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
I doubt there's much measurable.

I will say that when I have tried them, I preferred pure copper. I felt the silver/copper cables took a long time before they sounded less harsh, and when they finally did, sounded no better than plain copper.

Of course, I'm probably nuts.

Best,
E
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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.