Do speaker wires degrade over time ?


I am looking buying a pair of used speaker cables from the 80's. I have no idea if there is a life expectancy on cables. They are probably broken in !
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i just got a pair of custom made wire off ebay, i had a pair tributaries, silver coated sp 5f, no they were not 10 grand but anice set of cables about 10 years old, i thought were fine. took a chance and purchase these cables from Steven for less than $100. with shipping build quality was outstanding, and the sound for wires that cost way less than my tributaries, these wires are truly amazing, see them for your self on ebay the item # is 140500678089, no i am not selling them i just ordered them and like them so much just wanted to spread the word, and maybe just maybe they do degrade over time
i just got a pair of custom made wire off ebay, i had a pair tributaries, silver coated sp 5f, no they were not 10 grand but anice set of cables about 10 years old, i thought were fine. took a chance and purchase these cables from Steven for less than $100. with shipping build quality was outstanding, and the sound for wires that cost way less than my tributaries, these wires are truly amazing, see them for your self on ebay the item # is 140500678089, no i am not selling them i just ordered them and like them so much just wanted to spread the word, and maybe just maybe they do degrade over time,
If the Transparent cables have network boxes, then there is very likely degradation, as the parts they use in the network boxes are shamelessly cheap and can degrade significantly over time.

More generally, if the shielding on IC's or speaker cables is intact and the conductors are not oxidizing, their sound actually tends to improve over time.