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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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Crimping is by far the best method of making a connection - assuming that
connection will get flexed and you crimp it correctly. Which means having
the correct crimp tool. Which are usually costly. For something like
phonos which aren't designed to be regularly removed and replaced a
soldered connection with decent strain relief will be fine. After all
pretty well every other 'connection' in your system will be soldered.

FWIW I have tended to prefer the 'gold' (coloured) phonos Maplin sold that
have a solder boot for the inner and a collet that grips the outer. I find
them easy to assemble and they grip the cable very well. The drawback is
that you need to choose the type which is correct for the outer (screen)
diameter of your cable. I used to keep a few of each size, but I think they
reduced the range of sizes on sale a few years ago.

Slainte,

Jim

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