Don't buy 3,5 mm plugs that are "gold plated"! The layer of gold is
mostly very thin and goes away and underneath is often a metal that
corrodes quickly and causes crackling.
Klas.
At 17:28 2013-10-27, you wrote:
>< I assume I must have dropped the plug on the ground, and then
>transferred some dirt or moisture to the recorder socket. >
>
>More likely it's just corrosion or tarnish on the connector surface
>caused by oxidation. I never insert a phone or miniphone plug into a
>jack without giving it several rotations back & forth, to scrape off
>any accumulated tarnish.
>Also, if you leave the plug in the jack for extended periods of
>time, i.e. months, and if the plug & jack are of dissimilar metals
>atmospheric pollution will cause a mild form of electroplating at
>the contact points. This will cause intermittent connections.
>
>Scott Fraser
>
>
>
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