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Which has the best sonic quality?

Depends on what you´re looking for, tonally.

Brass and Chrome conduct electricity like ass (compared to gold), so they would (theoretically) be a bit darker in tone. Gold conducts much better, but not nearly as well as copper or even better silver.

Problem w/ copper and silver is that they corrode fast (compared to gold), that´s why everyone was raving about gold connectors whern they first came out.

Of those listed, I´d take gold (quot;purequot;, not plated). Pure Silver I´ll always choose if I can

Hmm.. Gold is said to be good, but I only have that on one set of earphones.
It doesn't make a difference to me really, since the headphone jacks I have are made of steel, I think. I've never heard of chrome plugs..

Stay away from the George L gold ends if you live in high humidity climates like I do here in Florida...You quickly lose your contact with the gold and it oxidizes pretty often..No more gold ends for me!

Best sonic quality?

Gold.

Most pleasing to my ear?

Brass.

My Bayou cables have Neutrik NP2C chrome connetors and they sound MUCH better than my old Monster rock cables with gold connectors. I would worry more about the build quality of the connector and the cable itself than if it's gold, brass, etc.

Cheers,

CJ

Gold is the best conductor of the bunch, which gives it more accurate sound reproduction (less coloration of the signal), which is 99% of the time what you want in signal wires. Also, as stated, it won't corrode like many other conductors (brass patinas similarly to copper). Chrome is a nickel plating, so the conductivity is only as good as the material underneath.

i'd opt for gold if there's no silver available. I never even tried chrome or brass but gold is just the better conductor.


Originally Posted by MikeSGold is the best conductor of the bunch, which gives it more accurate sound reproduction (less coloration of the signal), which is 99% of the time what you want in signal wires. Also, as stated, it won't corrode like many other conductors (brass patinas similarly to copper). Chrome is a nickel plating, so the conductivity is only as good as the material underneath.

The gold oxidizes bad here in Florida...Read my post within this post..

yeah tell me about it john! With the humidity down here in miami i have to deal with black strings within the first 2 hours of practice! Gives a nice touch to the tone IMO!

I just use regular fender cables that came with my strat. Expensive cables arent worth it at all IMO, cables roll off a tad of brightness all in good taste to me. And anything that isn't very very corrosion resistant is useless, avg. humidity here is 100%!

It's so humid, that I can't stand to be in a drier climate! My hands dry up terribly when humidity goes down to 60%.