
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I've had silver cables and found them bright sounding. I've heard some say that over time the silver will calm down and actually really sound quite smooth. I just never heard that in my system. I had Wireworld Silver Eclipse speaker cables, IC's and PC's. Was happy to sell them all.
I much prefer OCC copper.
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Paul
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Using 99.9% Silver Speaker Cablke
As long as if you mixed up some copper in your I/C the pure silver speaker cables can be sounds beautiful. I'm using all pure silver I/C ( Kimber KS 1136's ) and mixed ( Silver/Copper - Kimber KS3035 speaker cables ) on my system and I love how they produce the sounds. However when I auditioned the KS3038( all pure silver ) as Mike mentioned sounds was little bright to my taste. ( if your system sounds little dark you might want to try these )
Just be careful it can be very expensive.
As long as if you mixed up some copper in your I/C the pure silver speaker cables can be sounds beautiful. I'm using all pure silver I/C ( Kimber KS 1136's ) and mixed ( Silver/Copper - Kimber KS3035 speaker cables ) on my system and I love how they produce the sounds. However when I auditioned the KS3038( all pure silver ) as Mike mentioned sounds was little bright to my taste. ( if your system sounds little dark you might want to try these )
Just be careful it can be very expensive.
i had a similar experience. i didnt own them but several years ago i demoed a pair of silver speaker cables. im trying to remember what brand they were but i cannot. at the time i did like 6 pairs in a row to test. only 1 pair was silver an they were very bright and irritating, but also caused so much interference from wires that were just close to them. i couldnt find places to hide all my wires fast enough, of course my electric back then was just plugging straight into a wall. but i always stuck with copper after that. but i do like the sound of silver interconnects alot.
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I really dis-like silver for speaker cables......I find the system becomes hard and splashy, very unnatural like. I can use silver anywhere else in the chain and not experience the negatives I get when using silver for speaker cables. Just my findings and YYMV in regards to.....
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Mike, they are copper, silver coated!
My experience is if you can find a seriously good pure silver cable, they are good, very good, but, they need to be balanced like Paul & Jeff are referring to with the right tone of gear around them. Having neutral & somewhat revealing gear will really have you cringing in an all silver loom, mainly because it is super revealing & you will here all the flaws on the recording too. In one of my past systems, S/Faber Strads & 2301's the W/World Platinum loom was absolutely awesome, same with the MSB gear mixing it up with Martin Logan Summit X speakers, but the common denominator is there is warmth in there to cool it down.
I know. Still rubbish though. I've heard all silver in a friends system and he switched to copper. I preferred it. Check out the top cables and very few, if any, use silver.
That's a broad generalisation , Siltech top line is Silver Mono Crystals , Stage3 Concepts are a silver/palladium mix , Argento Flow Master Ref are Silver , Echole Obsession silver/gold/palladium mix , Odin is silver plated copper >
I am using a complete Stage3 loom , with none of the associated tipped up sound attributed to silver , but with smoothness , depth of field and a natural organic tone .
I'll keep an open mind, but I have just heard any of the positive attributes you describe. That being said, a friend of mine just picked up the new WW Platinum 7 speaker cables. He's been raving about them.
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Using Siltech Royal Signature Series IC's and SC to no ill effects, they do have gold in them though but not sure which %. To me they are smooth as butter 
. They do require to be left alone I noticed, every time I take one out the component becomes lifeless for about and hour after I reconnect.
As some have mentioned before I would not pair them with components that are overly analytical, then again YMMV.
. They do require to be left alone I noticed, every time I take one out the component becomes lifeless for about and hour after I reconnect.As some have mentioned before I would not pair them with components that are overly analytical, then again YMMV.
Hi Mike... I have the WW Platinum Eclipse G7 LS & XLRs on a McIntosh 2ch tube rig. They are great, highly resolving. I got a deal & went with these but do prefer Siltech Royal Signature G7, Queen or higher. Overall, I am happy & they are continuing to improve as I clock on the hours.
M2wason
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Gents. Thanks you so much for all your inputs about the silver cables but, do you guys mind looking at this company/site that seems to have great review about their 99.9% silver cables. I was also told that they cryo their silver and I think their termination too. Here's the links. Cables Service 4 and their review: Cables Feedback Page thank you so much.
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They look very nice, top quality build etc. Perhaps a try before you buy, I would be interested to hear these if I was in the market.
Yes, apologies for the acronym. LS meaning, loudspeaker cables.
The WW Platinum Eclipse G7 are very well constructed. They are stiff, yet not prone to vibration from the loudspeaker terminals. I have wrapped them in Techflex F6 Quiet for additional vibrational control. Something I like to experiment with on loudspeaker cables in general. They are sitting on CableIsolators too. The cable has good RF noise rejection ability. I have had a meter up against them. I am particular about noise rejection ability & have been drawn & quartered about that discussion in the past "over there".
The WW G7 now incorporate the UniTerm termination system. Some other manufacturers are following suit. It's a good system, on the Platinum Eclipse, they are solid silver spades or bananas. A little on the soft side & I have yet to see if they oxidize. They probably will. Personally, at this price point, I would prefer more termination options like Siltech do.
If cost was no object, I would prefer something up in the Siltech Royal Signature G7 range. As the OP poster said above, smooth as butter. It's a golden sound at a golden price. The construction is second to none with the Kapton, heavy shielding & Furutech Flux termination option. That was the plan originally, but I was offered a substantial dealer discount for a WireWorld bundle. The price point was essentially wholesale at the time. No strings as I understood the deal to be. So if you are considering WireWorld, shop around & push the price!
WireWorld Platinum Eclipse are a great match for McIntosh equipment, especially tube. Silver does its best between the pre-amp & amps from my experience. Because I have experienced Siltech, the XLRs will someday replace the WireWorld Platinums at this stage. That said though, the WW Platinum Eclipse G7 are well up there performance wise & for now I can happily live with them as they continue to improve.
When it comes to any silver loudspeaker cable, you may want to demo against your Vandersteens & MC601s first. I'm not sure how resolute those alloy dome tweeters are. My loudspeakers use a silk dome tweeter & it is a perfect match after graduating from a silver plated copper wire. As for the XLRs between your pre & amps, I'm quite confident that you will benefit nicely with silver interconnects.
Given my current equipment inventory, the move to solid silver core is one of the best transitions I have made.
As for the Magnum Opus, I have heard good things. Try & demo if you can! They use Furutech Flux terminations. I use these plug terminations everywhere else. They are awesome but do take time to burn-in given the rhodium plating.
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M2wason
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Steve, thanks for your input on these. You sure have lots of experience in this field. Anyway I spoke to the owner of the Crystal CLear Audio Cables and he said that not all silver are the same as some called it pure silver where actually mixed with something else. Also it depends who is the source where it came from as he mention some of the non pure silver that claims to be pure were from China. He wouldn't say where his source is/are but one thing he told me is that I can take his cable and have it analyze for purity and if it's not 99.9999% silver, he will refund my money 100%.
The process that he does is that he Cryo treated the silver cable and as for the termination, he uses the cardas terminals. He has heard of the Wire World cables and in fact, lots of his customer AB his cable to the WW silver who said that the WW is the best but, after AB test, they didn't want to give back his cable back anymore kind of funny but true. Anyway, like you said I will demo his Magnum Opus decide for myself. Again thank you Steve. I will report back and give my feedback.
Mike
The process that he does is that he Cryo treated the silver cable and as for the termination, he uses the cardas terminals. He has heard of the Wire World cables and in fact, lots of his customer AB his cable to the WW silver who said that the WW is the best but, after AB test, they didn't want to give back his cable back anymore kind of funny but true. Anyway, like you said I will demo his Magnum Opus decide for myself. Again thank you Steve. I will report back and give my feedback.
Mike
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I tried a pair of pure silver interconnects several years back and did not care for the sound as it was way too bright for my tast. I prefer copper as it sounds much more natural and musical to me.