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I had one cable where the signal was permanently shorted to ground,  
but Larry replaced it right away (that was one cable out of 144).  
Occasionally I'll find a cable that seems to exhibit a short to ground  
(symptom goes away when I wiggle it), but in every one of those cases  
I've noticed that one of the jack's outer connector/collar was loose  
and the problem goes away as soon as I tighten up the connector.

On 26-Feb-08, at 8:03 AM, Mark wrote:

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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??
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Thanks :)
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