The cables from STS are made by Pomona as they are a single molded assembly.
There are no part numbers for the Pomona stackable plugs. Outside of STS
and Cyndustries, it is difficult to find the multi colored banana cables.
Allied Electronics sometimes carry them. Red and black is most common, used
for test equipment.
I have seen stackable plugs from some vendors, probably one of the discount
electronics sources. I couldn't find any in a cursory search though. Rex's
own banana to 1/4 inch adapters are non-stacking.
Electronic Goldmine has non-stackable banana plugs in five colors, search
banana:
http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/default.asp
A quick Google search turned up this place with stackable banana plugs in
five colors:
http://www.abra-electronics.com/catalog/terminals/kan_4b.html
If you are making 1/4 inch to banana cables, you should build the 1/4 inch
side as normal with tip and shield ground signals, then cable both all the
way to the banana connector. Simply don't terminate the ground connection
and make sure it doesn't short to the signal. This will give you shielding
of the signal all the way to the banana connector. You'll ground your Serge
to the equipment through a separate connection.
John Loffink
The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site
http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com
The Wavemakers Synthesizer Web Site
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: SergeModular@yahoogroups.com [mailto:SergeModular@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of riluttante
> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 11:49 AM
> To: SergeModular@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [SergeModular] Re: Banana Plugs
>
> Thanks, John!
>
> I'll start wading through that Mouser catalog...a "banana plug stacking"
> search returns a
> few hundred results, but I'm probably not filtering it right.
>
> Does anyone here happen to know the exact Pomona part number of the
> stackable plugs
> STS uses when they make their own custom cables?
>
>
> --- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, John P <johnp299792@...> wrote:
> >
> > The Mouser or Digi-Key catalogs both have banana plugs, stackable and
> > not, from Pomona and other
> > makers. There are other online suppliers too - Allied, Newark, etc...
> >
> > Far as I know, banana plugs come non-stackable (just a banana tip coming
> > out of the plastic case and the wire going out the other end),
> > stackable, and stackable with the horizontal hole. fun for the whole
> > family.
> >
> > riluttante wrote:
> >
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > I know the general opinion here is to use Pomona brand banana cables
> > > sold by STS
> > > amongst others (rather than soldering your own or using other brands),
> > > and I've ordered
> > > several sets of these from Rex for my new system.
> > >
> > > However, I'd also like to make a custom breakout cable to interface my
> > > Serge with other
> > > gear and for this I'll need 32 male banana plugs, the stackable kind
> > > (does anyone even
> > > make non-stackable ones?)
> > >
> > > If they're not too expensive I'd like to order 32 of these plugs from
> > > Pomona, or from
> > > another brand if it makes a big difference in cost.
> > > I searched the Pomona website using the "banana, plug, stackable" and
> > > other searches but
> > > got confusing or no results.
> > >
> > > Can anyone recommend a brand, model and/or source for stackable male
> > > banana plugs so
> > > I can solder my own cable?
> > >
> > > Thanks very much!
> > > Thomas
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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> >
>