BNC plugs - what type and where to get them?
Posted by: Top Cat on 11 January 2004
Hi folks.
Until I decide whether or not to move to a Prefix for my LP12, I'm going to be using the MC boards in my 82 (whilst I still have it)/52 (when I get it - just over a week).
I need to get my Aro tonearm cable reterminated from a 5-pin DIN plug at the amp end to 2xBNC plugs (suitable for use with K or S boards). The reason I have a DIN plug on the end is due to my previous preamp having a DIN input for its MC boards, in case anyone wonders.
Anyway, I need to know where to buy some suitable BNC plugs, and if there is a choice of plugs, which ones would be best. If/when I move to a prefix I will almost certainly resell my Aro arm cable, so I want to get good plugs which will do the cable (and whatever is at the other end of it!) justice.
Can anyone advise? As of tomorrow I'll be otherwise vinyl-less until I get the cable reterminated, as I'd been using my old preamp's MC board and its tape output into the 82 as a stop-gap (far from ideal in some ways, but at least it sounded decent).
Thanks,
John
TC '..'
"Sun went down in honey. Moon came up in wine. Stars were spinnin' dizzy, Lord, the band kept us so busy we forgot about the time."
Until I decide whether or not to move to a Prefix for my LP12, I'm going to be using the MC boards in my 82 (whilst I still have it)/52 (when I get it - just over a week).
I need to get my Aro tonearm cable reterminated from a 5-pin DIN plug at the amp end to 2xBNC plugs (suitable for use with K or S boards). The reason I have a DIN plug on the end is due to my previous preamp having a DIN input for its MC boards, in case anyone wonders.
Anyway, I need to know where to buy some suitable BNC plugs, and if there is a choice of plugs, which ones would be best. If/when I move to a prefix I will almost certainly resell my Aro arm cable, so I want to get good plugs which will do the cable (and whatever is at the other end of it!) justice.
Can anyone advise? As of tomorrow I'll be otherwise vinyl-less until I get the cable reterminated, as I'd been using my old preamp's MC board and its tape output into the 82 as a stop-gap (far from ideal in some ways, but at least it sounded decent).
Thanks,
John
TC '..'
"Sun went down in honey. Moon came up in wine. Stars were spinnin' dizzy, Lord, the band kept us so busy we forgot about the time."
Hi folks.
To answer a couple of questions: My Aro cable was new, custom-terminated by Naim for my previous preamp which is why it never had BNCs. I have the old-style preamp manual (as I have an 82) but the wiring isn't the issue - it's the obtaining of the plugs! I think maybe I will ask Naim nicely and maybe they can send me a couple, if I promise to be a good boy!
Thanks for that link, Duncan - if soldering a BNC is trickier than soldering a DIN I will probably just get my dealer to do it, as I found soldering a DIN to be a bit fiddly
John
TC '..'
"Sun went down in honey. Moon came up in wine. Stars were spinnin' dizzy, Lord, the band kept us so busy we forgot about the time."
To answer a couple of questions: My Aro cable was new, custom-terminated by Naim for my previous preamp which is why it never had BNCs. I have the old-style preamp manual (as I have an 82) but the wiring isn't the issue - it's the obtaining of the plugs! I think maybe I will ask Naim nicely and maybe they can send me a couple, if I promise to be a good boy!
Thanks for that link, Duncan - if soldering a BNC is trickier than soldering a DIN I will probably just get my dealer to do it, as I found soldering a DIN to be a bit fiddly
John
TC '..'
"Sun went down in honey. Moon came up in wine. Stars were spinnin' dizzy, Lord, the band kept us so busy we forgot about the time."