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litz copper vs stranded silver?

Although I find stranded to offer better clarity over solid it has that nasty glare, solid while a bit murky is more natural and realistic. Litz seems to offer the best of both based.
Looking to build a new headphone cable with UPOCC metal but not sure if its worth paying 4 times as much for 7 strand silver over ultra fine stranded litz copper.

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williewonka
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I have found Silver plated copper Mil_spec stranded wire to provide the dynamics of silver with the warmth of copper

https://www.takefiveaudio.com/categories/100-deep-cryo-treated-cablewire
https://www.takefiveaudio.com/products/1098-mil-spec-12-awg-silver-plated-copper-cryo-treated-green/

AND it is reasonably priced

I’ve used the 12, 14, 16, and 24 gauge Mil-Spec wire for Speaker, Interconnect and power cables and I am yet to find a wire that outperforms them from a dynamics, clarity and warmth perspective

I have tried wire from Furutech, DH LAbs, Beldon and Neotech. I have also tried solid silver for Interconnects, but the Mil-spec sounded much nicer.

Good luck with your project

Regards
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