[sdiy] solder question

[Aaron Lanterman]

On Tue, 16 May 2006, Louis van Dompselaar wrote:

>>> 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

What was the manufacturer that was making a big deal about using silver 
solder? STS Serge, maybe? (Or I don't know of STS was actually making a 
big deal about it, but other people were...)

Oh here it is. There's some back and forth in the AH artchives about it.
Peter G has a nice post here:

http://elists.resynthesize.com/analogue-heaven/2004/12/1298068/

- Aaron