Scott Dorsey wrote:
Phil Allison
** None are a strong as the old style, full metal ones with the saddle clamp.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XLR_co...connectors.jpg
That's the Canon style ones. They were strong, BUT those screws were always
working their way out and getting lost if you didn't locktite them. Also the
boot materials decayed. But they did take a beating.
** One of my customers used to to sleeve Cannon XLRs with clear shrink tubing after placing an identifying number underneath. It kept the saddle screws in place too.
I still have a 35mm film can with dozens of custom made replacement screws.
This was in the 1970s when to only XLRs on sale were made in Melbourne by STC-Cannon.
..... Phil