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Subject: Re: 7mm phone jack
From: "obSession" melvoid2002
Date: Mon Apr 6, 2009 12:59 pm ((PDT))
As far as TRS, that refers to Tip Ring Sleeve. I've heard 1/4" "mono" plugs
referred to as TS - Tip Sleeve. It refers to the number of segments on the
plug itself. If you look at any size male plug - like a stereo headphone
plug - you'll see three separate metal parts. The tip is the end, the ring
is the middle section, and the sleeve is the longer shaft part... so
something like a mono patch cable or guitar cable would only be two parts..=
.
a tip and a sleeve... TS.




On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Philip Tyler <>wrote=
:

>   I think it is the other way around as the 316 plug has a much smaller
> tip than an igranic/TRS. Whereas putting an igranic/TRS into a 316 socket
> can cause damage.
>
> Phil
>
> On 6 Apr 2009, at 18:14, "Bird Recordist" <<bi=
rd_recordist%40talktalk.net>>
> wrote:
>
> The BBC throw in another name to describe unbalanced =BC=94 jack plugs (s=
uch as
> guitar leads) and that is igranic.
>
> It was used to positively identify any plug or socket that wasn=92t post
> office.
>
> If a post office plug, or 316 to give its proper name was inserted into a
> =BC=94
> socket, then the different tip shape could damage the socket.
>
> They still seem to call balanced =BC=94 plugs as TRS through.
>
> Andy UK
>
> That's a reference I've never come across. I mix a lot of concerts in
> metric-based countries & the standard term for these connectors is
> "Jack".
>
>
>
>
>









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