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"Laurence Payne" lpayne1NOSPAM@dslDOTpipexDOTcom wrote in
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But wouldn't you agree that, pending physical failure,
the moulded junk gets the signal through just as well as
anything else?


Of course. Back in the days of mono and tubes, the standard for high quality
RCA cables was Switchcraft, and their cables had molded ends with stamped
contacts. In essence, what we call cheap junk today is similar or identical
to the industry standard of 50 years ago. Ironically pehaps, some of that
so-called cheap junk may still be in service.

And, in a static system, they generally don't fail?


Point well taken. Consumer audio systems tend to be very static.