[sdiy] Buying surplus 1/4" jacks/plugs for DIY patch pay

[Stephen Begin]

I also would recommend the behringer px2000, it's really pretty good value.


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From: "andy" <mcphive at corrupt.net>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 8:22 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Buying surplus 1/4" jacks/plugs for DIY patch pay


>
> IMO, anything that cheap is not going to hold up for very long....
> it's a better use of your money to get a cheap patchbay (the behringer
> px2000 is $40 and has 48 patch points plus normalling/half-normalling on
> each channel) as the only stuff you can get for that money are generic
> connectors from overseas, which will break constantly as you try to use
> them.
>
> the cheapest jacks that i buy are switchcraft jacks... you can get
> these for $0.50-0.60 for a mono 1/4" if you look around.
>
> andy
>
> On 14 Jan 2003, R. D. Davis wrote:
>
> > Does anyone have any suggestions for a good place to purchase a fairly
> > large quantity of 1/4" mono phone jacks and plugs that will withstand
> > use in a patch bay?  After looking at the prices of patch bays, and
> > being a bit thrifty, I decided to go the DIY route to see how little a
> > 64 jack patch pay can be built for.  Does anyone think US$30, or even
> > US$20, to be an unreasonable goal to aim for?  Surely it's possible!
> > :-)
> >
> > I found one surplus place selling chrome-plated jacks for as low as
> > US$0.29 each in quantities of 100, and plugs for US$0.50 each... so
> > far, this seems fairly cheap, but, surely, way cheaper prices for
> > chrome plated jacks, and plugs, can be found somewhere... :-)
> >
> > Any thoughts on this?
> >
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