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Post by 509Paul on Feb 10, 2016 23:50:34 GMT -5
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Post by Boomzilla on Feb 11, 2016 15:42:20 GMT -5
...One thing it mentioned was how interconnects oxidize quickly after they are installed... It happens less with similar metals, more with dissimilar. Gold-plated to gold-plated = slow corrosion rate. But a buddy of mine had an older McIntosh power amp that used what looked like galvanized steel input jacks. His cable was a newer gold-plated one. After a few years, he started to have audio dropouts, static, and lower volume from the Mac. He concluded that the old amp had died, and started disconnecting it. When he got to the interconnects, he found a marble-sized sphere of green corrosion around both input jacks. In this case, it was galvanic corrosion assisted by oxidation. Long story short, he cleaned both the jacks & the plugs & is now good for another five years. Even with similar metals, twisting the RCAs back & forth once every year or two isn't a bad idea. |
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