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Re: cables and related bullshit !!!

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From: bill nelson
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1992 07:23
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gps@ecr.mu.oz.au (Gavin_Paul SMITH) writes:
: 
: Lets face it people .. Oxygen Free Cables , Mercury interconnects , Gold Plated terminals
: and all the other WOW !!!!! IMPROVE YOUR SOUND devices people have great pleasure on reporting on
: are mostly so un-influentual that you only believe you hear a difference cause
: you were silly enough to fork out money .. Surley the greatest factor is ROOM ACOUSTICS

For you and me, gold plated contacts would make a difference - over time.
They resist oxidation. For the "golden eared" crowd - they are changing
things so often that nothing has time to oxidize. So the people that could
really use them don't, because of the expense. The ones that do not need
them get them anyway. Sounds like government programs.

Bill
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From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
Subject: Re: cables and related bullshit !!!
Message-ID: <1992Jul10.072301.13149@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
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