Can someone please explain....

[Phil]

I've often asked the same question, Mike.

Use RCA / Cinch / Phono connectors instead. Just as resilient, earthed, a fraction of the price and, best of all, in an emergency, a matchstick or toothpick will make a reliable connection with a bare wire, just like bananas. It's crazy.

Phil M1GWZ



On 30 Oct 2014, at 18:50, Mike O'Dell wrote:

> 
> Why banana plug patch cords are so bloody expensive?
> for that matter, banana plug *anythings* are bloody expensive!
> 
> when a Cat6 ethernet patch cord or drop cable is circa 2 dollars
> from Monoprice, how are the banana plugs SEVERAL DOLLARS EACH?
> 
> has Pomona got pictures of somebody in a hotel room with a goat?
> 
> I went looking on Alibaba and even *those* are shockingly expensive,
> and *nothing else* i've seen on there is like that.
> 
> even 3.5mm M-M stereo patch cords aren't that expensive.
> 
> sigh
> 
> 	-mo
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