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mclinnguy

I'm not sure what caused the long break in to be honest, I just know the Rhodium took me over 3 months.....not sure of the total hours. I was working with 8 (9?) receptacles for about 13 months. I also tend to prefer gold plated, then silver plated, then rhodium plated in that order

The GTX-D(G) took about 6 or so weeks, the Oyaide R-1 about the same. In my new listening room I'm installing two Furutech GTX-D(Gs), one Oyaide R-1 on the dedicated lines.......and the Acme Audio Labs silver/cryo/CFC elsewhere.

And I don't want to abuse the Furutech rhodium plated, but they are REALLY detailed and it was too much in any of my systems. I could see it being really helpful for people with "dark" systems

OP

I tested a bunch of receptacles over a year, and here were my findings:

Best - Furutech GTX-D(G Gold) - The GTX-D(R Rhodium was too bright for me, but it is a detail machine...but took forever to break in)

Best (just a hair down) - Oyaide R-1 (not the SWX series)

Really good and less expensive - Acme Audio Labs Silver plated, cryo'd, with CFC coating....really good for about $70

Carpathian, here are some copper units. I tested and liked the Furutech FPX-Cu and the Oyaide R-0, but the Oyaide R-0 is better in my mind. The ACME is very good, but silver plated

Furutech does have the FPX-Cu receptacle which is phosphorous copper, because pure copper is too soft to provide strong contact - $63 Cable Company

Acme Audio Labs have silver high purity plated copper - $65 Acme Audio Labs

Oyaide R-0 highly polished beryllium copper (same here, not pure copper because of clamping strength) - $151 Cable Company

Shunyata SR-Z1 high copper content brass - $100 Cable Company

Not sure that is all, but those are the ones I know of

thecarpathian

Gold plating works best for me, and then silver plating. Rhodium is loved by some, but it's just too much for me, and that incessant break in period is hard to take

Also about the plating, but I've also bought (but never used yet) contact enhancers. The two that I have are the Stabilant 22A and the Furutech Nano Liquid Ag/Au enhancers. Still have a ton of research to do, but that'll have to wait until the fall