Speaker Wire (Silver vs. Copper) (BD-Design)

by GC, Wednesday, March 02, 2005, 08:09 (6967 days ago) @ GC

Hello,

I'm in thre process of building a compact ref system using 200's loaded w/
Fostex FE206E (aspiring to AER drivers someday :-)

I've been going back and forth about what type of speaker wire I should
use to drive the horns and I'm thinking of constructing a pair from 99.99%
solid core silver w/ Teflon insulation (it's available in 22 AWG to 30
AWG).

Before I make the investment, has anyone had positive or negative
experience using silver wire in an Oris setup. Would Copper (perhaps CCC)
be a better match for this application?

This is a mater of taste. I've hurd that a silver is more "clean" and "detailed" than copper. But also depend on purity of material. I use silver interconect Kimber KCAG and copper/silver Nordost cable for speakers. If you ask me I would personaly go for ALL silver including wires in amp./player, caps, transformers, silver voice coil...So try before you buy - I always say that if there isn't any significant diference in sound to your ears than you can save extra money for something more critical (drivers, amp, CD player, better tubes,...).

Have a nise day,
Gasper.
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Does anyone have any suggestions as to cable geometry? Twisting vs.
brading...

I'll be using a Korneff SE45 to drive the horns.

Thanks in advance for any insight.

Cheers,
Hat

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