Re: Al connectors to stereo amp, cd, etc: was: Re: GFCI breakers for Al wiring
- From: Bud-- <remove.BudNews@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 10:43:00 -0500
David Combs wrote:
Nifty thread, lots of good info about al oxide, etc.
OK -- some 15 or more years ago I set up a hi-fi system:
the receiver/amp/fm-am were, as usual, in one box,
and I connected it (via cables) to a tape deck
and (later) to cd-player (my terminology!).
When I did this the cable ends were "male" aluminum,
and on the various boxes the "female" sockets(?)
were also aluminum (seemed to me. Maybe it just
*looked* like aluminum?)
Anyway, the other day it was sounding a bit "scratchy",
and it turned out to be cable-connection. After I got my pocket-knife and lightly scraped the male plug,
it worked fine again.
Someone observing this told me that times had changed,
and that these days pretty much no one used aluminum;
instead, they used gold-plated plugs and sockets, etc.
That I throw away all my (stereo) cables and replace them
all with these gold ones.
So here I am considering this, wondering how much these
new gold-plated things will cost, etc --
and lo and behold, I come across this thread.
QUESTION: once you had scraped clean an al plug,
then would you paint on one of the several anti-oxidation
products you were talking about?
Or maybe that makes no sense at all!
Sounds like shielded cable connected by RCA plugs?
I doubt aluminum was ever used. I would guess more likely tinned or nickel plated surface. If I was doing it, I would probably use a *very* light coat of Lubriplate (white lithium grease) or Vaseline. Or pull the connectors out and reinsert every 5 years to mechanically wear the surface.
IMHO the major effectiveness of gold plated audio stuff is separating pidgeons from their money.
Better answers might be obtained from sci.electronics.repair. They probably lack the 'audiophiles' that give bizarre answers. Or alt.engineering.electrical.
[For an amusing pseudo-audiophile post on alt.engineering.electrical see message 4 at:
http://tinyurl.com/2skj5z
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