gold> rhodium= sound degradation?

[music_man]

hi,

is there any issue putting a 1/4" trs(headphone) plug into a rhodium jack?
do the metals in contact need to be the same?

thanks,
music_man

[mrarroyo]

No problem, both the gold and rhodium are there to prevent oxidation(rust) at the point of contact.

[Sovkiller]

Mainly all plated surfaces has rhodium on them in one way or another, I read in some place that rhodium is widely used in plating as a base metal first, and then the other metals on top, nickel, silver, gold, etc...

[music_man]

thanks for answering guys.

music_man