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Thanks, All - RE: 5-pin DIN Phono Plugs Available Other Than Cardas?

Posted by tvr2500m (A) on November 29, 2007 at 12:51:03

In Reply to: 5-pin DIN Phono Plugs Available Other Than Cardas? posted by tvr2500m on November 27, 2007 at 17:05:32:

Thanks, everyone, for your replies. A couple of things. I now see that there're other choices in the market for 5-pin female DIN phono plugs, but I didn't see any male offerings, which is what I need for my trusty old Grace 707 (unless I re-wire it, I suppose).

All of this comes about as I've resurrected my old vinyl gear - a couple of old 'tables, tonearms, and cartridges. All decent stuff in very good condition. Plugging the original cable supplied with my Grace 707 into the 707 for the first time in about 20 years, the right channel wasn't working. The signal wire of the right RCA phono plug had come adrift of the signal pin. Okay, with little surgery I can fix this (unfortunately this means cutting into the cable which is in otherwise as-new condition).

Instead of repairing the original cable, I looked into buying and/or building a cable. I quickly discovered that finding a cable for the Grace, one requiring the 5-pin male DIN phono plug, was a bit of an oddity. No problem with the female DIN, of course. But, I did find a few folks offering cables terminated with this plug - Zu, SLC, and shop in Hong Kong. I bought a Zu.

Still, I'd like to experiment a bit and build a cable for the Grace. The Cardas 5-pin male DIN plug is available, but I think it's a bit costly. I just got a quote a of $28/each. It's a block of Delrin with pins through it. I know that its apparent simplicity isn't a final indicator of cost, and I don't consider this piece crazy pricey, especially if it is the only part available, but I was curious if there might be some other options.

- SJ

Edits: 11/29/07

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