[RonSonic]

On 27 Dec 2006 18:17:26 -0800, wrote:

gold is the most oxygen resistant plating
available and is indispensable for audio
plug usage. there is nothing better.
silver is a better conductor and like copper
it oxidizes very rapidly.
silver tuns black when exposed to light and in
that blackened condition is a terrible conductor

Silver oxide is actually a very good conductor, which is why silver is so often
used on connectors. Not as good as uncorroded silver or copper but by far the
best after use and corrosion. Copper oxide is a semiconductor.

copper turns dark red, brown and green when exposed
to oxygen and humidity, salt air.
so whoever said gold plated plugs were a waste is
a bone head
PS the best corrosion and oxidization prevention
is called: Pro Gold, there is nothing better.
Its made by CAIG chemicals

The only advantage of gold is that it doesn't corrode, neither does the more
common, more rugged and much less expensive nickel plating you usually see on
jacks and plugs. The advantage of gold disappears in a world where the plug
needs to be cleaned occasionally anyway, like when used for guitar cables and
getting dragged across the floor.

Ron