Many of the very best cables made use copper. Do you feel that silver's self induction and ringing limits it's effectiveness for audio cables? Do you feel that this could give copper a dynamic advantage?
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Topic - Your thoughts on silver's self induction - WinthorpeIII 08:55:26 01/23/07 (36)
- The highest BW cables are seemingly most often Ag. - Ugly 13:53:14 01/24/07 (3)
- Anything under a Ghz, I use copper. - jneutron 16:37:42 01/24/07 (2)
- I agree. Silver is mostly overkill for this app. - Ugly 19:06:28 01/24/07 (1)
- Re: I agree. Silver is mostly overkill for this app. - jneutron 06:30:13 01/25/07 (0)
- Difference with respect to copper would be negligible. - Al Sekela 12:48:37 01/23/07 (1)
- All the ICs & power cords for my gears are 4N pure silver. - cheap-Jack 10:34:39 01/23/07 (0)
- Please define "self induction" in context.nt - jneutron 09:34:50 01/23/07 (29)
- Just meant induction - WinthorpeIII 09:39:17 01/23/07 (28)
- The question requires context. - jneutron 10:05:10 01/23/07 (27)
- Re: The question requires context. - WinthorpeIII 10:39:44 01/23/07 (26)
- I don't think so. - cheap-Jack 12:30:37 01/23/07 (18)
- Re: I don't think so. - WinthorpeIII 13:03:28 01/23/07 (17)
- Pls qualify your "dynamic slam". (nt) - cheap-Jack 13:16:37 01/23/07 (16)
- Re: Pls qualify your "dynamic slam". (nt) - WinthorpeIII 13:38:49 01/23/07 (15)
- I'll add to the anecdotal evidence. - Ted Smith 16:33:46 01/23/07 (14)
- ok - WinthorpeIII 16:45:49 01/23/07 (13)
- Re: ok - thetubeguy1954 06:27:12 01/24/07 (11)
- Re: ok - WinthorpeIII 06:45:14 01/24/07 (10)
- ""The equations are great, the theory is nice"" - jneutron 08:42:31 01/24/07 (9)
- "Correlation between the physical parameters of the cables and audibility within various systems will eventually happen" - WinthorpeIII 09:08:00 01/24/07 (8)
- Re: "Correlation between the physical parameters of the cables and audibility within various systems will eventually hap - kerr 10:03:15 01/24/07 (7)
- Re: "Correlation between the physical parameters of the cables and audibility within various systems will eventually hap - WinthorpeIII 10:44:25 01/24/07 (2)
- Re: "Correlation between the physical parameters of the cables and audibility within various systems will eventually hap - kerr 11:15:25 01/24/07 (1)
- True enough about the necessary skills - WinthorpeIII 11:35:25 01/24/07 (0)
- fact is that many cables sound different; the reasons why are unknown at this point, hopefully to be explained someday - jneutron 10:10:46 01/24/07 (3)
- Hey don't beat yourself up... - bjh 15:55:35 01/24/07 (1)
- Re: Hey don't beat yourself up... - jneutron 16:14:46 01/24/07 (0)
- "pffft..yah, right..and what, I'm supposed to believe you???" - kerr 11:08:21 01/24/07 (0)
- Re: ok - Ted Smith 16:58:22 01/23/07 (0)
- Re: The question requires context. - jneutron 11:00:30 01/23/07 (6)
- You want to vertify your data on self-inductance? - cheap-Jack 12:47:22 01/23/07 (3)
- that is for a wire pair..not a single conductor, and it's kinda high. - jneutron 13:10:36 01/23/07 (2)
- (yah, I know) - jneutron 13:35:28 01/23/07 (0)
- ah, forgot to add the second part.. - jneutron 13:29:54 01/23/07 (0)
- Re: The question requires context. - WinthorpeIII 11:06:15 01/23/07 (1)
- ringing.. - jneutron 11:28:09 01/23/07 (0)