AW: Matrix board!

Haible Juergen Juergen.Haible at nbgm.siemens.de
Thu Feb 18 13:06:27 CET 1999


	>>I just got the idea to use 2,5 mm stereo jacks.
	>...good ideas snipped here....
	>
	>>What do you think?
	>
	>you might find it hard to get decent 2.5 sockets, or 3.5 for that
matter.
	>Really, in modulars, CONNECTION IS ALL. Really.
	>
	>BTW, I have 500 spare tiny 3.5 pcb mount jacks bought in error from
a 
	>chinese catalog (yeah, never buy from a photo! unless there is a
ruler in it!)
	>but I wouldn't be doing anyone a favour letting them build a
modular with them.

I have bought a few samples of 2.5 mm jacks to try to avoid the cost for the
matrix.
They literally fell apart when I touched them with my fingers.
I have spent approx. 400 dollars on a Ghilmetti matrix, but I did not regret
it one second
yet.

JH.




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