Good outlet for amplifiers

thecarpathian

Gold plating works best for me, and then silver plating. Rhodium is loved by some, but it's just too much for me, and that incessant break in period is hard to take

@ghdprentice  Those Furetech's on Amazon might be fakes according to furetech website 

@thecarpathian

Maybe it’s applied in such a thin coat it’s conductivity isn’t so much an issue.

That is my understanding, but then why does it sound the way it does? How can a few microns of a coating make a difference to the sound? No idea, but it does. Cardas and all those other plug, connector and cable companies must have had some reason to use it over brass/silver/gold. Caelin Gabriel is the only guy who has stated he didn’t like rhodium to my knowledge, and does not use it in his stuff.

...on the all copper is your attaching bare copper wires to it anyway some decades old

You know, I’ve never thought of that. It never occurred to me to clean the ends of the wire with some emery cloth. Obviously I don’t think the most anal and eccentric audiophile would do this on a regular basis, but yeah, if you’re installing the plug it would be a good idea- why not? I am sure some audiophiles use some deoxit there.

And silver tarnishes too, don't forget. 

That's what I plan on doing, sure can't hurt (unless you forget to shut off the breaker!)

Also about the plating, but I've also bought (but never used yet) contact enhancers. The two that I have are the Stabilant 22A and the Furutech Nano Liquid Ag/Au enhancers. Still have a ton of research to do, but that'll have to wait until the fall