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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">They are. You get what you pay for. Sometimes the cheap cables are OK - often they are not. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Friday, March 29, 2024, 10:38:35 AM CDT, *Hobbit* via Stagecraft <stagecraft@theatrical.net> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">The thing that really drives me nuts these days is how the plastic bodies<br clear="none">of knockoff connectors *cannot* take soldering heat, and start distorting<br clear="none">as soon as the pin gets hot. Known-brand connectors, especially the handful<br clear="none">of older ones I have around [neutrik, switchcraft] seem to use much better<br clear="none">material in the body that can actually decently withstand soldering, even if<br clear="none">I'm on a lug a little longer than normal. And I decided a while back that<br clear="none">simply refusing to try and repair that awful tiny TA3 junk was a path to<br clear="none">maintaining my sanity.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Pining for good ol' bakelite...<br clear="none"><br clear="none">_H*<div class="ydpb8b2f5dcyqt3628784403" id="ydpb8b2f5dcyqtfd81590"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">____________________________________________________________<br clear="none">For list information see <<a shape="rect" href="http://stagecraft.theprices.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://stagecraft.theprices.net/</a>><br clear="none">Stagecraft mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Stagecraft@theatrical.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stagecraft@theatrical.net</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://theatrical.net/mailman/listinfo/stagecraft_theatrical.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://theatrical.net/mailman/listinfo/stagecraft_theatrical.net</a><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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