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Speaking of things branded "Synthesis Technology", has anyone else
had any problems with the patch cables Larry sold a few years back??

It seems that most of the ones I bought are no longer working
properly. Since jiggling the cable against the jack often restores
the signal, at least temporarily, my guess is that their solder
connections have gone bad. In contrast, I have a large number of
1/4" cables from Clark, ProCo, and Markertek -- all of which are
older and have seen much more use -- without any problems.

I'm not trying to blame anyone here. I'm sure Larry had the absolute
best intentions, and did not build these cables himself. However, I
would like to get an idea if this is a common problem, and what I can
do to solve it.

The solder joints don't look particularly cold -- they are smooth and
shiny. So I'm thinking that perhaps they were assembled with the
wrong kind of flux?? That means the difference between being able to
simply re-heat them, and having to completely de-solder and re-solder
them.


Thanks :)