TRS plug > TS jack

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In article <936ad1fd.0410111037.62c1336f@posting.google.com>,
mr_furious@mail.com (Buster Mudd) wrote:

> Is the contact spacing on 1/4" TS jacks consistent enough that one can
> say with absolute certainty that any TRS plug inserted into any TS
> jack will connect the Tip & the Sleeve but leave the Ring floating?

I've never seen any connector that didn't do this.

> or is there enough variation from unit to unit (or manufacturer to
> manufacturer) that that assumption could get someone in trouble?

Not as far as I've seen. It's probably because most TS jacks are just
"shortloaded" TRS jacks. In other words, it's the same jack minus the
ring contact, so there would obviously be no overlap.


Regards,

Monte McGuire
monte.mcguire@verizon.net

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Buster Mudd <mr_furious@mail.com> wrote:
>Is the contact spacing on 1/4" TS jacks consistent enough that one can
>say with absolute certainty that any TRS plug inserted into any TS
>jack will connect the Tip & the Sleeve but leave the Ring floating? or
>is there enough variation from unit to unit (or manufacturer to
>manufacturer) that that assumption could get someone in trouble?

IF you use only short frame jacks, the answer is yes. This is because
there is a standard specification that everybody follows (unlike with
the RCA connectors).
--scott
--
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"Walter Harley" <walterh@cafewalterNOSPAM.com> wrote in message news:<5vGdnUJf5LRtf_fcRVn-pQ@speakeasy.net>...
> "Buster Mudd" <mr_furious@mail.com> wrote in message
> news:936ad1fd.0410111037.62c1336f@posting.google.com...
> > Is the contact spacing on 1/4" TS jacks consistent enough that one can
> > say with absolute certainty that any TRS plug inserted into any TS
> > jack will connect the Tip & the Sleeve but leave the Ring floating? or
> > is there enough variation from unit to unit (or manufacturer to
> > manufacturer) that that assumption could get someone in trouble?
>
>
> It sounds like you are trying to reinvent a wheel that may have already been
> invented... just a hunch. Can you tell us more about the problem you're
> trying to solve? There may be a better solution, or there may be another
> issue you're about to run into down the road that we can help you avoid.


I've been offered a great deal on a balanced (TRS) snake, & wanted to
make sure I could confidently use it in an installation that currently
contains about 75% unbalanced equipment.

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In article <936ad1fd.0410120848.7e213b6c@posting.google.com> mr_furious@mail.com writes:

> I've been offered a great deal on a balanced (TRS) snake, & wanted to
> make sure I could confidently use it in an installation that currently
> contains about 75% unbalanced equipment.

Definootely. But the other 25%, if it goes through the snake, may
require some thought, particularly if you have a balanced output going
to an unbalanced input. But you'd have to think that one through and
perhaps do a little experimenting whether it was going through a snake
or not.


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