On Friday, 26 January 2018 10:48:28 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
tabbypurr wrote:

Actually (decent) gold plating is quite a good idea for signal
integrity medium/long term. But *only* if the mating socket is gold
plated. Which most of them aren't.

it's entirely useless unless you're using the lead in a damp location

I've had problems with oxide on those rather horrid DIN connectors indoors
- in a house which is never damp.

Yes, like 3.5mm jacks, 5 pin DINs are only fit for limited use. Gold doesn't really solve that though. If you use something suitable like phonos or 1/4" jacks there's no real upside to gold unless the environment is corrosive.


NT