"Malcolm Stewart" wrote in
message news:4517ec13$0$19707 Can anyone recommend a UK based gold plating
service which might be able to
plate the nickel(?) coated plugs and sockets which I can obtain easily.
And
at a reasonable price for very small numbers.

Whatever you can do to the plug, the socket inside the camcorder or Minidisc
recorder is always going to be crap. As other's have said, if you're
serious you need XLR connectors for mic's.
Greg