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Re: 3.5mm recording input crackle

Subject: Re: 3.5mm recording input crackle
From: "Klas Strandberg" klasstrandberg
Date: Tue Oct 29, 2013 2:32 pm ((PDT))
http://se.farnell.com/lumberg/wkls-40/plug-3-5mm-jack-r-a-stereo/dp/1243268=
?Ntt=3D1243268

Not expensive and very reliable. Easy to solder also when having up
to 6 mm cable. Must be filled with melting glue, though.

Agree about Switchcraft.

Klas.

At 18:34 2013-10-29, you wrote:
>Peter,
>
>Following up on Vicki's recommendation of the Neutrik gold 3.5mm
>right angle plug, I have been using them for several years now, and
>I love them. My only complaint with them is that they are a
>challenge to solder, especially for beginners, or when using thicker
>cables. They work well with a single strand of Canare Starquad
>L-4E5C or a double-strand of the Mogami W3031 balanced Lavaliere
>cable. I searched through several RA 3.5 connectors before settling
>on the Neutriks, which stand up to very heavy student abuse.
>
>By all means, stay away form the Switchcraft connectors- not only
>are they noisy (they tarnish quickly and no amount of deoxit will
>restore them), the design makes them unuseable with some recessed
>jacks. There are some RA connectors out there with plastic covers-
>the covers don't stay attached for any amount of love or money; and
>with newbie solderers, the plastic insulation in the plug melts pretty qui=
ckly.
>
>Paul Dickinson
>
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