Red=Left, Blue=Right ???

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  • 09-26-2004, 02:33 PM
    vr6ofpain
    Red=Left, Blue=Right ???
    You gotta love these Hong Kong cables.
    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...722798382&rd=1

    Does it make any sense to have the Left Channel RCA color coded as Red, and the Right Channel RCA as Blue? Honestly I would suspect having this design would cause many to wire up their portable/CPU to their stereo incorrectly. I wouldn't buy anything these cheesy anyway.

    http://sweetcome.150m.com/hi_fi/ipod/rca_plug.jpg

    http://sweetcome.150m.com/hi_fi/ipod/section.jpg


    Also does anyone know where you can get 1/8" mini plug ends? I want to make my own RCA-to-1/8" plug, but I need an 1/8" plug end that you can solder on the positive and negative leads.
    This piece:
    http://sweetcome.150m.com/hi_fi/ipod/1_8_plug.jpg

    Thanks
  • 09-27-2004, 04:03 AM
    kexodusc
    The colour doesn't really matter...
    What does matter is the likelyhood that some domestic company is repackaging these and selling them for $400 a pair...
  • 09-27-2004, 04:13 AM
    E-Stat
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by kexodusc
    What does matter is the likelyhood that some domestic company is repackaging these and selling them for $400 a pair...
    Especially given the high end market for Ipods, right? :)

    rw
  • 09-27-2004, 06:30 AM
    BRANDONH
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by vr6ofpain
    You gotta love these Hong Kong cables.
    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...722798382&rd=1

    Does it make any sense to have the Left Channel RCA color coded as Red, and the Right Channel RCA as Blue? Honestly I would suspect having this design would cause many to wire up their portable/CPU to their stereo incorrectly. I wouldn't buy anything these cheesy anyway.

    http://sweetcome.150m.com/hi_fi/ipod/rca_plug.jpg

    http://sweetcome.150m.com/hi_fi/ipod/section.jpg


    Also does anyone know where you can get 1/8" mini plug ends? I want to make my own RCA-to-1/8" plug, but I need an 1/8" plug end that you can solder on the positive and negative leads.
    This piece:
    http://sweetcome.150m.com/hi_fi/ipod/1_8_plug.jpg

    Thanks
    http://www.partsexpress.com
    will have the connectors your looking for.
  • 09-27-2004, 07:24 AM
    vr6ofpain
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by kexodusc
    The colour doesn't really matter...
    What does matter is the likelyhood that some domestic company is repackaging these and selling them for $400 a pair...
    I know it doesnt, but to me this would be like painting a STOP sign green. Just goes against what you would commonly expect, ya know Right=Red, not Left=Red.


    oh and thanks BRANDONH.
  • 09-27-2004, 08:38 AM
    vr6ofpain
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by BRANDONH
    http://www.partsexpress.com
    will have the connectors your looking for.
    This site is sweet. They have exactly what I was looking for. I wasn't aware that they carried WBT products...man is that stuff expensive. Not worth it to me though. I like the Dayton lock type:
    http://www.partsexpress.com/images/091-1270m.jpg and $10.90 for a pack of 4 , very good.

    And here is the 1/8" I'm gonna get, very good prices.
    http://www.partsexpress.com/images/092-157m.jpg