Gold coated brass speaker spades


Question for the forum.

Whats the low down on brass speaker spades and bananas?

I recently demoed some very nice sounding speaker cables from a reputable manufacturer and found they used gold plated brass connectors.  From what I have read in these forums, copper is the preferred base metal.  Does it really matter?

What to do? 

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Showing 1 response by russ69

Brass is just copper with some zinc tin for hardness. Copper is a better conductor but you got better ears than me if you can tell the difference.