Best Male & IEC plug for high current power cords?

I've not seen the FIM at less than $70/ea, and they're gold plated. I don't want gold-plated plugs on my amp cords. If there were copper FIMs, I'd probably choose them; I like their products. I've seen the Furutechs but I haven't seen the Neotechs. Same price. Hmmmm.

Anybody else want to chime in on Furutech versus Neotech?

My understanding is that, notwithstanding the lesser build quality of the Neotech plugs, their conductors are made entirely of Ohno OCC copper, a higher grade than is used in the Furutech F1-11.

I have found the Ohno copper great for the male end but it's a bit soft to provide a firm grip on the other end.

Also, I'm not sure that Ohno copper in itself creates a better termination. In fact very few AC terminations use copper at all, most are brass or bronze and there seems to be many satisfied users. There are probably fewer than 10 terminations that actually use copper. Same is true with AC outlets (even fewer copper IEC inlets, less than 5?).

The Furutech I mentioned uses copper for the male end and phosphor bronze on the other. Again my main issue with the Neotech is the mechanical design of the connection for the actual AC wires, adequate but could be better. The Furutech and Oyaide method is superior IMO.

As far as plating, for me a necessary evil to avoid oxidization although I don't like rhodium. I'm not sure about platinum and palladium either. A lot of these issues are probably system dependent so best not to make blanket statements. If you don't like plating, that's up to you.

Rja, I just don't want the softening effect of gold plating on my power pcs. I like it for my dac. Good point about the Ohno IEC. I'll look into it. BTW, I just posted a thread on the advisability of mixing metals on pc terminations, ie. gold on on end (male or iec), copper on the other.