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The steelhead is excellent AND uses FABULOUS RCA jacks...

Cheap? no no no. Please don't use that word about our beloved RCA jacks. That so hurts my feelings. :>(

Those RCA jacks are of our own design and have been made here in ChinO (not ChinA) for about 15 years now. They are not "cheap", I promise. We originally went through the trouble of designing and making our own RCA jacks because at the time in the early 1990's the "audiophile" RCA jacks that were available at the time were all problematic. They were, trust me. Melting plastic, wrongly sized pin, too loose, too tight, prone to breakage, etc. We tried many brands before just doing it ourselves.

Our RCA jack is a rear mounted part with a concentric "shield" on the back. The way they are implemented in all our designs being firmly anchored to PCB's and additionally screwed to the chassis assures they do not spin. The Teflon dialetric does not melt. The gold plate over, yes, brass, assures it does not corrode. That particular gold plate formula is not the prettiest to look at but it is the best for making contacts. The unibody construction does not break. I am sorry if you do not "think" you like our RCA jacks, but me, I ***LOVE*** them since they DO NOT FAIL in the field and to date we have around 100,000 of the buggers out and about in use all over the world. And nothing sounds worse than silence, except maybe a missing ground "BUZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!"

Also, again, they have been made locally all this time pumping money back into our local California economy, and yeah, that's an aspect I dig too.

I hope this helps you appreciate our cherished RCA jacks more than before.
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Cheers, EveAnna Manley


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