| Re: Neutrik Silent Plug [message #306873 is a reply to message #306852 ] |
Thu, 27 March 2008 12:58   |
 Jerry Turnbow
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| Jeff Babcock wrote on Thu, 27 March 2008 16:53 |
OK, another update for me.....
I have about 10 of these in use, and have had 2 failures so far.
I have also found some pops occurring with certain guitars similar to Jerry's findings.
I still like the product but the couple of failures concerns me a bit, especially seeing that others have had the same problem. I'm not sure if I have 100% faith in these connectors, especially in a really heavy-use situation.
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Jeff -
Just curious. Did yours fail open (no muting) or fail shorted? Or did you have the mechanical problem others reportd?
- Jerry
- Jerry Turnbow (aka 'Mako')
Owner - Sound on Site Audio Services
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| Re: Neutrik Silent Plug [message #311641 is a reply to message #311094 ] |
Fri, 11 April 2008 21:19 |
Jerry Turnbow
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| Jeff Babcock wrote on Thu, 10 April 2008 18:53 |
Jerry,
The failures have been shorted, and the other issue was the popping with certain few models of guitars.
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Thanks, Jeff.
This would seem to support my suspicions that there may be a problem with active instruments that may have a high inrush current when powered up, resulting in "welding" of the reed switch.
Of course, even without the problem of the contacts sticking, the delayed "pop" as the preamp comes up is still a problem. Sounds like the best fix would be to current-limit the power supply/filter cap when the preamp powers up. I guess a blocking diode on the tip side would at least protect the contact, but one would probably have to stack several in series to ensure that one doesn't rectify the audio signal out of the instrument.
Cheers!
- Jerry Turnbow (aka 'Mako')
Owner - Sound on Site Audio Services
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