> I know the reason for gold plating on audio connectors has nothing to do with audiophilia, it is because gold does not corrode. Yep. Occasionally I read comm

> I know the reason for gold plating on audio connectors has nothing to do with audiophilia, it is because gold does not corrode. Yep. Occasionally I read comments to the effect of "sure, gold is technically going to resist corrosion much better, but that's never going to be an issue in practice," to which I can only think: you didn't grow up in Florida without central air conditioning. :) I admit that it's a pet peeve of mine that "gold audio cables" have become an anti-audiophile meme. There are absolutely a lot of, ah, dubious cables out there, but to my knowledge none of them are using gold for the wire. There are only audio cables with gold-plated connectors, and it's not like they're $300+ specialty items; they're cheap and common.