Silver Speaker Cables


I would like to try silver speaker cables. I have always been curious as to how they would affect the sound of my system. That said, I have a very limited budget. Is there such a thing as low priced silver cables? If so, recommendations?

Thanks all!

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As far as sound is concerned, hardly anything noticeable even with the most sophisticated measuring equipment, including your ears.As far as your wallet is concerned, a great reduction in its thickness.Measured in ohms, the difference in the resistance of 24-gauge, 1000-foot-long silver and copper wire is a mere 2 ohms. Your connections are likely to have more resistance since some of them are likely to be brass.And... you are very unlikely to use 24 gauge wire for a 1000 feet.Basically, NO DIFFERENCE.Others who claim otherwise need to see audiologists as usual is the case in this forum.

@cakyol It’s rather sad if you can’t hear the difference in speaker cables. IMHO either your ears and/or system is sub-par. There’s much more to cable design than gauge or resistance.  Live happily in your ignorance, but your impressions fly very much in the face of almost everyone here. Either you’re right, or 95% of the rest of us here are right. I’ll leave it up to the OP to make his own decision.

When I went to their website I saw promotion of 7N silver and nothing about copper.  This, to me, is misleading and makes me suspect of their products.  If the “bonded” wire is so good, why do they bury the fact that it’s 40% copper, which also seems like BS to me as even 60% 7N silver would need to be more expensive unless your business model is to go out of business.  I simply don’t trust this company. 

@charles1dad I gotta ask, how do the Vogue and Lavri compare? They both seem to offer high-quality silver cables at really reasonable prices with Vogue upping the game, but also the price, in using pricier silver. Is the performance notably better? I’m inferring from your comment that the differences are small, but I’d love to hear your thoughts. BTW, I own several LavriCables from headphone, to balanced interconnects, to USB and all are outstanding for performance/value IMHO, but if Vogue is better I’ll definitely look that way in the future.

@deep_333 Fact:  Not all silver cables push systems to sound bright or edgy, and many of them are listed here.  It is an over generalization and both inaccurate and misleading to lump all silver cables in the same sonic basket, and in the end it’s all about system synergy.