[sdiy] banana sockets

[Oren Leavitt]

I've used the Johnson stacking banana plugs.
They solder nicely, and with good quality test lead cable they have 
endured well over the years.


Rude 66 wrote:

>i certainly hear no difference between the serge modular (bananas) and
>others. if anything crosstalks, it can be the matrix system on the 2500, but
>it does so in a 'happy accidental' way most of the time.
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>most of my home built stuff is bananas.. but the crosstalk problems i had
>were with my 76477 synth, which doesn't have banana's but switches. my only
>issue with bananas is that they have to be almost filed to bare metal to
>solder. wires just don't stick to them as easy as to jack plugs.
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>another thing you can do to connect it to the outside world is a small
>banana- jack converter.
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>troy, what do you mean by 'all metal'? the ones i use do have plastic caps
>in front and back, but so do the ones on the serge. they're almost 25 years
>old and still work fine..
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>ruud
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Glen" <mclilith at charter.net>
>To: "Oren Leavitt" <oleavitt at ix.netcom.com>; "SynthDIY"
><synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 3:18 AM
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] banana sockets
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>>At 02:56 PM 7/9/04 , Oren Leavitt wrote:
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>>>With the high signal levels used in most modulars, noise pickup should
>>>be negligable.
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>>I've never had the luxury of owning a modular system, but I've always
>>wondered about whether they "radiated" any interference from all those
>>unshielded patch cords. Remember, it doesn't have to be "radio
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>frequencies"
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>>to cause some interference with other gear.
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>>I also wonder if a large modular system would pass FCC emission and
>>susceptibility standards. I don't think modulars were tested for such
>>things back in their heyday. I think most of them are sold as kits now,
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>>probably escape testing through some loophole in the rules.
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>>later,
>>Glen
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Oren Leavitt
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