Thread: NuForce introduces $199 amp w/ headphone jack
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Old 03-29-2008, 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Sovkiller View Post
The RJ45 is the same plug use in the telephones, and faxes, that is where they messed it up IMO, a very poor choice for an output speaker out jack...the contacts on those jacks are not very good, and tend to be really poor done, why using them? I do not get it, with all the choices of the market for that ???
RJ11/RJ14 is used in phones, RJ45 is the kind used for Ethernet. Cat 5 cable (the most common variety) and connectors have to handle 100MHz signals, I would trust them far more than most of the audiophile snake oil out there. The conductors are solid, not braided. Obviously, they are limited in their ability to carry significant amps, but 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE) carries 12-15W DC power over these same cables. Then again, NuForce is a company run by a real engineer, not a snake oil peddler (I remember reading a profile on him in IEEE spectrum).

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