I have just ordered some 12 AWG 2mm solid core 999.99% silver bare wire from a wire suppliers in the UK.
I am using DIY solid core copper 12 AWG at the moment, and they sound pretty good. I was wanting to try silver but made up speaker cables with pure silver, often multi strand, and very expensive.
So I figured I would try making some myself.
I dug around for a couple of days to drill down to a good price. Many sell for 80 USD + per meter, and I got it down to half that. I found a supplier in the UK who sells bare 999 silver wire. And I would use 12 AWG PTFE sleeving. I will use 2 screw type banana ends for the set. And it will be bi-wired to 8 wires in total, 4 per speaker.
I wonder what folk here think about multi strand, or solid core?
I can't find much in the way of facts on that. There is measurements of pure silver v sterling silver 925 conductivity, and pure is a lot better. It makes we wonder if copper with silver plating would also be worse than just pure copper. True, there is sonics as a separate issue v conductivity of course.
So the whole project is going to be under £700. If I bought off an audio supplier you would be looking at 3K upwards for this amount of silver content. I am ignoring fancy jacketing and such.
I am using DIY solid core copper 12 AWG at the moment, and they sound pretty good. I was wanting to try silver but made up speaker cables with pure silver, often multi strand, and very expensive.
So I figured I would try making some myself.
I dug around for a couple of days to drill down to a good price. Many sell for 80 USD + per meter, and I got it down to half that. I found a supplier in the UK who sells bare 999 silver wire. And I would use 12 AWG PTFE sleeving. I will use 2 screw type banana ends for the set. And it will be bi-wired to 8 wires in total, 4 per speaker.
I wonder what folk here think about multi strand, or solid core?
I can't find much in the way of facts on that. There is measurements of pure silver v sterling silver 925 conductivity, and pure is a lot better. It makes we wonder if copper with silver plating would also be worse than just pure copper. True, there is sonics as a separate issue v conductivity of course.
So the whole project is going to be under £700. If I bought off an audio supplier you would be looking at 3K upwards for this amount of silver content. I am ignoring fancy jacketing and such.