Well heck Warrant, why didn't you tell me before I spent money on cables and got into this long conversation based on years of reading junk science? Thanks for the information. I still find it strange that corrosion would not impact the quality of the electrical connection, as was my original point, but I'm glad to know it. Does that mean that the cheap gold-plated tin they sell as speaker wire is just as good as solid copper wire? Given the price of copper on the market I did not think lamp cord actually had much copper in it and thus would cause audible issues.

Glad to be wrong on this, now I can return the wire I just bought from Axiom and get some tin lamp cord. ;\) Thanks for the info Warrant, I'm sure you have had to dispel the misunderstanding often.

Panny 3000 PJ, 118" Carada, Denon 3300, PS3, Axiom QS8, PSB 5T, B&W sub, levitating speaker wire