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RE: Interesting reference - does gold poison solder joints?

Posted by shermanr@prw.net on December 23, 2009 at 12:23:56

In Reply to: Interesting reference - does gold poison solder joints? posted by Francois G on December 23, 2009 at 12:17:12:

From the data shown I would venture to say that over time, such a contaminated solder joint will deteriorate and affect the signal transfer.

Now, if it is clearly and sonically apparent, this remains for someone who has had empirical experience to answer.

I do have some Gold RCA's that were never scraped prior to soldering. Maybe this has something to do with a low level hissing noise that has developed on my Aikido preamp that was not there 6 month's ago.

My gut feeling is that yes, it must affect the musicality. Probably on the same order as a bad solder joint would whether cold soldered, tack soldered or improperly done.

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