Silver Head Shell Leads

Rhodium cost more? Hmm! That’s weird. Solid silver wire (not sold core) with PTFE and gold/copper/silver, ends would be better. Gold over copper or silver or pure silver terminal ends.. Rhodium is right there with brass and nickel as far as SQ. Harder than the hubs of hell to.. HARD stuff. No corrosion though.. BUT gold is really better from a corrosion point and stereo use softer. We’re not in the tundra (permafrost) at 50 below ZERO by a saltwater ocean front.. :-)

The old copper can sure turn colors .. in tonearms. Clean all the pins ay! Get a new tone arm DIN locking end for 12-35 dollars.. actual arm din for the headshells

Regards.

OP They sell clads because it cheap to make, and offers pretty good results.

Copper with silver clad is a constructs that takes a LONG time to break in as a Speaker IC. Now think how long it takes for a very very low v signal passing through that wire to break in, season and settle.. It takes a LONG time.

I had a guy rebuild an SME 3012 II. He offered a service to "Season" the cabling and new tone arm wire. I opted at the time NOT to do it..

I get it back load up the ol Grado and it sound OK, BUT it sounded better before, WAY better.. I call the guy.. It needs to be "SEASONED" he says.

What the heck is seasoned? It was almost 40 years ago.. He says send it back there will be NO CHARGE and when I get it back, let him know.
6 weeks with shipping and "Seasoning".

I get it back it's like getting a brand new 3K grato that was broke in and ready to go.. It was night and day. I paid him for his service and all the charges.. WELL worth it..

The point behind the spill is maybe the wire is good enough and a little goop here and tape there might fix you right up..

Look up Rhodium it's sound and conductive properties aren't anything I would use in a stereo.. Some swear by it though..