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Hi Mike,

Mike Rivers wrote:

What can you do to make an Ampex MM-1100 more reliable? "Remove all
the Molex connectors" John French once told me. They might be OK for
wiring pinball machines or cars, but you might want to think twice
about putting audio through them. On the other hand, they're probably
OK as long as you mate them once or twice and leave them alone, and
only run line level signals through them.

I fat fingered that post... the Audio Accessories Short patchbays use an
EDAC connector which looks an awful lot like the old three pin Molex
connector, except it uses locking blades instead of pin and socket. My
bad!!!

And, for those who are saddled with pin and socket connectors that are
wearing out, the EDAC connector appears to be a drop in replacement. I'm
going to give it a try anyway!

Bill



I bought an EDAC crimper (and removal tool) and built several EDAC connectors
recently.

Once I got the crimper adjusted, and figured out the lengths of the wires
inside the connector, the connections were easy, fast and flawless.

Edac uses the same pins for male and female and the orientation is set by the
block.

Not as heavy duty as the AMP Ram-Latch, but that is overkill for my situation.
Richard H. Kuschel
"I canna change the law of physics."-----Scotty