Replacement banana jacks?
2010-06-12 by Mattias Rickardsson
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
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