I think it depends greatly on the design and quality of materials in the cable. I’ve found both Acoustic Zen and VooDoo (cryoed) silver interconnects to be nicely detailed and very musical and balanced. Sometimes I think a lot of equipment is designed/voiced using copper cables so when customers use silver it might sound a little brighter than the designer intended, but that’s just a blind guess. I’d be wary of cheap silver cables as that’s probably where you can run into trouble.
Let's talk about Silver...
We got off on a short tangent in another discussion about the merits of silver in cables, but we did not want to derail that conversation. So I thought I would start a general discussion where folks can share their experiences, and opinions of course, with silver cables. This can include solid silver, silver plated or alloys, wire, connectors, analog, digital etc.
The knee jerk reaction in the audio world is to say that silver is bright, and in some cases that may be true, but I think it is not a universal truth. I am currently trialing some solid silver interconnects, and I have had some good success with silver in the digital realm. Please share your experience, and opinions of course.