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Silver plated copper

Please explain to me the theoretical basis of using silver plated copper in cables. Seems counter intuitive to me. Signal would have two paths with different conductivity which would cause distortion.
crwindy

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branson4020
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crwindy:
Resistance does not affect the speed of propagation. No distortion is introduced.

dweller:
Skin effect is frequency dependent and negligible at audio frequencies.
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