VR4 HSE Silver Jumpers?

I posed this question to Albert VonSchweikert, and this was his reply:

I've heard improvement in the clarity of the midbass region with silver speaker cables on the woofers, and the deep bass seemed a bit tighter as well.

Well, I'm not going to argue the point, Dida. Albert Von Schwiekert is as accomplished a speaker designer as you'll find in this field. If he thinks silver jumper wire might make a difference on the speakers he designs, then I'm going to at least try it. I understand you wouldn't, and that's your perogative. Let's agree to disagree, shall we?

I like to experiment. It's half the fun. Open curtains, close curtains. Turn on the AC, turn off the AC. I'll continue to experiment with wires, platforms, cords and whatever is available on a free trial basis. I like my equipment and the way it sounds. In fact, the system improves with each adjustment I make. I have owned SS equipment that has specs to indicate it's true-to-the-original reproduction. I have owned Monster wire. I like the way my system sounds now more than I did when I owned the uber-accurate SS gear. You will undoubtedly respond with another SL quote which will negate my positive viewpoint regarding my own system; a pattern that has already been well established by you. What else can I say? Let's agree to disagree, shall we? 'Nuff said.

Dida, thanks for your cogent and unthreatening response. It was
refreshing.

I must admit that your description of what's required during an
Audiophile listening session( based on your definition of Audiophile), i.e.

the transparency, or true to the original, approch
necessitates serious listening be done with 'remote in hand' to adjust
playback levels of individual tracks on the same recording to 'live'
because you can hear how they vary so much.

...does not entice me to that destination. For me, it's too much work.
Sitting with remote in hand, adjusting each track to an appropriate
playback level does not sound like fun or relaxation. Does that make me
less than an Audiophile, or lazy? Perhaps so, based on your definition.
But, I'm comfortable with that. And, I'm comfortable with my goals for
my system. So, I thank you for better making me understand the
derivation of your viewpoint. Now that you understand my goals,
perhaps we can coexist peacefully in Audiogon cyberspace, yes?

By the way, the decor of your listenign room looks amazingly like it
could be an apartment in a building I used to live in. You don't reside in
North Hollywood by any chance, do you?

See, Dida, that's the difference in our approaches. I want my equipment
to serve my music collection. I don't want to adjust my music collection
to serve my equipment. We are at opposite ends of the same
continuum, yet still part of the same universe.

No, I don't agree that it's the difference between true or false, fact or fiction, science or voodoo. That supposition suggests any approach to sound reproduction other than your approach is wrong. To you that's true, because you dogamatically refuse to see the benefit of any other method. I prefer to see the approaches as different methods, neither being more true than the other. Just as I view religions as being different approaches to the same goal: none being more correct than another. The simple fact you admit many of your music sounds like crap on your system is proof enough of your method not being correct for me, but I don't consider it as the "truth" or "the way". Sorry.

Oz, thanks for your post, and if my set-up allowed for bi-wiring, I'd do
just as you suggest. Unfortunately, I have very long speaker runs with
the cabling running through walls, and a crawlspace. Therefore, I'm
restricted to jumpers. Frankly, if my set-up allowed, I'd probably bi-
amp with a tube/SS combo. BTW, Von Schweikert recommends jumping
from the T/M module down to the woofers, not the other way.

Bottom line, I'm trying some silver jumpers and not noticing much
difference over my old Canare 4S11 jumpers, but the silver has only
been installed for three days.