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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.

Tuchel do a connector with the same pin size and spacing as DIN - but more
usually found on pro gear. And that has a better plating to the contacts
and seems to be pretty reliable.

I dunno what they use on the ordinary cheap DIN connectors - but I've seen
several heavily corroded. Not something you seem to find often on other
types of connector.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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