Doepfer

We - and as far as I know all other manufacturers that were using the 3.5 mm
Cliff sockets S6PC - have changed to a revised version of the Cliff sockets
many years ago (I think it was in 2001). Especially Bob Williams of Analogue
Systems/UK and I intervened at Cliff to obtain sockets with better contacts
(stronger spring). As far as I know the contact problems have been solved
since the revised Cliff sockets are in use -  at least we had no more
complaints since that time.

Best wishes
Dieter Doepfer

> Hello everyone!,
>
> I am planning to mod my Oberheim TVS1 somewhat by putting out many of the
SEMs'
> internal patchpoints on 3.5mm jacks along the upper edge of the
instrument. For this I
> was just about to order a bunch of Cliff S6 jacks, but as I understand
from browsing this
> forum those jacks were the cause of some problems in earlier A100 modules.
So my
> question is: Have the Cliff S6 jacks become better since, or did Doepfer
just change to
> another model? Am I safe to use them on my project or should I look for
another maker of jacks?
>
> Thank you for your time [and sorry for being slightly offtopic],
> Henrik Medquist