On 22 May 2011 03:19, Reuben Martin <reuben.m@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Buy a soldering iron. I'd rather not. Especially as I already have one. A few years ago I used the ancient (found in parents garage around twenty years ago, and it was ancient then) beast to solder a 2.5mm stereo jack to twin 1/4" mono jacks. The 2.5mm jack was so fiddly I had to buy extra of them because I kept melting the plastic sleeves inside the plug itself. When I managed not to melt anything, the lumps of solder were too big to get the outer casing on. Eventually I do believe I got something which worked. It lasted less than a year. Perhaps I need a new soldering iron? James. > > -Reuben > > On Saturday, May 21, 2011, James Morris wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I want to connect a breakout box for use with headphones. The >> headphones themselves have a mini-xlr connector (for connecting the >> cable to them) and breakout box has 1/4" mono jack outputs. >> >> To connect the two I currently use: >> >> 1) 2 x 1/4" Jack to Phono connectors >> 2) Twin Phono to 3.5mm stereo Jack cable >> 3) 3.5mm female to female coupler >> 4) 3.5mm jack to mini-xlr >> >> Does anyone know where I could get either (delivery to UK): >> >> A cable to connect directly from breakout box 1/4" >> >> - or - >> >> A better (ie consisting of fewer components) configuration of cables/adapters? >> >> I'm thinking this can't be a uncommon scenario? >> >> Cheers, >> James. >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-audio-user mailing list >> Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user >> > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
