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Oddjob wrote:
Hello everyone, I have an RCA phono to 4 pin DIN cable.
The DIN end has a locking screw thread. I think this is a locking DIN
connector??
Or could be a Touchel. Once common on some mics - but not 4 pin.
Does anybody know what this is used for?
I have no encountered 4 pin DIN before.
'Twas used by Quad for power amp connection. But in that application an
adaptor for other makers would need two phonos.
Thanks for replying Dave, I have posted a picture of the leads he
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/a.cecot...s/mogami-1.htm
Looks like a Tuchel to me, rather than a DIN, but I too can't recall ever
having seen a 4 pin one.
How did you come by it?
I picked up a few leads at a local auction. There was also some Naim
equipment that I didn't manage to purchase. I was thinking it was for Naim
or perhaps Linn gear. The cable is Neglex 2534 microphone cable made by
Mogami.
What is Tuchel?
Tuchel is a German manufacturer of connectors, now part of Amphenol
http://www.amphenol.info/en/index.shtml
They made a sort of bayonet-locking DIN connector which was used in a number
of microphones in years gone by, and they were also popular as video camera
connectors as they were available with many pins, not just four. They also
had a special type of multipole jack plug and socket used in German studio
jackfields which had the advantage of providing up to 6 poles, so could be
used for balanced stereo patching, whereas in the UK we've always used the
Post Office Tip Ring Sleeve jack in several variants (A Gauge, B Gauge,
Bantam), which could be used for unbalanced stereo or balanced mono.
It looks like someone has made up some adapter cables between Tuchel and
phono, but what for, who knows.
S.
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