Silver cables: W O W !!!


Just redid some Kimber PBJ cables into silver Kimber wire and I have to say the sound is just much happier! It (the SOUND) is more "tubey"... that is: sweet, creamy... All the high frequency sounds seem more friendly. I also tried to imitate the "silver hot,copper returns design, but that was really disappointing compared to the all silver. (Yes I wove the wire same as Kimber PBJ.. and used the PBJ RCAs for my 2 sets of 1 foot long silver creations) So NOW I think.. hummm silver speaker wires... but then I calculate the cost and shudder!
elizabeth
It will be well worth the time and money (speaker cables). Keep playing, it's amazing how much sound is in your system!
Another convert Elizabeth? How much did you spend for the Kimber wire? I have found HomeGrown Audio's Super Silver to be better than KCAG, for the price of PBJ. And, for a real eye opener, try the HomeGrown Silver Lace. Will redefine what you think about interconnects. If you need to buy silver wire, HomeGrown sells it for $1.80/foot, when you buy at least 50 feet. Not sure if anyone sells it cheaper(always looking). You may go crazy from braiding it though. I could make a 12 - 13 gauge speaker cable for about $500. I think that may be my longterm project...
I recently auditioned Tributaries all-silver, and silver/copper wire on my Vandy's and heard a little more
detail and bass focus(!?) on the silver cables. I liked both, especially compared to the all-copper I was replacing,
but the silver was worth the extra $1.50/ft. Even @$5.50/ft, well worth it!
While not the ultimate way to hear things like imaging and soundstage, for checking out tonal balance you can put your system in mono, hook up one run of each cable to the left and right speaker, and toggle the balance knob back and forth. A-B the wires instead of having to rely on memory. Differences will jump right out at you.
So is silver always better? On Tributary at least, it is.
silver interconnects are a great improvement, no question. But ya'll might be suprised about use in the speaker cables. If you bi-amp it may well sound better using silver for one set of drivers and a really good copper cable for the other frequencies.
I agree totally. AS Trelja would tellya, I'm a silver junkie myself. Hey Trel, have you compared the Lace IC to AQ Diamond?