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KLE Innovations Silver HarmonyRCA's - not silver eh?

OK - so if you have not yet seen it, there are some postings on the web that calls into question the "integrity" of KLE Innovations. Simply because it was believed that the contacts in the Silver Harmony RCA plug should have been made from solid silver.

When those posters learned that this was not the case - they got upset.

One web site has even gone so far as to post photo’s of Harmony RCA’s with the silver coating ground off to display what they believe to be just plain copper.

Theatrics? - YOU BET!

Since I have been a proponent of KLE Innovations products for many years and have posted many reviews and positive comments. I felt it was important to bring this to everyone’s attention to avoid possible misconceptions and future postings that might propagate this kind of nonsense.

Please checkout the KLE Innovations site and read the Brochure and Technical Paper at
https://kleinnovations.com/kle-innovations-klei-products/klei-harmony-plug/

I think you will find that nowhere does it state that the Silver Harmony is fabricated from "solid silver".

"Silver Harmony" is just the name given to that model of RCA, which achieves a higher level of performance than the Copper Harmony, but not as high as the Pure Harmony or Absolute Harmony models.

To quote from KLE Innovations documents:
Proprietary mathematical modeling is utilized to produce the Silver Harmony’s ground to signal pin relationship, parameters, and determines the proprietary metallurgical processes that are used.

Note the key word here "Proprietary" - this means KLE Innovations are not about to give away what metals or alloys are used, so stop pontificating and just enjoy their abilities.

What you get is a family of RCA’s that are advanced way beyond the accepted norms of current RCA designs, that are capable of extremely high levels of resolution.

If you want more proof of their abilities simply google "Silver Harmony" and take a look at the number of cable fabricators that use them.

What did grinding off the silver coating achieve? One totally useless set of RCA’s - that’s all.

Regards - Steve

williewonka
kid303
1 posts
 
One thing I don't get about the Silver Harmony is he fact that it has a Pure silver ground but a silver plated signal. Perhaps I'm missing something but I thought it would be best to have the signal as the purer of the two connectors, that has left me quite puzzled and I fail to see the benefits of this configuration, or is it an impedance thing, whereas the ground must have less impedance or something, I'm scratching my head as to why this combination is used.Perhaps somone can enlighten me as to why this might be, after all I'm new to this.
ebm
9,311 posts
 
3 guys in Idaho got these cables this company is certainly not a major player try Purist get a real cable.Good luck though!!
williewonka OP
3,067 posts
 
kid303 - I know a few years back KLE Innovations used a "trademarked" name of "PureSilver" which some people interpreted as solid silver.

Also some cable manufacturers that use the Harmony plugs still incorrectly promote the Silver Harmony RCA as having solid silver pins.

If you look at the KLEI web site you will see that the silver plated copper pins on the Silver Harmony RCA plugs actually have a conductivity rating of >105%, which equals the best solid silver conductors.

Today - I cannot say if the pins on any of the Harmony plugs are actually solid silver or ever have been.

From my own personal Harmony Plug observations - I have tried RCA plugs from Furutech, WBT and Neotech (to name the most popular) and the KLE Innovations Harmony plugs provided the best sound quality of them all.

I have found through over 5 years of development of my own DIY cables that silver plated stranded conductors actually sounded more pleasing than a solid silver conductors.

Also, I found that using a 24 gauge stranded silver plated wire for the signal and a 16 gauge stranded silver plated wire for the neutral provides the best sound quality.

I, like yourself, originally believed solid silver was the best conductor, but my ears have since told me differently.

Why? I do not have an explanation and to be honest I am past caring.

My own cables sound amazing and that’s all that matter to me and the various people that have tried them.

I have also auditioned at length (i.e. over a 3 year period) most of the KLE Innovations cables and found them to be excellent performers, but they do take over 400 hours of burn in to sound their best. Unfortunately, they do go through a "rough patch" at between 24-60 hours of playing time, but they do improve and get much better after around 120 hours of listening.

I have compared them to a few top cables from other named brands and each time they either equalled or exceeded their performance

I am not going to speculate as to whether the intent of some of the "wording choices" on the KLE Innovations web site was a deliberate attempt to mislead the public. Keith Louie Eichman has already been tarred and feathered for that. I also do not defend KLE innovations for the mistakes they have made.

When I do promote their products it is based solely on the sound quality that I have observed through a lengthy audition process that generally lasts between 4-6 weeks and hundreds of hours of burn-in per product.

Hope you find your answer - Steve
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