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KCI Pure Gold and the benefits

Hi Guys just wanted to share my new love for the majic of pure gold interconnects. Ive been through the paces of tring different mid to high grade interconnects in my system and finally tried pure gold. Now the price does vary significantly from pure gold cable to pure gold cable, I picked up the KCI and have really loved what gold did for my modest system compared to pure silver, flat ribbon and tons of different copper. I have read the white papers about silver being a better conductor and even some on why gold is more pleasing to the ear. I feel that gold is more coherent top to bottom than silver but noticed many of my audio friends are using silver still. What is the general feeling and use here amongst guys with the high end of equipment? Are you using gold and does it get even better with higher end equipment?
stivervii

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spiro
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I have tried silver. I have tried copper. I found that gold plated silver was the ticket for me. Loads of detail and air with all the warmth I could want., beyond copper. The silver has detail that copper and gold can'tdo, if tamed as in gold plated it's wonderful.
spiro
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It is truly a shame when equipment manus take detail to shrill or thin. I'd say they only got half of the equation right. But that's what makes "really right" a rare find for any of us, no matter what our preference might be. So sadly, folks have to use cables as tone controls, like at the other end of the spectrum when sharp silver cables are brought in to eeek out the last bit of detail from something that is more than a bit mushy, either upstream or downstream from that cable.
The detail of silver when warmed with the (it' gets emotional at this point) the magic of gold is quite getting it "all right" imho. Terminations and synergy are certainly a factor, though some might discredit the effects of lesser metals in a solder.
Some also hear "tizziness" as detail, speaking for the camp that *we in this thread are most likely not a part. What I find most satisfying about this thread is how it puts "low purity copper wire" and "brass connectors" almost back at the Radio Shack where (imho again) they belong. I'm so tired of folks saying that *those sound good to them and thus they won't listen to anything else. Things like, saying "gold connectors" when it's gold over brass, and "tin copper" as a fancy way of saying "brass" (to avoid the stigma) has really kinda buggd me since starting in 1988 (though it has been going on much before that).
I hate to sound smug, but feel deeply that it is about time the truth got a foothold like this.
this is one of the forward edge forums, (again imho). Best Regards.
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