Thursday, October 12, 2006

Connector Porn

First, a little tease with the shrouds fitted over the jacks, enlarged slightly to fit the threads. The cross resistor is a fix to a problem in the Rev 1.0 boards, which is fixed in 2.0.







Second, a coy shot from the side with the shrouds removed for your viewing fancy.

Naked Cardas jacks, Vishay Dale Resistors and all the other parts an audiophile needs to listen to ensure his listening satisfaction.

Isn't that a lovely thing? Beautiful high performance jacks reflected in a pool of plated copper. Makes the electrons weep to be still.







Lastly, a sadly out of focus picture from behind, the burn marks proof of a poorly trained and inexperienced solder monkey trying to fix a mis- aligned jack.

You really must be sure you put the jacks in straight, because desoldering them after is insanely difficult. I almost gave up and took the board apart.

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