Re: silver wire for interconnect leads?

On Mar 17, 7:12 pm, "ajhcla...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <blackheath...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> I found a great thread on this group which produced an informative
> article about the use of 20 gsm silver wire for making your own high-
> quality audio interconnects.
> Without getting into the debate over coathangers versus high-end audio
> leads, can anyone tell me why this article stresses using soft silver
> wire and says don't use Sterling?
> Here in Australia, Sterling wire is at very least a guarantee of
> reasonable quality -- how can one be sure that plain 'silver' wire
> really is silver without too many impurities? Would anyone know of a
> source here for very pure silver wire which would meet this audio
> requirement?
> Thanks

Your source should be able to give you the purity in percentage.
Reasonably pure will be soft.  Sterling is actually only 92% silver
with other metals to make it harder.  Pure silver is easily damaged so
it is not suitable for flatware, food service, or jewelery.

There is no physical reason for silver to be any better that copper
for interconnects.  To suggest there is some sort of audible
difference is utter hogwash.