Gold Vs Silver Audio Cables

Of course all of this is in reference to unbalanced rca cables.

Gold vs silver audio cables.

Silver cable with silver connectors can be a very vivid presentation to say the least. And note that i have. You can make 100 different balanced cables fron almost any shielded balanced cable stock and the result will be perfect every time. Silver salesman latched on to this precious metal as a marketing opportunity to sell a web branded performance vapor cable to audio and video enthusiasts.

Imo the idea that silver vs copper would have any effect on low frequencies or high frequencies is absolute nonsense. I m using balanced cables with silver coated pins on the xlr connectors as interconnect for my audio gear. Silver is good but it needs to be there. If you are considering silver cable find out how much silver is in the cable.

All the pins on the processor and amp anthem statement d2v and p5 amp have gold plated on them. You could spend 10 000 on silver braided speaker cables but you re going to get a much more significant change in sound spending 1 000 on a new amp or 500 on a new dac. A quarter century later we continue to do it best by virtue of sourcing virtually all materials in the usa combined with cutting edge engineering and impeccable quality control. But the same cable with copper ends took the edge away and gave some depth.

I haven t found a cable or connector using gold that didn t sound a little too dark for my taste. Dh labs was one of the first to experiment with silver conductors.