True and false.. Gold helps to prevent oxidation.. and once a cheaper connector oxidizes, it sounds like SH%T%! At 10:43 AM 6/10/1999 +1000, you wrote: >Oxygen free copper is all marketing likeheaps of HiFi stuff. As an example, >the HiFi shops claim that gold connectors on your digital connector cables >improves sound quality - obviously b*llsh*t. > >MP