This thread is quite interesting....
There are the people that like/love the KLEI plugs
And the people that think they are unworthy - mainly because the silver appears to wear off.
Has anyone considered that the problem may not be with the plug, but with the socket into which the plug is being inserted?
If the socket is even slightly larger than spec, it will exert additional force on the plug which will of course wear off the silver.
I say this because I have been using KLEI plugs for around 5 years and the only model of plug that I have experience the silver wearing off is the Copper Harmony - and even that was after several dozen insertions.
I have used these plugs on several different components, so there is a likelihood that at least one of them would wear off the silver coating, but I have to admit that on all my cables the silver is still intact
I now only use the Absolute Harmony because it is superior sound to all other models in every respect.
For the person that wondered how the Harmony plugs compared to the original Bullet plugs - even the copper harmony was superior to the Silver Bullet - and as I worked up the line the improvements kept coming.
Here's my review of the Copper Harmony vs. Silver Bullet
http://image99.net/blog/files/category-klei-copper-harmony-rca.htmlhttp://image99.net/blog/files/1621fffaa60c22b5f8210f57d628f961-58.htmlhttp://image99.net/blog/files/a8494e8645dea3d750d109f819103099-61.htmlHappy Listening - Steve