HISTORY:
Sustainability is the name of the game! Anything (that has been tested and still functioning properly) should be repurposed creating saving in wasted Ee and reducing the poisoning our environment when items are buried in the earth at the local tip needlessly.
Never heard of Ee? It is a concept that creates a measurement of ALL things (not just electronics) that humans have made and the energy used in obtaining the raw material, processing the materials right through to a finished product and even should include the shipping of the item to the distributors/retailers.
If you would like to know more about Ee values, please take a look HERE
This electronic component is brand new, old stock.
SWITCHCRAFT high quality/high reliability products are used widely in the professional audio industry, particularly (but not limited to) in conjunction with musical instruments, patch panels, general input/outputs. We ALWAYS used SWITCHCRAFT product in our studios for these reasons and they never let us down. Sure, there are cheap knockoffs around but when the job is mission critical there was no way we were going to risk using 'other' XLR products.
SWITCHCRAFT - XLR Line Plug
Genuine product: stamped into the front section of the metal body 'SWITCHCRAFT' and the rear screw-on section has the Switchcraft company logo stamped into the metal body in two places, 180 degrees apart. Switchcraft also appears on the light green inner plug insulator.
Made in USA
Part # AAA3MZ
Silver plated contact area and rear solder terminals 1,2,3 but the outer shell contact is standard nickel plated.
3 Pin male plug commonly used for balanced analog signal routing, microphones and instruments and not so much these days, AES/EBU which is a digital interconnect system (PCM) once commonly used in the broadcast industry.
Beautiful body shape! Love these Switchcraft as they have such a nice smooth tactile feel and very easy to grip securely. Assembling a lead with these is dead easy and once soldering is completed, just screw the two halves of the body together, this brings 4 small fingers inside the connector closer to each other, resulting in a very tight secure grip on the cable sheath inside. Quite similar to the operation of a collet knob.
I have included an extract from the Switchcraft datasheet to provide the dimensions, coding details etc
COSMETIC CONDITION:
NEW but old stock
Absolutely no degradation of the metalwork or rubber cable relief at the rear
These are available in fully assembled or as separate components for the user to assemble - a choice of convenience.
These are surplus to our workshop needs since the business has now closed down, there will NOT be any ongoing supply once these have been sold
*** Where the photograph shows multiple plugs, this advertisement is for ONE COMPLETE PLUG ONLY not all that are shown!
