Quote Originally Posted by gabe View Post
The quality of plating is defined by specifications. At equal specifications, the quality of a plated flute will be exactly the same as a that of a plated water-block. The cost of plating a musical instrument will be much higher simply because of the much larger surface area to plate.

Frankly, I don't know if manufacturers of musical instruments publish their plating specifications. After all, musicians might not be as interested in the manufacturing process as they are in the musical characteristics of their instrument. Conversely, our audience is composed of engineers and technically oriented people who need industry standard references (ASTM, MilSpec) to evaluate our manufacturing quality standards.
Ok..maybe I am wrong..if so thank you for the correction...but I still have my concerns..founded or unfounded

the other issue and maybe as important or more so..is the amount of bowing on this board with larger O-ring needed to get performance and possible issues for the mobo....