Speaker Wire material


Could someone please explain this to me. I have heard that using speaker wires made out of different materials will have different sounds such as using silver would sound differnt than say using copper. I have a background in electronics and don't quite understand this. If both wires have the same load carrying capacity (silver being a better conductor the wire could be smaller diameter than the copper) what would cause the the sound to be differnt. When it comes down to the physics of it aren't you just pushing electrons along the wire?
rowa54e

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Trust your background in electronics. The high-end cable game relies on the fact that most audiophiles don't have the background you do.
ROW: You might be interested in the listening tests of cables that Stereo Review conducted in the early 80s. It can be downloaded from this page:

http://bruce.coppola.name/audio/wisdom.html