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Post Subject: Amalgamated Phono StagePosted by Paul S on: 3/22/2013
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N-set, you will never know how your phono stage sounds with the "silver path" until you try it. FYI, the WBT Next-Gen M/F work well --- with each other, but less well, mechanically, with the Vampire sockets; I don't know why yet. The Vampire seem to work well mechanically with other brands I've tried them with. I have not tried the Eichmann, but I will do so in the near future. It seems stupid to me that they do not make a Ag socket. No surprise, my experiments suggest that the Ag connectors "improve" the "silver qualities" of the Ag wire, versus the "sputtered" Au-over-Cu connectors with Ag wire. Oddly, I get different results between Cu wire "sistering" versus Cu connectors used along with the Ag wire IC.
Another thing for you to stress about is solder. "Silver" solder (like the WBT) is hardy silver, and in any case I do not know how to weld with pure silver, at least not without ruining the parts, setting everything on fire. Because of the inevitable "breaks" between metals, it almost seems like each metal "contributes its own sound" to the amalgam. Basically, only trial and error will tell.
Best regards,
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