[Asterix]

Anybody know what these sound like and where to get some?

 

[grandenigma1]

the new Bogdan Silver Princess's (dispite the name) use a gold alloy for the lead, Audio Metallurgy GA-2, and darn i forget the other one I have seen right now...aside from that I am not sure about too many more...

the one pair of DIY gold alloys I have heard have very similar characteristics to copper ICs... didnt have enough time to compare too much so I wont say much more.

Also, there are many gold alloys out there made up of various other metals so that is bound to have an influence as well.

 

[Asterix]

In my experience with gold-plating on musical instruments the gold has a more dark and warm sound than silver which is bright and ringy.

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Originally Posted by grandenigma1 the new Bogdan Silver Princess's (dispite the name) use a gold alloy for the lead, Audio Metallurgy GA-2, and darn i forget the other one I have seen right now...aside from that I am not sure about too many more... the one pair of DIY gold alloys I have heard have very similar characteristics to copper ICs... didnt have enough time to compare too much so I wont say much more. Also, there are many gold alloys out there made up of various other metals so that is bound to have an influence as well.

 

[setmenu]

There you go, this company manufactures IC cables using a dash of gold to
spice up their silver conductors.

http://www.siltechcables.com/nfhomepa.html


Setmenu

 

[kuma]

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Originally Posted by Asterix Anybody know what these sound like and where to get some?

I only heard the Siltech G5 series cables ( iirc they used gold as conductor as well as silver ), the gold seems to add a touch of body and naturalness.
A flip side is they can sound a tad slow but I found that the Siltech is pretty nice mix of virtues.