[absolutofft]

I noticed that on the OEM version it doesn't have the gold plated jacks, will this provide any audible difference. I would imagine not as the material of the jacks probably isn't the weak link when using a pc as the source

 

[Joe Bloggs]

You won't be able to see the material of the contact inside the jackhole unless it's a big close-up straight into the hole. Whatever is outside the hole is just decoration. If your jackholes have multicolored plastic rings around them that doesn't mean the contacts are plastic

 

[Ihmemies]

In OEM they are only silver/something else -plated.. so they corrode -> need cleaning. No other difference between "normal" and gold plated jacks.