Topic: Mil Spec Silver Cable Question

[willndmb]

19+ strands
teflon outer (or tape, but the thicker the better)
24awg
2+ conductors

+t
not that i am going to make anything but knowledge is good

[Lil Kim Jong-Il]

Doug Oade says "a lot of silver cable sounds like ass."

So assuming that something will sound nice because it is silver seems like a huge leap of faith.

A lot of people say that.  There are a lot of posts on agon in which people say they went back to copper after running silver wire in their playback chain.

[boojum]

^^^ Good point about the electrolysis.  I like to keep it simple, which is why I initially suggesting buying mic cable to use as mic cable.  What a concept!   ;o)

[Nick's Picks]

I'm about to diss myself and remove my the silver from my playback end and see what happens.
Hellloooo anti-cables.

[JD]

I finally got around to making up my "Plane Crash Cables".

[shaunpekar]

Pretty Bitchin...

Gonna start selling those?

[JD]

Pretty Bitchin...

Gonna start selling those?

Na, just making them to use.

[Tim]

I'm about to diss myself and remove my the silver from my playback end and see what happens.
Hellloooo anti-cables.

let us know what you think

[George2]

Don't mess with cables that you don't know what application it was made for. Use Star Quad, industry standard.

http://www.canare.com/index.cfm?objectid=79844442-3048-7098-AFAD046DCA18AAFA

[Tim]

Don't mess with cables that you don't know what application it was made for. Use Star Quad, industry standard.

http://www.canare.com/index.cfm?objectid=79844442-3048-7098-AFAD046DCA18AAFA

no offense but many of us are using mil-spec silver clads in our rigs and our playback systems with excellent results.

who cares what the wire is made for? I only care what it sounds like

canare starquad is nice stuff, some of us just prefer the sound of mil-spec silver clad

[George2]

No offense taken. But I'm saying wire does not have a sound.

[Tim]

you can certainly say that.

I can hear a difference between cheap copper wire and mil spec silver. It's obvious.

Many others can hear the difference as well.

edit: I'm not calling starquad "cheap" - just that the differences between cheap copper and silver is dramatic. I found the differences between nicer copper and silver less dramatic.

[Low Spark]

you can certainly say that.

I can hear a difference between cheap copper wire and mil spec silver. It's obvious.

Many others can hear the difference as well.

edit: I'm not calling starquad "cheap" - just that the differences between cheap copper and silver is dramatic. I found the differences between nicer copper and silver less dramatic.

QFT I done comps for myself using starquad and my silver. didny believe it but the ears dont lie. BIG difference for me. I love my silver.

[Nick's Picks]

starquad, in actuality...is just referring to the way the wire is constructed and woven within its shielding / outer case.
4 conductor method, w/two wires per contact (and shield for ground, per norm).
you can get millspec "starquad"...
just as you can the less expensive (and still excellent) canare, mogami, ramtek...etc etc

[rokpunk]

i use shoe strings and duct tape to interconnect my components.