Silver Wire

lcherepkai -

Maybe I'm not following you, but it seems you've replaced 18 gauge with "doubled-up twisted runs" of 16 gauge wire and you noticed a difference. It seems you've proven that this lower resistance and likely lower inductance has improved the sound of your speakers. Why would you think it's because of the Silver?

J

hazyj------Perhaps the lower resistance/inductance is a major factor in the improved sound of the doubled-up silver-clad 16 gauge wire vs the single run of the 18 gauge Anti-cables wire but this same 18 gauge wire was quite a bit better than the 12 gauge Anti-cables using the Radio Shack disconnects so......  According to your logic, running tripled runs of the 18 gauge Anti-cables wire should sound better than the silver-clad copper?  Maybe, I really don't know.  I'm just reporting on what I heard and the circumstances.  I know that doubling-up on this wire in my interconnects sounds quite a bit better than the pair built using single runs.  The doubled-up interconnects have more body through the mids on down and the bass has more weight and impact.  I don't know the why's of it.  I'm just offering my experience, hopefully allowing others to bypass some of the hassles I've endured in my search for audio satisfaction. 

As to why I would think this improvement of sound is due to the silver....  Maybe not.   But good silver has tended to sound similar in my experience.  The Ridge Street Audio Poiema!!! and the Granite Audio 470 were more alike than different and quite a ways from the Quattro Fil in sound.  I recall Electra Glides silver ribbon speaker cable having those qualities as well.  Those being a solid and well defined bottom end, a more revealing mid band than most copper or gold cables, probably being more neutral in this area than either, and a more open and airy top end.  Images have tended to be more well defined though I have to admit the Quattro Fil was the equal to any of the silver interconnects in this regard.  What can I say then?  It just seems that good silver has typically had these sounds in my systems so I'll assume this to be the sound of the silver.  YMMV.

Understood. You are providing good info for the OP to use and decide on his own. Always worthwhile to do so in my opinion. But I think there needs to be a bit more detail wrt the 12 gauge experiment, in particular the size and shape of the wire and quality of the connection. You did write " I wasn't too thrilled about using the disconnects" but you didn't explain. Not a big deal, but the OP should know quite a bit more before putting that information to use. My opinion.

Anyhow, good posts. I am also considering re-wiring everything I can if I think inductance in particular can be lowered significantly in any of my runs (inside or out of components). But let's be clear on something ... it wasn't my logic being stated in my post. Though I'd love to take credit for it, I believe Misters Faraday, Oersted, Ampere and Henry (to name a few) were a little more influential toward that end.

Thanks for the info, guys. I plan to solder everything inside the boxes - I can't see using expensive plugs and sockets (which might come loose anyway) and I certainly won't use cheap spade lugs, either. So soldering seems the only way to go. 

I understand that the normal method with interconnects, and components too, is to change one thing out at a time with extended listening sessions in between, but with internal speaker wiring, I think I'll try it all at once. I was going to use a heavier gauge for the woofers, especially if I go the bi-amping route, but now I think I'll use the same gauge for everything. The only question I have now is what kind of wire. For now, I'll leave the crossovers in copper. It's a lot of work to re-do them. 

If I decide to build my crossovers from scratch, with new components, then I might use the silver stuff there, too.