My assumptions:
- You get what you pay for ($300 Brand X will produce more detail than say $60 Mogami Gold).
The cable companies can charge any price they want to. Doesn’t mean it’s going to be better. Reading too much of their marketing material may result in too much wishful thinking.
- The larger the gauge the better.
That depends on the length of the interconnects. Long interconnects should be lower AWG to avoid slight losses in gain, therefore preserving overall performance.
- Crimped and soldered connectors are better than screw tightened.
Yes. They are also more reliable.
- Two or more large braided strands are better than several smaller gauge braided strands (all things being equal).
That’s true.
- Silver conductors are better sounding and measuring than Copper conductors.
True. Silver is the best conductor of electricity. Why isn’t it widely used? Well because of how much it costs vs copper. If silver were the same price as copper, your home would be wired with silver wire rather than copper.
- Rhodium, Gold, Silver, Copper, & Brass, connectors objectively sound different. (as opposed to in your system).
True to an extent. When rhodium and silver plating are combined for example, it results in slightly better gain and lower noise. inexpensive/light 6.3mm adapters that are gold-plated can sound a bit warmer. Higher conductivity with silver is the gold standard.