Stainless Steel Binding posts on speakers?


Anybody have any thoughts about using this material for binding posts? With regard to conductivity/sound quality and the like?
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Showing 1 response by almarg

I agree with Kijanki. A resistance of 0.0002 ohms or thereabouts is negligible compared to the other resistances in the path, including the speaker cables.

I would imagine that IF the use of stainless steel has any consequences at all, they would relate to the interface between the stainless steel and the gold or copper or whatever other material it is being mated with. Contact integrity, changes in smoothness after repeated connection/disconnection cycles (e.g. "galling"), corrosion due to galvanic effects, low level rectification effects, etc. I have no particular knowledge regarding those kinds of possibilities (and for all I know stainless steel might even be advantageous with respect to some interface effects, depending on its specific formulation and what it is mated with), but I can't see the intrinsic conductivity of the material as being of any significance.

Regards,
-- Al