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motm@yahoogroups.com, Andre Majorel <aym-htnys@...> wrote:
>
> What about Lih Sheng Precision's LJ-0695 through LJ-0698 ? Do you
> have experience with those ?
>
No. The problem is that the Chinese are good at mechanically
reproducing things, but will skimp on materials. Or just not care. I
have experienced this with other products where mid-production they
will change the composition of plastic used in a structurally
important part.
In the case of the jacks the composition of metal changed, and most
importantly the plating process changed and quality control was poor.
So over time microscopic corrosion occurred which caused intermittent
audio in switching jacks.
You wouldn't think there was much science involved in making a decent
1/4" jack. But evidently Switchcraft "gets it" while some of the
companies making clones don't.
Ivan