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Gold or Rhodium

Have you compared the Furtech wall outlets? I am setting up a new dedicated room and need five wall receptacles; one for front-end sources, one for each monoblock, and two for subs. Each outlet will be on it's own dedicated line. Will use the GTX-D series. Question is should I go with the gold or rhodium plated or use a mix of the two? I've read that the gold offer a slightly 'warmer' sound but gold is soft and can be easily melted off if any sparking ocurrs.
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zd542
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The gold won't just melt off. Its electroplated.
zd542
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"Note however, there is NOT a drastic difference between these, despite the plating difference & urban myths doing the rounds on this forum. "

What urban myths are you talking about? Just curious, I've never heard them.
zd542
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I guess I could, but what would I be looking for? Its not like they are going to list comments as urban myths.
zd542
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"09-26-15: Melbguy1
To quote Yoda Zd..."Already know you that which you need"."

I wish someone would have informed my college professors of this.
zd542
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Has anyone ever considered how much of an effect an intermediate layer of plating has on the overall SQ? What I mean by that, is you can't always plate directly over some metals. For example, lets say you want to plate a piece of copper with silver. You may not be able to do that. You may have to first plate the copper with another metal like nickel or gold, and then plate silver. (keep in mind that I completely made up the 3 metals in my example.)
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