[eltocliousus]

Hello, I have been using a $4 6.3mm to 3.5mm adapter for a year or so now, it's worked perfectly and contiues to work brilliantly today however it struck it an hour ago, will a cheap adapter have a negative impact on sound quality?
I fear this may be in the same category as cables, some people spend hundreds, thousands on top quality cables and are certain that it plays a large role in sound quality, would an adapter be in the class?
 
All the best.

 

[andrewberge]

A cable believer will say yes, it makes a difference.
 
Anyone else will say no.

 

[liamstrain]

Provided that it is not poorly made, it should not affect the sound.

 

[PurpleAngel]

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Hello, I have been using a $4 6.3mm to 3.5mm adapter for a year or so now, it's worked perfectly and continues to work brilliantly today however it struck it an hour ago, will a cheap adapter have a negative impact on sound quality?
I fear this may be in the same category as cables, some people spend hundreds, thousands on top quality cables and are certain that it plays a large role in sound quality, would an adapter be in the class?

It's such a simple thing, doubt there is any quality difference between them.
 
 

 

[jcx]

TRS jack-plug generally suck as electrical connectors, best is to replace them with 4-pin multicontact pin/socket that can have 10x lower contact R, don't mix R/L gnd return in high, unstable "single point" contact R, won't short channels on hot plugging

 

[eltocliousus]

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TRS jack-plug generally suck as electrical connectors, best is to replace them with 4-pin multicontact pin/socket that can have 10x lower contact R, don't mix R/L gnd return in high, unstable "single point" contact R, won't short channels on hot plugging

I'n sorry but I understood none of that, you mean I should use an amplifier with a 4-pin multicontact socket?

 

[jcx]

just saying all TRS implementations are compromised by the nature of the connector's contact structure - all I have seen are single cantilever spring beams with single electrical contact point with the TRS rings
 
if someone is really obsessing over connector quality then avoid TRS - which requires replacing/rewiring the TRS on provided on most headphones and amps
 
I'd rate it more important on physical measurement grounds than most recabling with special wire, insulation - but not a 1st or even 2nd order impact on audiblity from conventional psychoacoustic predictions

 

[autoteleology]

Yeah, enough with your pedantry. It's a yes or no question XD

 

[khoi14021993]

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A cable believer will say yes, it makes a difference.
 
Anyone else will say no.

I'm a cable believer, and I say no.