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Eichman RCA's - what makes them so good?

I've just installed a set of these on a silver interconnect I have and the difference in details was very noticeable. The image has become very focussed with more depth and the micro details have also improved consideraby.

I realize the silver is probably responsible for the improved resolution, so is the design responsible for the improved imaging? Will the copper give me the same image improvements?

Has anyone out there tried both the silver and the copper (or gold plated copper)
- if so what difference did you notice?

Alternately - if you have only used copper
- what were you using previously?
- what differences did you notice?

I am using these on my analogue stage, which I thought was pretty good - until yesterday.

I'm thinking of trying the gold plated copper on the digital side - or should I just opt for the silver - the curious side of me wants the copper, just to see what the differences are, but the pragmatic side is saying that if I'm not happy - I'll need to replace them with the silver :-)

If it's the design of the rca that's more responsible for the improvements' then going for the copper would be more cost effective

Any feedback appreciated - thanks
williewonka

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zd542
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I wouldn't get the gold plated. Better to just get the pure copper or pure silver and clean them regularly.
zd542
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Williewonka,

I used to have the same amp. Back in one of your early posts, you said that you converted a pair of rca IC's to din. I was told you couldn't do that by the dealer because the din cables that Naim uses has more conductors. I believe he said there were 4. The only cable that they knew of that would work was the Nordost flat line cables because you can divide the conductors up however you need to. It made sense to me at the time, but you've obviously proved them wrong. If there were 4 conductors needed, how were you able to make the cable work properly?
zd542
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Thanks for the info. The only question I still have is how many conductors do you need to make the Naim/din style cable? Is it 4 like the dealer told me, or is it 2-3 like a regular cable?
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