Gold Vs Silver Audio Cables

Silver salesman latched on to this precious metal as a marketing opportunity to sell a web branded performance vapor cable to audio and video enthusiasts.

Gold vs silver audio cables.

Imo the idea that silver vs copper would have any effect on low frequencies or high frequencies is absolute nonsense. A quarter century later we continue to do it best by virtue of sourcing virtually all materials in the usa combined with cutting edge engineering and impeccable quality control. Silver is good but it needs to be there. Of course all of this is in reference to unbalanced rca cables.

But gold is easier to deal with and while lower conductivity quite good enough for most purposes and overall better for domestic equipment. You could spend 10 000 on silver braided speaker cables but you re going to get a much more significant change in sound spending 1 000 on a new amp or 500 on a new dac. Dh labs was one of the first to experiment with silver conductors. I haven t found a cable or connector using gold that didn t sound a little too dark for my taste.

All the pins on the processor and amp anthem statement d2v and p5 amp have gold plated on them. So silver has a long history in audio and not all of it can be dismissed as woolly headed nonsense though there is plenty of that too. And note that i have. If you are considering silver cable find out how much silver is in the cable.

But the same cable with copper ends took the edge away and gave some depth. Too much for me.