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Drad
04-17-2003, 07:19 PM
<font color='#000000'>Hi!
Got some 0.6mm silver wire. I wonder what recipee/s would be the best to try (what insulation, configuration, etc.) based on your experience.</font>
Dick Hertz
04-18-2003, 07:27 PM
<font color='#000000'>You might also want to post this question on the Cable Forum at http://www.audioasylum.com</font>
Bprest0n
04-23-2003, 01:55 PM
<font color='#000000'>Other than slightly better conductive property, silver has no real advantage over copper. &nbsp;Thus I would just use a heavier gauge copper and save the money.</font>
Clint DeBoer
04-23-2003, 03:33 PM
<font color='#000000'>Beware of advice given over at AA. It's not all bad, just do your research and be sure you are getting advice from good sources.

Otherwise, you may find yourself spending lots of dough on a cable project that makes you THINK your speakers sound better. &nbsp;<img src="http://www.audioholics.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'></font>
Drad
04-27-2003, 10:18 AM
<font color='#000000'>Any specific recipe's? <img src="http://www.audioholics.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('></font>
Pete
02-05-2005, 07:34 AM
Hi Drad,
there is a great book put out byAlan Wright called "The Supercable Cookbook".
Do a web search and you should come up with it.
Anyone that tells you that there is no difference using silver has never tried it.
This book covers many different configurations and should be a great help.
Good luck,
Pete
3beanlimit
02-05-2005, 10:05 AM
<font color='#000000'>Any specific recipe's? <img src="http://www.audioholics.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('></font>


Chris VenHaus has this one on his site...

http://www.venhaus1.com/diysilverinterconnects.html
gene
02-05-2005, 11:04 AM
Anyone that tells you that there is no difference using silver has never tried it.

There is a difference, Silver is slightly less resistive than copper of equal gauge. The solution is to use more copper to offset this advantage and its certainly much cheaper and easier to work with.

Some Reading Materials on this topic:

Silver Cables (http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/audioprinciples/interconnects/silveraudiocables.php)

Exotic Materials in Cables (http://www.audioholics.com/techtips/audioprinciples/interconnects/cableconstruction.php)