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Andy wrote:
> What good is a gold cable and plug,when they all plug into a normal
> tinned and soldered socket on the unit !! not to mention all the
> components which are soldered using normal lead/tin solder!!!

The solder is a melted bond instead of just a friction contact
so there is a considerable difference.

Large Farva wrote:
> "Mark Jones" <> wrote in message
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>> I have 2 Sony's and 1 Mitsubishi and they all have great image
>> quality. Maybe you have some other problem going on.
>
> Not according to my repair bench full of Sony units.

That is not a clear indication that the Sony's are inferior.
It could be that a lot of them were sold and people like them
enough to get them repaired instead of just throwing them away.

"Mark Jones" <> wrote in message
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> Large Farva wrote:
>> "Mark Jones" <> wrote in message
>> news:EbbOe.7593$ k.net...
>>> I have 2 Sony's and 1 Mitsubishi and they all have great image
>>> quality. Maybe you have some other problem going on.
>>
>> Not according to my repair bench full of Sony units.
>
> That is not a clear indication that the Sony's are inferior.
> It could be that a lot of them were sold and people like them
> enough to get them repaired instead of just throwing them away.

Could be..but it's not. It's actually more of a case of "I just bought this
$200 Sony 6 months ago and it's a pile of junk..what's wrong with it?"

"Uhhh...it's a Sony."

On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 16:47:31 GMT, Mark Jones <> wrote:


>Large Farva wrote:
>> "Mark Jones" <> wrote in message
>> news:EbbOe.7593$ k.net...
>>> I have 2 Sony's and 1 Mitsubishi and they all have great image
>>> quality. Maybe you have some other problem going on.
>>
>> Not according to my repair bench full of Sony units.

>That is not a clear indication that the Sony's are inferior.
>It could be that a lot of them were sold and people like them
>enough to get them repaired instead of just throwing them away.


I've seen sony do things that would embarass a fly by night hong kong company.
Sony will engineer their cheap units to trim away a half penny cost even if it
reduces the lifespan from decades to months. As long as the unit outlasts the
warranty period, any cost savings is OK.

You have only to open up a sony and witness the cheapness to understand.

You have misread my comment!!
the socket you plug your Gold plug into fitted is not gold plated , neither
are the other internal plug and sockets, and lead/tin/ silver compound of
solder will have a higher resistance than a Gold Plug or cable.
"Mark Jones" <> wrote in message
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> Andy wrote:
>> What good is a gold cable and plug,when they all plug into a normal
>> tinned and soldered socket on the unit !! not to mention all the
>> components which are soldered using normal lead/tin solder!!!
>
> The solder is a melted bond instead of just a friction contact
> so there is a considerable difference.
>
>

I've had regular RCA connectors corrode on me. Gold connects seem to
last longer without the rust and decay.

Otherwise, I agree with the point you're making. Corrosion aside,
one gold connect in a line of regular solder/lead/tin/copper connections
isn't going to do anything for line resistance.

winf


Andy wrote:
> You have misread my comment!!
> the socket you plug your Gold plug into fitted is not gold plated , neither
> are the other internal plug and sockets, and lead/tin/ silver compound of
> solder will have a higher resistance than a Gold Plug or cable.
> "Mark Jones" <> wrote in message
> news:yinOe.225$_ k.net...
>
>>Andy wrote:
>>
>>>What good is a gold cable and plug,when they all plug into a normal
>>>tinned and soldered socket on the unit !! not to mention all the
>>>components which are soldered using normal lead/tin solder!!!
>>
>>The solder is a melted bond instead of just a friction contact
>>so there is a considerable difference.
>>
>>
>
>
>

WinField wrote:
> Corrosion aside,
> one gold connect in a line of regular solder/lead/tin/copper
> connections isn't going to do anything for line resistance.

What are you basing this on? I have substantial experience
that tells me that this is flat out wrong.

On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 00:30:15 GMT, "Mark Jones"
<> wrote:

>WinField wrote:
>> Corrosion aside,
>> one gold connect in a line of regular solder/lead/tin/copper
>> connections isn't going to do anything for line resistance.
>
>What are you basing this on?

It's called Ohm's Law....
resistance in series is always cumlative.

So if you plug, say, a series of cables together and one has 100 ohms
resistance and one has 50 ohms resistance and one is a "perfect" gold
plated cable with no resistance the total resistance will be 150 ohms.
The existance of the perfect cable in a series circuit does not make
the total circuit perfect (no resistance).

What's of more practical importance than resistance in most
applications is if the cable is well shielded and the physical build
quality (reliability).

erial # 19781010 wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 00:30:15 GMT, "Mark Jones"
> <> wrote:
>
>> WinField wrote:
>>> Corrosion aside,
>>> one gold connect in a line of regular solder/lead/tin/copper
>>> connections isn't going to do anything for line resistance.
>>
>> What are you basing this on?
>
> It's called Ohm's Law....
> resistance in series is always cumlative.
>
> So if you plug, say, a series of cables together and one has 100 ohms
> resistance and one has 50 ohms resistance and one is a "perfect" gold
> plated cable with no resistance the total resistance will be 150 ohms.
> The existance of the perfect cable in a series circuit does not make
> the total circuit perfect (no resistance).
>
Yes, but 150 would still be better than 200.

Mark Jones wrote:

> Yes, but 150 would still be better than 200.


I'm sorry to say you're full of beans, Mark. Your basic electronics
ignorance is astonishing.

A gold connect might knock the total resistance down by a few
thousandths of an ohm. Not 50 ohms as in your example!

Your substantial (sub_PAR, actually) experience must have been while
toking wacky weed. Maybe crack an elementary text on basic electronics
and stop your misleading head-tripping on a topic you know nothing about.

- Winfield

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