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couldn't be me...
This is actually correct. Gold doesn't corrode. Have you ever used a corroded plug?
I just don't use corroded cables. Seems to work.
What cables do you use for listening underwater? That's where I'm getting the most corrosion.
i don't. i use amethyst crystals
They have the full resonance frequency range!
and they're delicious during times of famine or video game!
Correct. And if you want one that doesn't corrode, you get gold plated.
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.
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.
Wait, is brass audio cables a thing now? Brass, really?
Almost everything electric that plugs into something else is made out of brass/brass coated steel
Wow, things must have changed a lot. I'll have to read up on that
Doesn't really matter within normal audio frequencies. You're just as good with chrome plated ones as with gold plates ones.
The metal does not affect the frequencies in the electrical signal.
Likely. Just don't rotate the plug while listening.
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)
Yes. I'm pointing out that the meme is a straw man argument.