[sdiy] Are there technical reasons that people use 1/8" jacks?

[cheater cheater]

Actually I used 1/8" purely to avoid confusion - and instead added
more :) I'm european, so I like the metric system more tbh.. but let's
not get into that shall we! :)

A question open to everyone: is the 1/4" (7 mm) plug going to have too
much capacitance for some things, such as FM feedback?

D.

On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Graham Atkins<gatkins at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Basically - NO,
>
> They are only a space saving issue on Frac / Euro size panels.
> And I know it's hard for you imperial American types but there is
> no such thing as a 1/8" jack, they are 3.5mm (He said ducking !!).
>
> Graham
>
> On 22 Aug 2009, at 12:41, cheater cheater wrote:
>
>> There are the obvious questions of compatibility with existing
>> modules, and the questions of cost (1/4" jack related parts cost more
>> and so do bigger panels). But setting those aside.. is there anything
>> inherently wrong with the 1/4" jack? Does it perhaps have too much
>> capacitance for some applications? The 1/4" jacks don't wear out
>> quicker, they're more resilient, so I'm wondering if there's any
>> application where the 1/8" performs technically better.
>>
>> Cheers
>> D.
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