[sdiy] solder question

[Louis van Dompselaar]

>> What sort of solder would you recommend?  I have a colleague who's a 
>> rabid audiophile, and he thinks silver solder is the way forward.

Which is rather a silly notion.  Silver has a very high melting point
so requires soldering at a very high temperature.  Using it on
components that were not designed to withstand very high temperatures
will most likely damage them in some way.  So not only is it wasted
on the PAiA (I don't believe it affects sound in any way), it will
most likely damage or kill part of the components.