Sometimes and i do really stupid things but so far i've been lucky enough to live to tell the tale. Case in point... i made up a guitar cable terminated with Tayda 1/4" mono plugs. Worked for a some time but when the guitar signal started going intermittent on me it's wasn't difficult to track down the issue.
The plug's fallen apart, on the left you have the shell, on the right the plug, every element the plug's made up of moves independently of the others. You can spin the shaft, the threaded bushing, the insulated center solder point, the ground connection, all just flops about if you wiggle it. Not to mention it's corroding in places.
(http://i1030.photobucket.com/albums/y362/terriac/Tt/file_zpsdhqcnuec.jpeg) (http://s1030.photobucket.com/user/terriac/media/Tt/file_zpsdhqcnuec.jpeg.html)
I'm needing to place a Mouser order so from them i'll get some plugs, a straight and a right angle for this Mogami cable. Switchcraft, Neutrik & Amphenol all have straights ~$5cdn mark, is there any one product that stands out above the others. I've a number of cables built up with the plain Jane Switchcraft straights, of course no issues. With that one i'd probably order their right angle 'clamshell', but again are there any from the other two companies that would be significantly better.
Switchcraft straight http://ca.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Switchcraft/280/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMv0W4pxf2HiV3fTUvSc3cBdaCe9I6aM8Po%3d
Neutrik http://ca.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Neutrik/NP2X/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMv0W4pxf2HiV%252bfVN06yI9Ab7pyUh%252bzWttY%3d
Amphenol, they also have one a couple dollars cheaper- http://ca.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Amphenol-Audio/TM2P/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMv0W4pxf2HiV773LpRc%252bsAjtcQT0agJZcI%3d
Switchcraft right angle- http://ca.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Switchcraft/228/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMv0W4pxf2HiV3fTUvSc3cBdc%2fx0F2nOflA%3d
Any recommendations?
Thanks alot!
dave
I can't comment on the others, but I have the Neutrik ones and am very happy with them. Have them in straight and angled.
+1 on Neutrik plugs. They're always my first go to choice when I have to order some plugs.
I've used the top three and all will work fine. I prefer the Neutrik and Amphenol to the Switchcraft, though.
And yeah, the Tayda plugs are atrocious.
Thanks guys!
I ended up ordering a couple Neutrik straights, NP2X-BAG. I've some patch cords i made up using Neutrik right angle plugs and i'll just pull one of the spares of those apart for the plugs.
http://ca.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Neutrik/NP2X-BAG/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMv0W4pxf2HiVxx5wwHNJuHlW8lZJ5%252bWGNA%3d
dave
I built a 300 patch point studio using switchcraft and ran it for 15 years without any issue. But that was then, and this is now. I have a ton of them out in my garage and after 20 years they are still good..