[sdiy] why not to use rca connectors

[Fdi]

I forgot to say,
I think the more expensive RCA males they are selling for digital this days
connect graound before hot. It has a special system for locking the
connector also
May be easy to find at RS-components catalog
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> De: Fdi <fdi at ran.es>
> Responder a: Fdi <fdi at ran.es>
> Fecha: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 16:34:43 -0000
> Para: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Asunto: Re: [sdiy] why not to use rca connectors
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> The RCA do not short terminals. You can't have normalization but otherwise
> they are fine in my opinion. They are very reliable. I'm even planing to
use
> them.
> BNC are a nightmare, personally, I avoid them anywhere. In a modular you
> would have one cable failure every two days or so. The conector is fine
but
> the way the cable is crimped or soldered is very poor. On a modular it
would
> be a suicide.
> 1/8'' should be fine if QUALITY male and female would exist, but this is
not
> the case.
> 1/4'': there are quality male and females but they are heavy and too big
in
> my opinion for a modular, and they short terminals when inserted.
> XLR are great but obviously too big and bulky.
> Another possibility are the so-called mini-XLR form Switchcraft, the real
> name is Tiny Q-G you have them in 3, 4 and 5 poles. I think I will use
them
> for sending power to external modules like joystick, etc. The
chasis-female
> is a bit bigger in diameter than the RCA.
> I'd love to use banana conectors, but I'm worry about not using a shield.
> They heve the advantage of, after a huge planetary disaster or the like
you
> will be able to use your sinth , just plugging any conductive stick on to
> it.  =:)
> But still fear of no-shield.
> I insist, I do not see any problem for the RCA. The are shielded, good
> quality available, reliable, easy to clean... just that they have not a
> switching circuit
>
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>> De: Glen <mclilith at charter.net>
>> Fecha: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 08:22:48 -0400
>> Para: RenÚ Schmitz <uzs159 at uni-bonn.de>, Peter Blackett
>> <dragon.servicing at virgin.net>
>> CC: Ken Stone <sasami at hotkey.net.au>, synth Diy list
>> <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>> Asunto: Re: [sdiy] why not to use rca connectors
>>
>> At 06:48 AM 6/22/03 , RenÚ Schmitz wrote:
>>> So before the shield connects you have the same situation as with banana
>>> jacks.
>>
>> With phone plugs (either 1/4 or 1/8 size) the signal gets shorted to
> ground
>> with insertion of the plug. This doesn't seem like good planning to me. I
>> know that modular synths are designed to withstand this, but the whole
> idea
>> of a connector  that shorts out with normal insertion seems a little
>> "short-sighted" to me.
>>
>> Does any modular use shielded patch cables with connectors that neither
>> connect the signal before the ground, nor short the signal to ground with
>> each insertion? (This would leave out banana plugs, phone plugs, and RCA
>> plugs.)
>>
>> Does anyone have a favorite connector that works with shielded cable and
>> connects the ground before the signal, and never shorts the two together?
>> Don't balanced XLR connectors perform this way? Are there any others?
>>
>>
>> later,
>> Glen Berry
>>
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