Where to buy quality phono connectors for chassis

Check also with Michael Percy Audio. He sells all the Cardas variants plus Vampire. Also, I bought some that are either made by Eichmann for their bullet plugs or are sanctioned for use with them; maybe from Percy or some other US source. It should be no problem to find high quality "female chassis mount RCA jacks". (That's what you are looking for.)

You can get gold plated from Radio Shack. At a reasonable price too.

I wouldn't hang my hat on "gold plating". It looks nice and won't oxidize, but it is not necessarily the best finish for sonics. It depends more on what major structural metal is under the very thin gold plate.

You'd be hard pressed to beat these, for the money(http://www.partsconnexion.com/wbt0274cu.html). They can easily be adapted, for your application. I've bought from Michael Percy, numerous times, as well(an excellent source). Radio Shack? UGH!

Lewm: Have you ever done a dstructive test to see what the material is? Most likely it could be brass, tinned brass.

I don't have any extras to wreck, but if I find one I'll post what I find. Gold is good enough for so many things, and the primary concern is corrosion resistance. The thickness on all connectors is quite thin, but it is effective. Also, what structural metal do you consider "best?" I know silver is the best, but not everything is made with silver. SMT components with silver connectors? I doubt it. Radial or axial leads on resistors & capacitors, I doubt it. So, take one part in the electronic chain made out of a silver wire & all the others out of copper or brass alloy kind of negates the benefit of the silver doesn't it? Just asking...