Scott B,
No Clairvoyant's?? I've looked into those as well, but need to find a 30 day trial offer.
Thinking about it a little more, my system probably won't become bright ever as I will never own metal dome tweeters. With the Arcam gear leaning towards warm I could see using silver wouldn't be a problem. Very nice warm sounding gear. The Onkyo SP1000 is headed to my home next week and I've heard from a few that this leans towards the warmer side of neutral.
I plan to A/B the silver vs. copper and will then scrap one of the two and then begin to compare different silver or copper depending on what is chosen. I'm just really hoping I don't have the lip sync on this Onkyo.
sc
not sure if you were serious about the clairvoyants or not. those things are damn expensive!
the most expensive pair of rcas in my system is the sorcerers, and i still paid under 200 for them. the 8ft biwire sorcerer speaker cables should have been over $1500 but i paid 400. (tax refund got me cables last year). so paying over a grand just for a pair of rcas isn't happening anytime soon...unless i win the mega-millions jackpot. hell, then i'll buy YOU a pair too
i've found my "new" arcam gear to be more neutral than my "old" gear. i used to have alpha series integrated amp & cd. they were warmer. i'm loving the av8/p7 combo, and damn the p7 has some power. like 1600 watts (that's a conservative estimate) when all 7 channels are used
anyway, if you ever want to borrow a pair of rcas to test for a week, let me know.