What makes an interconnect sound like it does?


Are there any generalizations that can be made about the physical designs of interconnects?

Litz?
Co-ax?
Braid?
Copper?
Silver?
Gold?
Palladium?
Teflon?
Poly-pro?
etc...

I guess the same question can be asked of speaker cables, too.
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Showing 1 response by viggen

Just some thoughts, the looser the cable is wounded together, the less mechanical vibration will "pollute" the singal path.

Low mass terminations will help in that department as well as reducing emi/rfi.

And, slightly less resistance/higher gauge on the ground wire does provide for a smoother more spacious sound.

Conductors, as long as they are atleast 99.95% pure is good. As for silver, soft annealed seem to be it thing for the moment. Palladium is similar and doesn't corrode but costs a lot.