[Vintage-Audio] Re Gold Plated Audio Cables

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Hello Michael,

Thank you for the suggestions -

1. I have not been successful in finding a contact type cleaning agent, 
either in liquid or spray, that does not contain a lubricant. I do not think 
putting such a substance on the jack or cable plug would be beneficial. It 
seems to me that it would inhibit conductivity.

RS used to sell a lubricant free contact cleaning spray that worked nicely, 
but I understand it was taken off the shelf due to 'environmental concerns'. 
I suppose CFC?

2. Fuzz? Do you mean elsewhere in the circuits or in the actual RCA female 
jack and the male gold plated plug that goes into it? If so Michael, I am a 
bit puzzled how fuzz could get in there? Since I am a professional 
Magician/Illusionist I suppose it is possible that I have a "dust Bunny" 
stuck in there though!

I may be completely off the mark here, but this problem almost makes me 
wonder about friction between the very high speed DAT drive head system and 
the audio tape in the DAT cassette. Any thoughts on that, anyone?


Duane Fischer, W8DBF/WPE8CXO
dfischer at usol.com
HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International
http://www.w9wze.net
HHRP: Historic Halligan Radio Project
hhrp.w9wze.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Salmons, Michael" <SalmonsM at missouri.edu>
To: "Vintage home and professional audio equipment from 1975 back" 
<vintage-audio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 5:13 PM
Subject: RE: [Vintage-Audio] Re Gold Plated Audio Cables


> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:vintage-audio-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Duane
> Fischer, W8DBF
> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 3:58 PM
> To: vintage-audio at mailman.qth.net
> 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
> dfischer at usol.com
> HHI: Halligan's Hallicrafters International http://www.w9wze.net
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> hhrp.w9wze.net
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