Gold connectors a waste of money?

[mike4scuba]

Why do manufactures of connectors produce banana plugs, hdmi connectors and a variety of other interconnects with gold plating? is it to help sell their products at a higher price and be more desirable, or is it for that perfect sound.................

The reason i ask is that nearly all manufactures of av equipment wether it be amps, speakers or blu ray players all have produced the connections in nickel and not gold

if gold was the prefered choice would these manufactures not produce their connections in gold plate

who is kidding who