Hi, folks. Fairly new member here and have been looking through the forums trying to find a more definitive answer but perhaps it may be more of an opinion question. If this has been addressed elsewhere, my apologies and please direct me toward the proper thread.
I'm about to embark on making my own mic cables with Neutrik connectors and am weighing whether to use ones with gold-plated or silver-plated contacts. I have heard that gold won't oxidize and, therefore, the integrity of the electrical contact will remain very good. I don't know if there's any truth to this, but I've also heard that due to expense, gold plating tends to be thinner and could "wear-off" sooner thus defeating the anti-oxidation properties of using gold on the contacts. With my ears, I'm guessing that the difference in sound quality between the two will be negligible at best, so I'm more concerned about durability. Particularly how either plating will hold up under repeated plugging/unplugging (due to set-up/breakdown) and under adverse conditions (crappy weather, smoky environments, spills, etc.). Am I overanalyzing this aspect of the cables or does anyone have real world experience with this? Thank you for any and all responses.