[Vintage-Audio] Re Gold Plated Audio Cables

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Hi All,

Have any of you used the supposedly better quality gold plated audio cables? 
The pairs I have are six feet long with male RCA plugs on each end. Very 
heavy shielded cable, I am not sure of the gauge.

One thing I noticed when I first installed them was that they fit very 
tight! Removing them was not something one was supposed to do often!

Since gold is not subject to corrosion I have left my four pairs of audio 
cables connected for the past eight years.

I am now getting some periodic static distortion between my Sony ZA5 ES DAT 
deck and the Sony CDRW deck. I have the gold plated cables on both the 
input/outputs of the DAT deck running to the amplifier and from the 
amplifier to the input/output of the Sony CDRW deck. I have checked all 
cables to be sure they are not loose. I even partly unplugged each one and 
then re inserted it in case of a poor connection.

Nothing I have done thus far has eliminated the sometimes there - sometimes 
not static. Any suggestions or experiences with such cables to share?

Thank you.




Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
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