 be wrote: | I recognise your observations about the Ag vs. Cu sound, but instead of mixing the two materials I think it is better to change the diameter.
I experienced 0.5 mm silver wire to be too thin soundvice, have you tried 1.0 mm or even more? |
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I've tried a few different thicknesses, the larger being 1,2mm. The larger, I kept for the speaker cable.
Mind you, I also tried mixing thick & thinner wire for the same IC -- with indifferent results.
| be wrote: | The thiner the wire the less body the sound will get.
The thinner the wire is, the larger the surface area to volume ratio is.
This will increase the skinn effect and thereby enhance the high frequencies.
Obviously we are talking about solid core wires only.
Regards.
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Add to that that there is a teeny increase in resistance... Yes, you'd logically conclude that, wouldn't you. Yet, the best result -- i.e. most homogeneous sonically -- came from the thinner wires in interconnects.
I kid you not. I tried the thicker & invariably chose the thinner (wire).
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