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M-Audio Omni I/O Mic receptacles
I have an Omni I/O breakout box and it seems like the 1/4 inch mic plugs do
not fit snug and are therefore noisy. Anyone else had this problem? Anyone know the cost to have M-Audio repair the unit? steelguitarist at shaw.ca -- Don Please check www.steelguitar.ca for British Columbia steel guitar activities. |
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M-Audio Omni I/O Mic receptacles
Don Benoit wrote: I have an Omni I/O breakout box and it seems like the 1/4 inch mic plugs do not fit snug and are therefore noisy. Anyone else had this problem? Anyone know the cost to have M-Audio repair the unit? It used to be that only the little mini jacks that you find on portable recorders and players didn't fit very well, but now it seems that we have a generation of crappy 1/4" jacks as well. They're ****in' everywhere. Even the headphone jack on my Mackie Onyx mixer is sloppy. M-Audio can't fix it. The best they can do is replace your unit and maybe the next one will have jacks that are a little snugger. But I'll bet they won't. (neither offier to swap it or the jacks on the replacement unit will be any better) A somewhat clever defense against this creeping connector disease is a plug made by the Planet Waves division of D'Addario. It has a spring arrangement on the sleeve of the plug that's designed to apply some pressure to the sides of the hole of the jack and at least keep the sleve contact secure. I tried to find a clear photo of one on their web site and couldn't, but go to a music store that carries the line and look at one. |
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M-Audio Omni I/O Mic receptacles
"Mike Rivers" wrote ...
It used to be that only the little mini jacks that you find on portable recorders and players didn't fit very well, but now it seems that we have a generation of crappy 1/4" jacks as well. They're ****in' everywhere. Even the headphone jack on my Mackie Onyx mixer is sloppy. Metric vs. English? we've had discussions before about whether 3.5mm and 1/8inch are really interchangable. Same with 1/4inch variety? |
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M-Audio Omni I/O Mic receptacles
Richard Crowley wrote: Metric vs. English? we've had discussions before about whether 3.5mm and 1/8inch are really interchangable. Same with 1/4inch variety? We used to think that when Radio Shack was about the only common source for non-Switchcraft jacks, figuring they were some metric equivalent of 1/4." Seems like the industry would have figured out that this is something that they have to standardize on. I think the problem is that there isn't enough springiness in the tip and ring contacts and they just don't put enough pressure on the plug to make good contact and keep it pressed against the ring firmly. Most of the problem ones are the enclosed jacks that mount directly to a circuit board or have a plastic bushing that mounts through a hole in the chassis. I don't know what's with the Onyx - the jacks look better than they work. The insert jacks work OK with a TRS plug all the way in like they're supposed to be used, but try to plug a TS plug halfway in to use it as a direct output and it wobbles around. The ring contact of the jack (which contacts the tip in this kludge) just doesn't come in far enough to be secure in the notch of the tip of the plug. The headphone jack is just a little sloppy. |
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M-Audio Omni I/O Mic receptacles
Richard Crowley wrote:
"Mike Rivers" wrote ... It used to be that only the little mini jacks that you find on portable recorders and players didn't fit very well, but now it seems that we have a generation of crappy 1/4" jacks as well. They're ****in' everywhere. Even the headphone jack on my Mackie Onyx mixer is sloppy. Metric vs. English? we've had discussions before about whether 3.5mm and 1/8inch are really interchangable. Same with 1/4inch variety? No. While the 3.5mm nonsense is a nightmare, there really IS a standard for the quarter phone, that really IS a quarter inch. (Actually there are two standards, one for long frame and another for short frame.) The problem is poor manufacturing tolerances on cheap gear. --scott Now, it's true that there is _also_ a .175 phone plug, which looks like a long-frame quarter-inch but isn't. Those turn up on aircraft radios and Bell and Howell projectors, among other places. I always keep a couple adaptors in the adaptor box. -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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M-Audio Omni I/O Mic receptacles
Thanks for the comments. I have emailed m-audio to see what they say.
-- Don Please check www.steelguitar.ca for British Columbia steel guitar activities. I can be be reached on Skype by calling the user name steelguitars I sell Steel Guitar amplifiers and accessories. "Scott Dorsey" wrote in message ... Richard Crowley wrote: "Mike Rivers" wrote ... It used to be that only the little mini jacks that you find on portable recorders and players didn't fit very well, but now it seems that we have a generation of crappy 1/4" jacks as well. They're ****in' everywhere. Even the headphone jack on my Mackie Onyx mixer is sloppy. Metric vs. English? we've had discussions before about whether 3.5mm and 1/8inch are really interchangable. Same with 1/4inch variety? No. While the 3.5mm nonsense is a nightmare, there really IS a standard for the quarter phone, that really IS a quarter inch. (Actually there are two standards, one for long frame and another for short frame.) The problem is poor manufacturing tolerances on cheap gear. --scott Now, it's true that there is _also_ a .175 phone plug, which looks like a long-frame quarter-inch but isn't. Those turn up on aircraft radios and Bell and Howell projectors, among other places. I always keep a couple adaptors in the adaptor box. -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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