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Excellent points

I do not read the above-mentioned mags, but I have yet to see any refereneces to such publications in an aftermarket cable manufacturer's advertising. Not that I look at them much.

The grain boundary, or creation thereof, would probably depend upon the bend radius. IF it were a single crystal, would it not remain a single crystal as long as the bend radius was kept to a maximum? It's been over 20 years since the couple of metallurgy classes I attended in college. I admittedly was captivated by such a claim when I stumbled upon this hobby 6 years ago, but never purchased a product with that claim in their advertising.

My belief in aftermarket IC's comes from my experience with Cardas Quadlink between preamp and amp. They replaced some Monster IC's I purchased at Best Buy. The difference was nothing short of astonishing, in the system I had assembled at the time. The mids were much more lush and the mid-bass was improved (speakers were only rated down to 40 cycles, and I don't think I was getting that low in my 16x22 room from a 6" paper cone driver). And the highs weren't quite as ear-piercing (again, the speakers had issues).

"Silver...offers no usable advantages in a sound system" I had a brief encounter with some well-known DIY silver IC's, but they were eliminated long ago if that tells anyone anything. But I would not agree with nor deny your statement. I'd say it's system dependent.

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