From: phil_a@tpg.com.au   
      
   "Alex Pogossov"   
      
   >   
   > And besides, "professionals" do not use 6.3mm jacks for the speaker   
   > connectors, unless the contacts are gold plated. With nickel plated steel,   
   > contact resistance is unstable within a few milliohms which is no-no for   
   > any decent audiophil!   
      
      
   ** You must be thinking of "audiophools" not audiophiles.   
      
   Nickel plated *brass* 1/4 inch jacks and plugs are fine for speakers,   
   millions of instrument amps have used them for decades. Removal and   
   insertion plus occasional cleaning is all that is needed.   
      
   Gold plating is only for small signals.   
      
      
      
   ...  Phil   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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