Huh, I missed this thread earlier this year. I have noticed that erik_squires always has a "knee jerk" reaction to mention of Furutech because of his bad experience with bananas. I have found Furutech to be probably the best quality and mechanical design connectors. I did not use their upper end "locking banana plugs", but their basic banana plugs are excellent to use and set-screw / solder onto. Their A/C plugs are the best mechanical design I have found and they are very easy to work with.
The gold plated Furutech offerings are excellent. They do produce the sound that you describe - high frequencies are there, but smooth and subdued, bass and midbass are very thick and warm, very smooth midrange. The rhodium plated will be more revealing, more high frequency response, tighter and deeper bass, more resolution overall in the sound.
@elizabeth - I use 100% all Furutech rhodium connectors for everything nowadays (power cord, interconnects, speaker, fuses). That’s the only way I have found to get the most resolution and detail as well as keep things as neutral as possible. Be prepared for a very long break-in period. With a power cord connector, you might be happy within 200 hours, but rhodium actually takes 400+ hours to burn in fully before it settles down. It depends on the resolution of your system, but I have had scenarios where the rhodium was still bright/harsh during the 300-350 hour period.
The Wattage are nice "budget" connectors, but since they are brass, they push too hard on the voltage and the sound becomes harsh/bright.