Plated Rca
Plated Rca
When RCA/S-Video cables are "gold plated," does that improve the picture quality?
I work @ RadioShack and we sell S-Video and RCA cables that are "gold plated." What's the deal with the gold-plated stuff? Is it superior? Or just a sorry excuse to charge higher amounts of money?
In addition to gold being an excellent conductor, it is also very slow to corrode. Since there is no solder connection between components and only pressure fit cables, other metals will oxidize and degrade performance. Gold-to-gold connections will not oxidize over time and performance will not falter.
So far as a performance test between steel and gold connectors when they are brand new, your eyes and ears won't be able to tell the difference but my oscilloscope probably would.
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