silver or gold terminations??

MCCOBRA
MCCOBRA Posts: 68
edited March 2011 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
silver or gold terminations......

is one better than the other. are there any noticeable differences? just curious which would be best for speaker cables

thanks
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited March 2011
    Silver is a better contact, but if the connector is solid silver they tend to be weak.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited March 2011
    What's under the plating is more important.

    Keep it simple, gold plated copper.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,717
    edited March 2011
    Face wrote: »
    What's under the plating is more important.

    Keep it simple, gold plated copper.

    Agreed.
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited March 2011
    Whereas silver is a better conductor, it's conductivity is only slightly better than copper. But besides the expense, it is a soft metal the connectors would be weak. And it has a tendency to tarnish and oxidize.

    Solid OFC copper is a stronger connector with great conductance. But it, too, has a tendancy to oxidize.

    Gold plated copper is the better choice. The copper offers great conductance and gold plating doesn't oxidize.
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  • quadzilla
    quadzilla Posts: 1,543
    edited March 2011
    Silver oxide is still a better conductor than gold, or even copper. So my preference is silver over pure copper.

    As far as differences, some claim gold has a warmer sound.
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  • MCCOBRA
    MCCOBRA Posts: 68
    edited March 2011
    yall answered my questions!!! thanks a bunch. think im gonna go with a hybrid silver/gold mix...... hehehe
    My setup:
    58" Samsung C7000 plasma
    Pioneer VSX 1120-k
    Sony BDP 770 b-ray
    ROTEL RMB 1095
    ROTEL RB 1090
    Black Mamba II intc.
    RTi A9 (pair)
    CSi A6
    FXi A6 (pair)
    DSW PRO 550wi
    :biggrin::biggrin:
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited March 2011
    I prefer silver over copper for my speaker cable terminations, and silver over low conductivity brass for RCAs.
    Jake
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