[sdiy] Switchcraft 41 and 42a

[Grant Richter]

Unlike the Switchcraft 1/4" jacks (which are industry standard) the 
Switchcraft 3.5mm jacks are unpopular. They failed frequently in the 
ARP 2600. Your much better off with a modern 3.5mm design like the 
Kobicon 16PJ135. These use an actual spring for contact pressure, 
rather than just a bent piece of metal.

The Switchcraft price is high because they are unpopular. The Kobicon 
price is low, because they sell tons of these well designed connectors.

On May 21, 2005, at 5:39 PM, Jay wrote:

> on 5/21/05 5:42 PM, Tom Arnold at xyzzy at sysabend.org wrote:
>
>> Has anyone found a cheaper price for Switchcraft 41's ( 1/8" jacks ) 
>> then
>> $1.02 in q100?  42's were $1.26  this is from Jameco.  I tried all 
>> the usual
>> suspects and didnt find anything cheaper...
>
>
> Full Compass has them for 94 cents in 100 quantity.
>