'Black Pearl solid silver conductors drawn in diamond coated dies and insulated with virgin FEP dielectric' doesn't help.

‘Black Pearl solid silver conductors drawn in diamond coated dies and insulated with virgin FEP dielectric’ doesn’t help.

  • CouldbealeotardEnglish
    103·
    12 days ago

    This is actually correct. Gold doesn’t corrode. Have you ever used a corroded plug?

    • bthestEnglish
      181·
      12 days ago

      I just don’t use corroded cables. Seems to work.

      • lemmy_get_my_coat
        11·
        12 days ago

        What cables do you use for listening underwater? That’s where I’m getting the most corrosion.

      • CouldbealeotardEnglish
        32·
        12 days ago

        Correct. And if you want one that doesn’t corrode, you get gold plated.

        • bthestEnglish
          4·
          12 days ago

          No, I’ll go optical instead of buying $5,000/oz gold plated deep space exploration cables

          I mean, I don’t think I’ve ever had brass audio cables corrode when kept indoors and dry.

            • bthestEnglish
              2·
              11 days ago

              Almost everything electric that plugs into something else is made out of brass/brass coated steel

          • Manticore
            1·
            11 days ago

            You’re really overselling how big of a deal gold plated connectors are. Here’s a stereo 1/8” TRRS cable for $1.54 that has gold plated connectors. You even have to scroll down the page to see where they mention it because it’s seriously not that big of a deal.

            I have a bunch of old audio gear where every time I use it I have to jiggle and rotate the audio connectors to clear the corrosion or else the audio will cut out and yes, I’ve used contact cleaner. It doesn’t have to look visibly rusty to be an issue.

    • ZILtoid1991
      41·
      11 days ago

      Doesn’t really matter within normal audio frequencies. You’re just as good with chrome plated ones as with gold plates ones.

      • CouldbealeotardEnglish
        11·
        11 days ago

        The metal does not affect the frequencies in the electrical signal.

    • WandowsVista
      11·
      12 days ago

      right, but wouldn’t that be longevity over quality? I guess you could argue they are one in the same, but the article is about the audio quality of higher end cables being negligible compared to the basic amazon ones. and while you are absolutely correct about gold resisting corrosion, copper is a better conductor than gold, so the joke still stands.

      (also fuck amazon)