Silver Cable Question

Thanks for everyone's imputs. I've been digging around the 'gon, and, so far, it seems Coincidents is the way to go. Yes, they are not silver, and, yes, they are costlier than the cables I mentioned, so I sorta threw everyone a curve.

But I figure if it's the best cable avaible here and now, and it's only $300, which is only $100 more than my predetermined budget, then I am still running away like a bandit?

Another cable that seems favorable are Harmonic Technology, namely the Silway and the Truthlink. After digging around in Audioreview, people seemed pretty divided between these two cables. They say these cables are system dependent, where warmer systems like silways and neutral systems like the truth links.

My system needs a little bit more clarity in the highs and mids. I am currently using Audiotruth Emeralds, the original version, which has been described as a warm cable.

I've been offered a pair of Silway for $219...

A few things to consider regarding silver is that not all cables claiming to be silver really are. There are some companies claiming to be silver and they are just silver coated copper. Pure silver 99.999 % silver is very expensive. If you can get a 1M pair for under 100.00 buy it now. Some of this silver raw costs about 10-20.00$ per foot. This is uninsulated or RCA's. A good observation is tht ARC doesn't work well with silver. I concur with this as is also recommended by ARC. ARC does well with their own litz cable (copper). Silver is great if it complements your system. It can go over the edge and peel paint off the walls. Try before you buy. Jeff

Have any of you guys compared these silver cables with a Coincident CST interconnect? I did some digging, and one reviewer said the silver lace and the cst are almost head to head, one being slighly warmer than the other, in comparison.

My first use of silver was DH Labs Silver Sonic, home made with rat-shack rca's. About $25 a three ft. pair, probably the biggest bang for buck that there is. Analysis Plus Copper Ovals were slightly smoother at $170/pair used. I would like to try Pure Silver Sound. http://puresilversound.bizland.com/
From what I've read, good silver cables just reveal what is there.

I have 1 pair of HomeGrown's Silver Lace, 5 pairs of their Super Silvers, and 2 pair of their Silver Solution (office system), and I have been very pleased with all of them. Based on my experience in my own system, I don't think the Silver Lace offers enough improvement over the Super Silver to merit the extra cost. If you want to save some money, and have decent soldering skills, get the Super Silver kit for $60 and try a pair. I don't think there is ANY cable on the market at $60/pr that comes close to the Super Silver.

I tried silver audio Hyacynths and they were too bright (bleached out) but very very revealing in my system. Then again maybe it's my AR LS2 preamp. I went with Harmonic Tech Pro Silway II's, natural sounding.

HELLO VIGGEN,I am using a 4 meter pair of new homegrown super silver 2 interconnects between my audible illusions preamp and threshold sa6e pure class A mono-blocks amps.my front end is a basis ovation turntable with a graham arm and transfiguration espirit cartridge running the graham silver ic30 phono cables directly into the preamp.the cartridge has an output of 1.3mv which is perfect for my system.my speakers are von schweikert vr6 which are very revealing.speaker cables are acarian black orpheus by alon.i have tried many cable combos among many speakers and electronics and this is the best sound i have had.getting back to your original question,in my system the homegrown are the ticket.i have no need to spend more on interconnects because i already have and these work the best for me,but maybe not for you.EXPERIMENT AND ENJOY,RICH

You will not have any problems with the Bear Labs Silver Thunder, Homegrown, or Silver Audio. I have used the silver cables I mentioned.