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21st Aug 2012, 9:31 am | #1 |
Nonode
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Long tip phono plugs used by Hacker
Were they unique to the company in order to divert the 2nd channel to the output?
I see the RCA short-tip type everywhere. What I would like to know is: Were the long-tip sort a standard type in the UK? More to the point can you get them new? I obtained two salvaged examples from a Forum member, but I'd like some better ones. |
21st Aug 2012, 11:02 am | #2 |
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Re: Long tip phono plugs used by Hacker
Yes, the long-tip plugs were standard, and yes, they can be found NOS.
I bought some from Partridge Electronics - 3-PC140 Have a look here: about a quarter of the way down the page: http://www.partridgeelectronics.co.uk/03Bconnectors.htm It's not clear if they still have stock, so it might be worth calling them. Hope this helps, Mark |
21st Aug 2012, 12:51 pm | #3 |
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Re: Long tip phono plugs used by Hacker
I'm surprised that some enterprising Chinese chap hasn't re-manufactured them. There must be a reasonable market for them with vintage audio collectors.
As Mark said, they were standard, probably until the mid-1970s, when the Japanese seemed to corner the domestic hifi market, and their shorter-pinned design took over. (Continental equipment was still using DIN plugs). Nick. |
21st Aug 2012, 6:11 pm | #4 |
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Re: Long tip phono plugs used by Hacker
I'd like some exactly the same as oicture 135 or 136 on that link, but with the long tip.
Those depicted in picture 140 are what I obtained as salvage. How the hell do you keep the two halves of that outer part locked together? I need any more I am going to get a standard phono plug and drill the tip to take a nail or thick copper wire and solder it in. |
22nd Aug 2012, 3:13 pm | #5 |
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Re: Long tip phono plugs used by Hacker
The Pye 815 pre-war TV uses these long tip phonos for aerial input. They were also quite common on early US television receivers.
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22nd Aug 2012, 3:25 pm | #6 | |
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Re: Long tip phono plugs used by Hacker
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In practice, the pips seem to wear or break (or not meet at all if the cable's a bit thick), leading to a rather sloppy ensemble. They're a design classic and very useful, but compared with more modern offerings, they're pretty 'orrible to assemble and use. Nick. |
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28th Aug 2012, 12:56 pm | #7 |
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Re: Long tip phono plugs used by Hacker
I got a huge bagful of these back in the late '80s from Greenweld! Don't know what I did with most of 'em. Agree with Nick, awkward things to assemble and they'd fall apart very easily.
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