Is there some advantage to using such a beast plug as opposed to the widespread (in computers) 1/8 inch ones?
I know professional headphones and sound cards ship with 1/4" plugs and connectors, respectively, but I'd like to know what for.
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sluggo wrote:Headphones and professional gear still use 1/4" because they're typically using heavier cabling and are handled more often and get banged around a lot more.
Meadows wrote:sluggo wrote:Headphones and professional gear still use 1/4" because they're typically using heavier cabling and are handled more often and get banged around a lot more.
So the sole reason for using them is resilience then?