[Vintage-Audio] Re Gold Plated Audio Cables

[Salmons, Michael]

Duane,

You might remove the cable and de-oxify the jacks on your deck- unless
they are gold plated too, they are prone to developing oxidation. 

It could also be something as simple as fuzz causing the intermittent
connection.

I've never seen gold plating wear off but I suppose that's a possibility
too.

Good luck!

Michael 

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Subject: [Vintage-Audio] Re Gold Plated Audio Cables



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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