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Correct. And if you want one that doesn't corrode, you get gold plated.
No, I'll go optical instead of buying $3,000/oz gold plated deep space exploration cables
I mean, I don't think I've ever had brass audio cables corrode when kept indoors and dry.
Wait, is brass audio cables a thing now? Brass, really?
Almost everything electric that plugs into something else is made out of brass/brass coated steel
Wow, things must have changed a lot. I'll have to read up on that