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Silversmith Audio
Pure Silver Cables
The new
cables from designer Jeffrey Smith have created quite a
buzz of late. Silversmith Audio's unique design begins with
a single, ultra-thin ribbon conductor, which is custom manufactured
of fine silver to a very specific geometry and temper. The
manufacturer proclaims this single, solid core ribbon conductor
offers numerous advantages over other cable designs, including:
· Avoids sonic degradation due to
boundary discontinuities inherent in multi-strand, non-individually
insulated cable geometry. Electromagnetic waves are both
partially reflected and partially absorbed when incident
upon such discontinuities
· Avoids skin effect related time
smearing in both non-individually insulated. Multi-strand
cable and single, solid core round cables, whose diameter
is greater than the skin depth of signals in the audible
frequency range
· Avoids complex and sound degrading
interactions of multi-strand, individually insulated (Litz)
cable designs, regardless of the weave or braid geometry
· Has lower internal inductance than
a round conductor of equivalent gauge.
The Winter 2000 edition of Ultimate Audio proclaims:
“The Silversmith experience has been an ear opener
for this old cable jockey. Please make sure that you share
it! If nothing else, it’ll reference what is possible to
achieve with good cable thinking and design – and without
any of those “magic” boxes attached to the conductors. Congratulations
Jeff, may your presence in high-end audio enlighten many!
“
Cheap? No, but in a really good system, worth every cent!
2' RCA Interconnects - $1300
3' RCA Interconnects - $1400
6' Speaker Cables - $2500
8' Speaker Cables - $2950
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