White Powdery Substance - RCA Interconnects
Jun 27, 2009 at 3:21 AM Thread Starter Post #1 of 6

lordearl

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I bought some Chord Crimson interconnects, and whilst they sound great, there's a lumpy white substance on the interior of the RCA connectors -- is this normal or should I try to scrape it off?
 
Jun 27, 2009 at 3:49 AM Post #2 of 6
RCA connectors are normally gilded. There is a plate of metal that surrounds a hard plastic. While I do not have any good RCA connectors, the radioshack one that broke in my receiver the other day was built in this manner.
 
Jun 27, 2009 at 4:23 AM Post #3 of 6
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I bought some Chord Crimson interconnects, and whilst they sound great, there's a lumpy white substance on the interior of the RCA connectors -- is this normal or should I try to scrape it off?


Sounds like some salts left over from the plating process which indicates they didn't do a good job of cleaning the connectors afterward.

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Jun 28, 2009 at 10:17 AM Post #6 of 6
One of the Chord Chorus 2's I purchased had the exact same thing, puzzled me too.

I cleaned it off and treated with Caig Deoxit as I would with any new cable and it works a treat, no problem. Don't believe it is anything to worry about.
 

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