brass outlet covers...anyone try them? Sound good

Is it all brass? Try a magnet and check if it has any steel in it.

What brand and type of wall receptacle are you using?

Is the wall outlet box made of steel or plastic?

Last but not least, explain what you are hearing. What differences are you hearing from the sound of your system with the brass plate over the wall plate you were using? Is the old wall plate plastic?

I found some very heavy cast brass covers at a second hand store years ago. they are all 3/16" to 1/4" thick in a lovely design. I use them in the living room with my stereo, but I NEVER put them in there to alter the sound. Lucky for me they are very nice loking, and what they do to the sound is obviously not actually hearable.

Elizabeth, at the time when you put the new heavy brass plates on your receptacles you would not have necessarily noticed a change in the sound from your system. You were not even thinking of the plates having anything to do with the sound from your system. Your were only concerned with the appearance of the covers. With just a little bit of your time you could check if the plates are indeed causing an effect on the sound from your system. Take just a few minutes and pull the brass plates and replace them with the regular plates you have in your home. Please post back with your findings.
Jim

Freemand, you are going down the wrong track. The difference in sound you are hearing from the wall plate has nothing to do with RFI.

Here is some more reading material.
http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/search.mpl?forum=tweaks&searchtext=Oyaide+WPC-Z+wall+plate

If you truly want to interact with others that are interested in why a wall plate can effect the sound from your audio system you are on the wrong audio forum. You need to post your thread on the "Tweakers' Asylum"
http://www.audioasylum.com/audio/tweaks/bbs.html
You will find a more open minded audience.
Jim

10-23-06: Elizabeth
I found some very heavy cast brass covers at a second hand store years ago. they are all 3/16" to 1/4" thick in a lovely design. I use them in the living room with my stereo, but I NEVER put them in there to alter the sound. Lucky for me they are very nice loking, and what they do to the sound is obviously not actually hearable. What soap I bathed with, and what shampoo I used may have more influence than outlets....
Are you 'super' tweakers displaying other psychotic symptoms, IMO.
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Elizabeth, If you are still using the brass plates and they are installed on grounding type electrical duplex outlets chances are the brass plates are degrading the sound of your audio system. You may want to replace the brass plates with nylon outlet cover plates.

Here is a post of Bob Crump's posted in 2003 on AA.
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Posted by rcrump ( M ) on March 21, 2003 at 01:28:05
In Reply to: Genuine insanity: What kind of cover plate do I need? posted by rhizomatic on March 20, 2003 at 09:10:15:

I made some power strips probably fifteen years ago using some black plastic boxes and ordered some really beautiful cast brass plates for the fourplex boxes only to find that the solid brass made the sound just bright as the devil....A couple of nylon screws and some tape on the backside of the plate took care of the problem....Aluminum doesn't have that sort of problem BTW....
http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.mpl?forum=tweaks&n=79013&highlight=oyaide+outlet+cover+plate&session=