Neutrik has always been my favorite choice when it comes to jacks/plugs, and as I'm re-wiring my home studio, I went with a huge order of different jacks. These angled ones are great in tight places. I'm using them from my mixer to my monitors, where there's little room behind the mixer.
Gold plated jack are generally better for static wiring, the silver ones will handle being plugged in and out a lot (guitars) better than the gold ones. But for my application with balanced wiring to a monitor, it's not a problem at all, and these jacks are excellent! Very easy to solder!