Would silver cables beat UP-OCC copper?

"I have built gear and cables using both and one fact remains.....there is no answer to your question that is the final truth for all. It depends on your gear, musical tastes (type of music), sound preference, system synergy and on and on..... I have found that if you’re going to use silver, then go for solid core and go for as heavy of a guage as you can afford/find. The right silver, solid core, and thicker than 24 gauge can sound very good indeed. Silver does sound different and has proven to be more resolving in each and every case I have used it. Great solid core copper is warmer sounding and more rounded if you will. This is also something I have witnessed time and time again. A mixture of the two throughout my system has yielded the best results. This has taken me several years and lots of experimenting however. The only way to learn for yourself is to try some. No other way I am afraid to say. If you listen to mellow jazz and calm voice that is well recorded, then silver may be just the ticket. It may, but there are many other variables which folks have already stated. I have found that the recording quality plays a big role on which wire I prefer. Poor recordings suffer more on silver in my experience. If your musical tastes force you to listen to many mediocre to poor recordings, then copper may be a better choice for you."

@grannyring I could agree with this advice more..I am auditioning UPOCC Silver now and the differences are real. Definitely a good difference. Better is always subjective based on ear and system so I will stop at different as a characterization. But silver UPOCC PCs are a great way to ring more out of your system and or tune it to your liking (or not). I find it to be incredibly detailed, smooth and just overall brilliant.

well we don't have one answer to this equation if the silver was ofc silver then no the OCC copper will beat it all to hell because if it's ofc silver it's still going to have 60 to 70 Crystal barriers per foot which are little fractures in The wire which the signal has to jump, OCC has no Crystal barriers for 700 ft so the signal has an easier time of flowing, but if it was OCC single Crystal silver then yes the silver will be better.

dave_72

depends what kind of silver Dave OCC single Crystal silver will be a little bit better in the highs than OCC single Crystal copper but now there's something even better it's rectangular OCC single crystal wire, Neotech is the only company that makes it,

the Sahara is there rectangular copper OCC wire and the Amazon is there rectangular silver OCC wire check out their website, I compared it to the round OCC and the rectangular is much better I'm hearing stuff deeper into the sun stage which I wasn't hearing before and everything is much clearer faster black or background when you try this you won't go back to anything else.

mechans,

OCC single crystal is far superior to regular silver cable but OCC single Crystal silver is even better and now there's something even better and that's rectangular OCC copper and silver, neotech is the only company that makes it, the Sahara is the rectangular copper OCC wire and the Amazon is the rectangular silver OCC wire, even better than the round OCC that I had prior check it out on the neotech website.

I made my own solid silver ICs fom components at Parts Connection and I promptly got rid of all my Wireworld Eclipse ICs.  Never looked backnor played around again.