Convention for naming for audio adaptors and leads
On 2009-03-23, Richard Crowley wrote:
"Don Pearce" wrote...
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.
Most certainly. And it is not the only example of a particular kind
of connector coloquially named after the manufacturer. There are
many others. But "RCA/Cinch" appears to be the most widely-
reconizable name for that kind of connector.
I've never
come across the RCA phono referred to as a Cinch.
And neither had I until I started reading (international) news-
groups such as this one.
The shorthand
nomenclature, certainly here in the UK, is always Phono.
As it is here in the US.
Don't have any usage statistics handy but I know that when I
read "phono" I have to stop and think what it might be. Creative
spelling for "phone jack" ? The actual device ? Something else ?
Oh, you meant an "RCA" or "Cinch" ? Why not write that, then ?
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