My First DIY Power Cable

I'm the same way about Furutech.  Rhodium connectors are one of the worst conductors, you might as well uses nickel. The difference is nickel/lead RCAs need to be cleaned but is a lot softer. Rhodium is for severe enviro conditions, and it looks pretty. It's WAY to hard on non Rhodium connectors. Red copper or silver over copper. I'd use gold plating over red copper as a 3rd pick. The rest has it's place but never in audio use..

Automotive or heavy equipment, yes.. It's part of my job making cable (s) for just about any mobile or trackable equipment. We use Rhodium around salt or brackish water.

BTW their is a direction on the cable, you have to look at it under a 100-1000x. You'll see how it was pushed through the extrusion dies. That is the single best thing you can do to build your cable. Get the direction right, don't touch the exposed wire with your hands/fingers and use contact enhancers before you tighten the securement screws. Get the thinnest shrink tube you can find and use braided armor. There is a conductive armor that be used in a grounding / shield app. I personally don't use that type of mumbo jumbo. I've used battery packs to check the nulls in cable when it's buried in lattice or 100 feet in the air. It proves there are NO leaks for the lack of a better term. Other than that it's a worthless test as far a sound goes..

Cables are easy to make. Follow the rules and you'll build a BETTER cable than you can buy for 10X the money..

Have you ever tried a rhodium plated connector?!?! (after 300 hour burn in, that is). I do understand that rhodium is very low down on the list with regards to conductivity, but that is only part of the story. You really need to listen to how rhodium plated elements sound.

Good Lord, it’s break-in NOT burn-in. These are not Valves or Tubes, they BREAK IN. I learned that from one of my Journeyman. What you say shows what you know..

I have tested rhodium and MANY of the cable and cable connectors. That is WHY I recommended copper, red copper, silver or silver clad over copper. Just like what Erik said, and I mentioned. Rhodium is WAY to hard and a poor conductor for audiophile use. It’s a total sham and VERY cheap to cover base materials like brass and iron. I would choose LEAD over rhodium.

It’s also what Erik experienced with Furutech. A cheap clad over a CHEAP base alloy, with a whopping price tag.

As I said rhodium is for very harsh enviro conditions. It was NEVER intended for HiFi use. They use it because it’s shinny. Some people like shinny thing. If they work well, I like shinny thing also. Rhodium isn’t one of them.. LOL

Gold over copper or silver is a much better and easier construct to BREAK-IN, not burn in..

Rhodium over copper NEVER, total junk.. It’s shinny though.. LOL

Next question, "Which end of the RCA do I plug in". 

Enjoy your build. Listen to williewonka, he really does make the absolute best cable out their. Hands down.. UP-OCC is all the rage even in HD applications. That's what I build and do for a LIVING.. Build industrial ENVIRO cables for heavy duty applications and equipment..

OK you win. I don't know what you won, but you won. Rhodium is great.. Do you mind if I keep my red copper, silver over red copper, pure silver, or gold over copper or silver. I'll keep my speakers and equipment too. Just saying I use to go to the shows because I was in charge of equipment there. That's where I met most of the guys I hang out with. We were mechanics but I loved music too. I was into car audio competition too. My kids suckered me into it. I was tired of fixing alternators and adding batteries and all the thing kids like..

They love rhodium, they didn't care either. Just what it cost.. Spoiled kids with horrible hearing.. Systems were PRETTY though. But mine sounded better and won the competition usually at 1/10 the price.. Sound doesn't come out of a spray can or pricy parts. It comes from YEARS of listening and pleasing my ears. The strange thing is most of the people I know have come to the same conclusion. Were just mechanics. What the heck would burn-in mean verses burnt up.. Not a single thing.. But neither term has a place where professionals are involved. 

For fun maybe.. I'll stick with williewonka (I have for years) and people that make cables that work better than most, not good, or good enough, but BETTER. 

Rhodium and HiFi, ok if you say so.. I can't hear that nugget to save my life.. I guess the other 20+ guys are not hearing thing too. Strange my wife can hear rhodium through small planars, all the way down to the wall plug. Smart lady, copper and silver all the way.. She does like a tungsten construct that I don't care for. Good ears with expensive taste in cables..