I think I've just dug a rabbit hole...!
Been wanting to try some pure-silver, cyrogenically treated RCA interconnects for a long time. The costs were a little prohibitive and I didn't want to DIY.
Then I stumbled on this 50cm-long pair of ICs from a UK seller on that action site (no affiliation) for about a century Aussie bucks shipped. Would be about $75 in the States?
Anyway, they've just landed and I swapped them with my QED ICs. Wow the initial impression is that, this time for the first time I do seem to hear some clear difference. So far I like it. Most noticeably the transparency has improved.
It's got that SET-like transparency that I dig so much...!
Nice David!
I'm using DIY silver cables in my rig at present (solid core 0.5mm silver inserted into teflon tubing for the dielectric, and KLE silver plated RCAs) and they sound excellent indeed. I'm not surprised that you like yours!
Well,David! Its about time! I've only been preaching about Cryod copper and OCC copper and silver cables for a few years now. Glad you've discovered them....and yes, they can be expensive but the results are worth it. As you can see, I've had OCC copper in my signiture for a while now...."A+ Crystal Copper" and the Triode Wire Labs are Cryod copper. The RCA's I have coming from the DAC to the preamp are OCC Silver over OCC Copper. Every interconnect in my system is Crystal Copper (OCC) and as I said the one from the DAC to the preamp is OCC Silver and OCC Copper. The speaker cables are Cryod because to get them OCC would have been a small fortune...so they are Cryod with the same results as OCC Copper. The Power cord on the amp is Cryod...and the Power cord from the preamp are OCC.
Oh you been dabbing into it already eh?
How much did you spend on a 1m pair?
And how do you compare them against your favourites like Aurealis?
Well Byron I still wouldn't be prepared to pay so much, but this eBay product from the UK is very much reasonably priced. Some would even say cheap in a relative sense. The seller doesn't seem to suffer from the usual business costs associated with brand names. Pure solid silver + Cryo'd connects - simple as that, and you don't have to take the trouble of DIY. Not to mention he seemingly builds things a lot better than I'd be able to!
Oh you been dabbing into it already eh?
How much did you spend on a 1m pair?
And how do you compare them against your favourites like Aurealis?
Good stuff Pete (love the USB!) - so would you call yourself a silver-cable kind of guy now??
Yeah I don't know why I see claims that silver sounds harsh. Perhaps owing to different brands / rigs / tastes. But my impression has been to the contrary.
Man I'd love to replace my speaker cables to all-silver core stuff! But I require very long cables and the costs would be quite prohibitive. I'd still take the advantage of having the speakers away from the electronics over the silver goodness...
And have you given thoughts to the Cryo treatment?
Is it even available to the DIY folks where we live?