ZYX Universe silver vs copper

Hello all,

I've heard things on high resolution systems that one can only get a hint at on other systems.

Even on my rig, the difference between copper and silver coiled ZYSXs is subtle but noticeable - with a preference for the copper, which is in general slightly more revealing than the silver. This is quite counterintuitive from the normal characterization of silver. IOW, what Doug said.

The differences (even on a high-rez system) are such that unless you worked hard to commit a few reference recordings to memory, I doubt you'd care about them once you owned either one.

Having said that, my preference is for copper on all but the nastiest sounding rigs ... the kind of rig that a Universe or Airy-2/Airy-3 owner is unlikely to own (a nasty sounding one).

Cheers,
Thom @ Galibier

Doug, all ...

I realized that my post above was a bit nebulous.

My most extensive and controlled silver/copper experimentation involved the Airy-3. By experimenting with loading, I was able to close the gap between the two variants ... still preferring the copper by a small margin in the end.

Silver/Copper with the Universe was on different systems and not as well controlled. Likely, it's higher resolution expands on the differences. This would be consistent with yours and Cello's observations.

Sorry for the confusion ...

Cheers,
Thom @ Galibier