1/4" phone or banana?

[Dan Higdon]

From: 	Chris Christensen[SMTP:cchris at hooked.net]
> 	Is it preferable, or is there any advantage to using 1/4" phone 
> jacks rather than banana jacks on synthesizer modules? 1/4" phone jacks 
> cost 2 to 4 times as much as banana jacks. Why did Moog and Emu use them 
> on their systems?

Mostly because every has a lot of them around, I imagine.  It also makes interfacing
with your other gear a little easier, though the levels are often not well matched
(line level v. the 10v peak-to-peak used in many modulars).

I personally prefer bananas, cuz you can stack them, and you never accidentally plug
a "normal" cable in where it shouldn't go. :-)

Dan Higdon (hdan at charybdis.com)