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Default Convention for naming for audio adaptors and leads

On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:38:41 -0700, "Richard Crowley"
wrote:

* the original "RCA phono" connector is also known as "Cinch",
particularly outside the US.


Cinch is a connector company that makes hundreds of types. I've never
come across the RCA phono referred to as a Cinch. The shorthand
nomenclature, certainly here in the UK, is always Phono.

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