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Carl
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Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:13 pm Post subject:
ALERT! My earphone adapter-BROKE IN HALF |
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I have what I thought...was an expensive gold plated standard earphone
plug to mini-plug adapter.
I was testing some older stuff for sale and it broke in half upon
removal. I was very lucky that it totally came out of the unit before
the pieces landed in my hand. Was I shocked! I pulled it with my
finger tips ..I am confidant the side torque was miniscule.
The insulator (second ring in) is where it broke.
Any tips on a GOOD brand to replace it with?
All but one of my earphones are using mini-plugs. Especially my handy,
revered infra-red wireless SONY TMR-IF5...low noise if the volume is
set low.
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Scott Dorsey
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Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:20 pm Post subject:
Re: ALERT! My earphone adapter-BROKE IN HALF |
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Carl <CarlSwanson@nospamfrontiernet.net> wrote:
| Quote: | I have what I thought...was an expensive gold plated standard earphone
plug to mini-plug adapter.
I was testing some older stuff for sale and it broke in half upon
removal. I was very lucky that it totally came out of the unit before
the pieces landed in my hand. Was I shocked! I pulled it with my
finger tips ..I am confidant the side torque was miniscule.
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This is typical. Basically, if it has a mini plug on it, it's going to
break. Those things are total disasters.
| Quote: | Any tips on a GOOD brand to replace it with?
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If Switchcraft makes one, it'll probably be less likely to break than
most. But if you want reliability, you are better off avoiding the
mini plug altogether.
And always get twice as many adaptors as you think you'll need, because
a lot of them will break.
| Quote: | All but one of my earphones are using mini-plugs. Especially my handy,
revered infra-red wireless SONY TMR-IF5...low noise if the volume is
set low.
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So, chop it off and solder on a quarter phone. It's a pain soldering to
that tinsel wire, but you'll be happier in the long run.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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Pooh Bear
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Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:34 pm Post subject:
Re: ALERT! My earphone adapter-BROKE IN HALF |
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Carl wrote:
| Quote: | I have what I thought...was an expensive gold plated standard earphone
plug to mini-plug adapter.
I was testing some older stuff for sale and it broke in half upon
removal. I was very lucky that it totally came out of the unit before
the pieces landed in my hand. Was I shocked! I pulled it with my
finger tips ..I am confidant the side torque was miniscule.
The insulator (second ring in) is where it broke.
Any tips on a GOOD brand to replace it with?
All but one of my earphones are using mini-plugs. Especially my handy,
revered infra-red wireless SONY TMR-IF5...low noise if the volume is
set low.
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Mini plugs are the worst type of low-end consumer crap.
You're lucky it didn't fall apart the moment you looked at tit.
Such stuff isn't *pro* btw. *even if it's gold-plated* - lmao !
Graham |
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Joe Kesselman
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Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:23 pm Post subject:
Re: ALERT! My earphone adapter-BROKE IN HALF |
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Carl wrote:
| Quote: | I have what I thought...was an expensive gold plated standard earphone
plug to mini-plug adapter.
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It may have been expensive. As others note, that doesn't necessarily
mean good, nor does it protect it from the inherent limitations of
having such a small mechanical component or contact surface.
Either treat it with extreme care, or figure out some way to protect it
(shrink-wrap the whole adapter permanantly to the cable? Ugh!), or
consider it disposable... |
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Mike Rivers
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Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:33 pm Post subject:
Re: ALERT! My earphone adapter-BROKE IN HALF |
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Carl wrote:
| Quote: | I have what I thought...was an expensive gold plated standard earphone
plug to mini-plug adapter.
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An expensive gold plated turd, you mean. Anything with a mini jack is
bad news and will break some time, though this seems to be unusual.
| Quote: | The insulator (second ring in) is where it broke.
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Sounds like a gold plated piece of crap. If it even looks like a Radio
Shack adapter (whether it is or isn't) take it back to a Radio Shack
and ask them to replace it. They'll take back anything that looks like
it's theirs.
| Quote: | Any tips on a GOOD brand to replace it with?
All but one of my earphones are using mini-plugs.
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Buy a set of headphones with a standard 1/4" plug. |
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Richard Crowley
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Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:36 pm Post subject:
Re: ALERT! My earphone adapter-BROKE IN HALF |
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"Mike Rivers" wrote ...
| Quote: | Sounds like a gold plated piece of crap. If it even looks like a Radio
Shack adapter (whether it is or isn't) take it back to a Radio Shack
and ask them to replace it. They'll take back anything that looks like
it's theirs.
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LOL! :-)) Perhaps because they've been "conditioned" to
seeing their stuff come back, broken. |
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Bob Quintal
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Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:38 pm Post subject:
Re: ALERT! My earphone adapter-BROKE IN HALF |
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"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xpr7t.net> wrote in
news:11m9tk7kn77uie6@corp.supernews.com:
| Quote: | "Mike Rivers" wrote ...
Sounds like a gold plated piece of crap. If it even looks
like a Radio Shack adapter (whether it is or isn't) take it
back to a Radio Shack and ask them to replace it. They'll
take back anything that looks like it's theirs.
LOL! :-)) Perhaps because they've been "conditioned" to
seeing their stuff come back, broken.
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It's more like Rat Shack has sold so many variants that the newbie
salesdroids can't tell what's really in a previous version of the
catalog.
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Bob Quintal
PA is y I've altered my email address. |
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hank alrich
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Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:49 pm Post subject:
Re: ALERT! My earphone adapter-BROKE IN HALF |
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Carl wrote:
| Quote: | I have what I thought...was an expensive gold plated standard earphone
plug to mini-plug adapter.
I was testing some older stuff for sale and it broke in half upon
removal. I was very lucky that it totally came out of the unit before
the pieces landed in my hand. Was I shocked! I pulled it with my
finger tips ..I am confidant the side torque was miniscule.
The insulator (second ring in) is where it broke.
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The gold-plated ones I received with my AKG and Sennheiser phones both
did that recently. Not appreciated!
| Quote: | Any tips on a GOOD brand to replace it with?
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That screw on, like the busted ones used to do.
| Quote: | All but one of my earphones are using mini-plugs. Especially my handy,
revered infra-red wireless SONY TMR-IF5...low noise if the volume is
set low.
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ha |
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