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Speaker cables of cooper, or silver :Pros/Cons

I have heard the comment many times on AG that speaker cables,and ICs made of silver sound analytical and bright whereas,cables made of cooper are smoother but less detailed,(or warmer) Is there any truth to this claim?? What about cables made of "platinum", or other exotic materials?? From personal expereince Analysis Plus Oval 12(cooper) speaker cable after a long burn-in period did sound smooth and musical. The Audio Magic Spellcaster 2 interconnect(silver) was bright, but possessed excellent dynamics and detail.

Sunnyjim (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

06-12-12

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06-13-12 What's cooper? :) Tpreaves

06-13-12 Depends on the rest of your system, and the frequency respon ... Jburidan

06-13-12 In general, because there is no hard and fast rule as design ... Jmcgrogan2

06-13-12 Sunnyjim, my acoustic zen satori speaker cables are copper b ... Kijanki

06-13-12 If you have only listened to silver cables such as kimbers s ... Ozzy

06-13-12 I like jmcgrogan2's choice of using "transparent" ... Onemug

06-13-12 Onemug, lol Kijanki

06-13-12 Thanks to all who have responded so far. the comments are he ... Sunnyjim

06-13-12 In the theme of the original poster: if silver accentuates ... Jsd52756

06-14-12 There are different quality levels of silver cables along wi ... Charles1dad

06-14-12 Charles1dad +1 it's all in how it's made. all silver cables ... Nonoise

06-14-12 John, my experience has been silver provides a very dynamic ... Jadem6

06-18-12 To clarify: "cooper" cables are made from solid le ... Wolf_garcia

06-18-12 Copper is less expensive than silver. silver is more expensi ... Unsound

06-18-12 Why have you not considered gold ? Mrtennis

09-19-12 Silver, definitely silver!! but not just any silver cable--- ... Kapa11

09-19-12 Too many variables to make a definite statement about silver ... Geoffkait