I prefer the greater conductivity of annealed silver (where affordable and practical) to maintain retreaval of signal and tune with tube swapping. I like the idea of at least having maximum signal transfer and go from there rather than try to recoup something that is lost. But that's just my take on it. I'm sure that many others have their own path on this topic.
All good replies so far. What I use are hybrid designs. For interconnects- stranded Continuous Cast Copper + Soft Annealed solid core silver. Listen for yourself, and settle on what sounds "best" to you.
Demo a pair of JPS Labs speaker cables - an alloy of copper and aluminum. In my experience they outperform the silver or copper I've owned - detailed, open, and all the other superlatives. Ultimately, you need to try any cables in your system to determine which sound best to your ears.
Thanks .. I think I am actually trying to get something more scientific or meansurable. I believe silver has lower resistance than copper. However, crygenic treatment change the crystal structure which also lower the resistance ( I think ). Maybe my question is ... which one has lower resistance, silver or crygenic treated copper?
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