SergeModular

The difference you might be seeing is the difference between a
machined jack and a spring steel jack. Emerson makes both kinds,
though not in very many colors. Pomona make machined jacks as well,
but they're pretty deep. The 1970s Serge panels used Emerson/Johnson
jacks with press-on star "nuts" holding them on.

I like the insertion / removal force when patching with machined
jacks, but the cost, color selection and depth are prohibitive.

- C

On Jun 12, 2010, at 7:41 AM, Mattias Rickardsson wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm restoring a Serge system from 1984 with some broken jacks, and I
> need to find good replacements. What make and model should I consider?
>
> I've seen people mention Johnson, but the new Johnson jack I just got
> differs a little bit from both the old Serge and the M-class panels,
> judging from photos I've seen. For example the inner metal part is a
> little "square-ish" in the hole instead of circular, and the metal
> part
> also has a little simpler and cheaper look. One of these "corners" of
> the "square" can be seen here:
> http://www.alliedelec.com/search/productdetail.aspx?SKU=5280164
> and here:
> http://www.newark.com/johnson-emerson/108-0903-001/banana-jack/dp/39F1575?ICID=TS_39F1575
> Despite this, it has been claimed by wizards on the sdiy list to be
> the
> jack that Serge and Buchla probably uses nowadays. It seems to me like
> Buchla 200e uses them,
> http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitter_production/profile_background_images/4469453/2009-02-13-buchla-200e-background.jpg
> but not Serge:
> http://www.carbon111.com/serge/creature1.jpg
>
> Is there any consensus about what jacks one should buy as
> replacements? :-)
>
> /mr
>
>

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