On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 08:58:08PM -0500, drlegendre . wrote: > I get the jab you're taking at latter-day Audiophool idiocy, but you won't > find any gold-plated OFC business in any of the vintage gear I typically > work with. > > But as far as gold plating goes, gold is a good conductor, it solders very > well, it doesn't tarnish and its ductility promotes solid connections on > screw terminals - it's really these characteristics that make it somewhat > desirable in certain applications. So it's not so much that gold "sounds > better", it's that it allows one to make connections that work better.
Gold is also something they cannot use in outer space due to gold embrittlement problems. http://www.eptaccanada.ca/webinars/presentations/eptac_10_17_12.pdf > > But it does tend to wear quickly. > - Diane VA3DB -- - d...@freebsd.org d...@db.net http://www.db.net/~db