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• RE: If silver is more conductive than copper how come it often sounds worse? . - tomservo 15:12:49 01/08/25 (2)
  In Reply to: RE: If silver is more conductive than copper how come it often sounds worse? . posted by Geoffkait on January 06, 2025 at 14:18:38

  If you have compared the parts (inductor, transformer etc) made with copper and silver a to b where the only thing that's different is the wire and come to that conclusion, then you hear some aspect of the wire having a bit less resistance on the circuit's other parts.
  
  Normally, lower resistance is a good thing like in a transformer and since heating is proportional to the Current squared time the resistance, silver has lower losses.
  
  What do you hear silver doing that copper doesn't do?
  

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  • RE: If silver is more conductive than copper how come it often sounds worse? . - SoundMann 16:28:26 01/13/25 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: If silver is more conductive than copper how come it often sounds worse? . posted by tomservo on January 08, 2025 at 15:12:49

    "What do you hear silver doing that copper doesn't do?"
    
    Silver adds a distinct "highlighting" distortion that copper doesn't.
    

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  • RE: If silver is more conductive than copper how come it often sounds worse? . - Geoffkait 05:43:55 01/09/25 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: If silver is more conductive than copper how come it often sounds worse? . posted by tomservo on January 08, 2025 at 15:12:49

    There are many factors involved, for your info, including but not limited to gauge of the wire, purity of metal, whether the wire has been cryogenically treated, the direction the wire is oriented when it's wrapped.
    

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• Are the ears made of tin, or brass ? - peppy m. 14:56:13 01/06/25 (1)
  In Reply to: RE: If silver is more conductive than copper how come it often sounds worse? . posted by Geoffkait on January 06, 2025 at 14:18:38

  Everything matters in this hobby, synergy rules.
  

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  • Yes. Nt - Geoffkait 15:32:03 01/06/25 (0)
    In Reply to: RE: Are the ears made of tin, or brass ? posted by peppy m. on January 06, 2025 at 14:56:13

    Nt
    

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