[Anaxilus]

Beat me to it.  That's pretty bad English for an English magazine. 

 

[bmiamihk]

With the replacement of stock cables you can get more lower end sound as if you connected a small amp. I myself at the age of 45, have bought a pure silver replacement for my earphones and it made a nice difference in sound.

 

[Steve Eddy]

 
Cables are low-pass filters. How do you get more lower end sound from something that will pass low frequencies all the way down to DC?
 
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[Anaxilus]

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Cables are low-pass filters. How do you get more lower end sound from something that will pass low frequencies all the way down to DC?
 
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Better fit/seal.
 
 

 

[Steve Eddy]

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Better fit/seal.

Ok, so a cable made with silver wire makes for a better fit/seal of the ear cups than a cable made with copper wire?
 
Say what?
 
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[Anaxilus]

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Ok, so a cable made with silver wire makes for a better fit/seal of the ear cups than a cable made with copper wire?
 
Say what?
 
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Yes, you take the phones off, swap cables and reposition/insert them better after.  

 

[Steve Eddy]

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Yes, you take the phones off, swap cables and reposition/insert them better after.  

Ah, ok. I see what you're getting at now.

 
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[tmars78]

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With the replacement of stock cables you can get more lower end sound as if you connected a small amp. I myself at the age of 45, have bought a pure silver replacement for my earphones and it made a nice difference in sound.

Lower end...hmmm, that flies in the face of everyone who says silver cables are "bright". 

 

[Armaegis]

So I was testing out silver cables a few days ago and really couldn't tell much of a difference except for the volume change (louder with silver). This was at home out of various hifi gear. 
 
Then the other day I was working in a production room and plugged into the big mixboard and I could have sworn that the channel separation was better. Maybe it has something to do with the typically high output impedance of the production consoles?

 

[Anaxilus]

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So I was testing out silver cables a few days ago and really couldn't tell much of a difference except for the volume change (louder with silver). This was at home out of various hifi gear. 
 
Then the other day I was working in a production room and plugged into the big mixboard and I could have sworn that the channel separation was better. Maybe it has something to do with the typically high output impedance of the production consoles?

I've been running some tests myself and can say FR is not the place to be looking.  Something other than cables gave me a clue about where to look to see if there are actual perceived differences that can be measured but I haven't had a chance to have at it yet.   
 

 

[DaveBSC]

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Lower end...hmmm, that flies in the face of everyone who says silver cables are "bright". 

Some silver cables are thin in the bass and bright up top, but not all. The Audioquest silver cables for example are not bright sounding cables. There are also copper cables that have the "silver sound".
 

 

[Blue Boat]

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Some silver cables are thin in the bass and bright up top, but not all. The Audioquest silver cables for example are not bright sounding cables. There are also copper cables that have the "silver sound".
 

science forum, this is. 

 

[DaveBSC]

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science forum, this is. 

Well aware, I am.
 

 

[Prog Rock Man]

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Some silver cables are thin in the bass and bright up top, but not all. The Audioquest silver cables for example are not bright sounding cables. There are also copper cables that have the "silver sound".
 

It is exactly that inconsistency of the subjective impressions of how cables sound, which helps to evidence the difference is caused by our own perception and not the cable itself.
 

 

[liamstrain]

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So I was testing out silver cables a few days ago and really couldn't tell much of a difference except for the volume change (louder with silver). This was at home out of various hifi gear. 
 
Then the other day I was working in a production room and plugged into the big mixboard and I could have sworn that the channel separation was better. Maybe it has something to do with the typically high output impedance of the production consoles?

Unless you volume matched VERY well - the same effect (volume change towards louder) could easily give the impression of better separation. Just as slightly higher volume falsely gives the impression of better sound in general.