Gold-plated vs Silver Plated Connection for Headphones?

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kevin3838_66

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I was wondering if gold-plated connectors for headphones really give a noticeable quality difference as opposed to silver-plated.

I have a pair of sony fontopia's and want to mod the headphones to fit on the iphone stock headphone by switching the ear pieces. The fontopia's are gold-plated but the stock iphone headphones are silver.
 
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AstralXIII

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What the previous person said unless you have great hearing theres no real difference, as for modding gold plated wiring is different from regular wiring if i remeber correctly, the best option for better sound is noise cancelling. Skullcandy headphones are worth every penny.
 
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atheism_and_rats

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Unless you have the hearing of a bat, you wont notice any difference at all. Both metals are very conductive.
 
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Gold Plating is less conductive then silver or tin there for it is better.

Now if your device doesn't have a gold adapter then your benefit is less but is still there.

The Cables quality is more important then the adapter quality but is still important

Adapter Specification: (Highly Recommended 2011)

Coax
RG-6 compatible COMPRESSION connecters

HDMI
Gold Plated 1.3/1.4 compatible


Ethernet
RJ-45 CAT7 compatible with GOLD tips

SATA III
Quality cables have a metal clip on the adapter

Cable Specification: (Highly Recommended 2011)

Coax RG-6/U or RG-6/UQ
(RG-6/UQ is higher quality and has Quad Shielding pervading better quality cable and higher durability)

HDMI 1.3 or 1.4
(1.4 is better quality and has a higher data transfer speed)

Ethernet Cat 6 or Cat 7
(Cat 7 has a wire shield pervading better quality cable and more durability also has a higher data transfer speed)

SATA III
(SATA III is better quality and has 2XSATAII data speed)
 
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