Cheapo wallplates-does sound quality diminish?

[Moonlight]

Just wondering?
I have cables running around the floor and intend to hire an HT installer eventually to run them under the floor and through the walls.
If using quality cables, does the sound quality diminish by interrupting the flow with standard cheap rca connectors in wall-plates made in China?
Is it worth investing in quality wall-plates, any recommendations/brands?

Cheers

 

[highfigh]

Just wondering?
I have cables running around the floor and intend to hire an HT installer eventually to run them under the floor and through the walls.
If using quality cables, does the sound quality diminish by interrupting the flow with standard cheap rca connectors in wall-plates made in China?
Is it worth investing in quality wall-plates, any recommendations/brands?

Cheers

Where they're made shouldn't make it sound different, one way or another. Parts Express has everything you should need.

 

[mtrycrafts]

Just wondering?
I have cables running around the floor and intend to hire an HT installer eventually to run them under the floor and through the walls.
If using quality cables, does the sound quality diminish by interrupting the flow with standard cheap rca connectors in wall-plates made in China?
Is it worth investing in quality wall-plates, any recommendations/brands?

Cheers

And to add to the above, not sure if you mean expensive cables as quality doesn't mean expensive cables

 

[Moonlight]

My cables weren't expensive, but the reason I am asking is because someone made a comment recently as to what is the point of using 'quality' (not necessarily expensive) cables if they are only being connected to crappy rca connectors on wall-plates. This made me think of the saying that 'the chain is only as strong as it's weakest link'.
What I'm asking is whether there is an obvious audible difference if using a) connecting cables to a wall-plate as opposed to running a direct line to your speakers. b) stainless steel rca as opposed to 24k gold plated rca?...unless we have such finely tuned ears as a conductor of an orchestra?
Cheers :-D

 

[mtrycrafts]

My cables weren't expensive, but the reason I am asking is because someone made a comment recently as to what is the point of using 'quality' (not necessarily expensive) cables if they are only being connected to crappy rca connectors on wall-plates. This made me think of the saying that 'the chain is only as strong as it's weakest link'.
What I'm asking is whether there is an obvious audible difference if using a) connecting cables to a wall-plate as opposed to running a direct line to your speakers. b) stainless steel rca as opposed to 24k gold plated rca?...unless we have such finely tuned ears as a conductor of an orchestra?
Cheers :-D

Not to worry about audibility Just not there. And, that saying may be applicable to a chain, but not so much here.

I doubt that is a stainless steel RCA, just a shiny metal. Besides, the area is too short to matter audibly.
Good thing you clarified things.

 

[Moonlight]

Cheers for that.
Do 'gold plated' connectors make much of a difference?
Even though Gold is known as a better conductor, is it like 0.000005% better audibly and therefore marketed at 'purists'. ( hmm...was going to use 'fanatics'- not around here tho ;-)

 

[highfigh]

My cables weren't expensive, but the reason I am asking is because someone made a comment recently as to what is the point of using 'quality' (not necessarily expensive) cables if they are only being connected to crappy rca connectors on wall-plates. This made me think of the saying that 'the chain is only as strong as it's weakest link'.
What I'm asking is whether there is an obvious audible difference if using a) connecting cables to a wall-plate as opposed to running a direct line to your speakers. b) stainless steel rca as opposed to 24k gold plated rca?...unless we have such finely tuned ears as a conductor of an orchestra?
Cheers :-D

Most people who play or are involved in music have hearing damage, so it's not guaranteed that a conductor would be able to hear the difference. Also, the connectors that are silver are nickel plated.

It's nice to have a continuous run from amp to speaker but it's not always easy to deal with the extra cabling and for cleaning/painting a room, having a wall plate with inserts makes life much easier. If everything is clean and tight, it shouldn't make any audible difference.

 

[mtrycrafts]

Cheers for that.
Do 'gold plated' connectors make much of a difference?
Even though Gold is known as a better conductor, is it like 0.000005% better audibly and therefore marketed at 'purists'. ( hmm...was going to use 'fanatics'- not around here tho ;-)

Well, gold's resistance is relative too
Silver is the best so far and copper is standard and assumed to be the reference at 100. So, silver is 105 or 106, depending on the tables, rounding off etc. With that in mind, gold is at 65, not so good at all but better than brass at 28 or lead at 7
So, not sure of your 'better' than...
As to audibility, again, you just cannot hear such small differences, no matter who makes that claim
Actually, it takes a pretty large difference to be audible

 

[mtrycrafts]

Most people who play or are involved in music have hearing damage, so it's not guaranteed that a conductor would be able to hear the difference. Also, the connectors that are silver are nickel plated.

It's nice to have a continuous run from amp to speaker but it's not always easy to deal with the extra cabling and for cleaning/painting a room, having a wall plate with inserts makes life much easier. If everything is clean and tight, it shouldn't make any audible difference.

Actually conductors were part of an experiment back a few years ago
they could not reliably identify their own out takes from a performance that was discarded as not suitable or whatever

The title was something like the Grass is Greener in the outtakes
Naw, here is the citation:

Gould, Glenn, "The Grass is Always Greener in the Outtakes," High Fidelity, Aug 75, pg 54-59.

 

[mperfct]

I'd worry more about making sure the connections to the wallplates are secure rather than the wallplates themselves.