Interesting @rockrider Their website gives the impression of them selling 7N OCC silver wires at very low prices. I believe that several users of this forum have bought the wires assuming they are pure silver. If something looks too good to be true, it is usually not true. But they may, sound good as you say. ;)
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Actually their webpage says 11AWG 7N OCC silver!? Their shop is still down so I can‘t see the prices. However, manufacturing a 2m set of AWG11 of 7N OCC silver is extremely expensive. Another thing is that finding a manufacturer that reliable manufacture 7N OCC is next to impossible. Wanlung (Neotech) make 6N silver, and they are considered to be the best in the game. I have seen several adverts over at AliExpress claiming silver wires with 7N purity. Nahh... I am in the cable business myself, so I know how expensive it all gets when you try to exceed 5N in silver. |
charles1dad9,210 posts Once you reach a certain degree of silver wire purity is there a discernible audible difference in your opinion? For example 5N compared with 7N. I have a Vogue Audio 7N OCC silver power cable and it’s very good . But I feel the same with regard to my Lavricables power cables which are 5N silver. I can affirm that both are very high quality excellent products. Charles I have tried 7N, because I do not have a reliable source for silver of this purity. Remember that 7N is 100X as pure as 5N. It would also be a pita to handle without contaminating it. I have tested several wire samples at the Anchor Group in the UK. They specialize in precious metal certification. Some samles supposed to be 5N did not even reach 4N! I suspect that many cable manufacturers trust that their raw wire suppliers deliver what they are supposed to when it comes to purity. They often do not. I see that eg. Vogue Audio says "7N OCC silver singular multicore bonded". What does "bonded" mean? Is is silver bonded to copper (i.e silver clad), or is it 7N silver all through? 11AWG per pole of 7N OCC silver would be extremely expensive.
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