input/output pins?

gorgeousgeorge · « **on:** 20 Dec 2005, 08:44 am »

hello all,

this might be a silly question, but im going to ask anyway and plead absolute ignorance as my excuse.
what is the best way to connect the input/output wires to these pins? are there plugs that i can use or just solder straight onto them?

Cheers, George

AKSA · « **Reply #1 on:** 20 Dec 2005, 11:26 am »

George,

Soldering is best; they are silver pins, very easy to solder, and highly conductive.

Cheers,

Hugh

gorgeousgeorge · « **Reply #2 on:** 20 Dec 2005, 07:42 pm »

Thanks Hugh,

very nearly finished Aksa and TLP, wont be long now and my ears will be in audio bliss.

Cheers, george

SamL · « **Reply #3 on:** 4 Jan 2006, 01:38 am »

Quote from: AKSA

George,

Soldering is best; they are silver pins, very easy to solder, and highly conductive.

Cheers,

Hugh

Hi Hugh,

You should add the word 'silver' in your part list. I though they are just normal steel pin and throw them into the bin.

AKSA · « **Reply #4 on:** 4 Jan 2006, 01:39 am »

Hi Sam,

You got more quality than you expected!!

Cheers,

Hugh

Seano · « **Reply #5 on:** 4 Jan 2006, 06:45 am »

I'm with Sam!

I ignored them and soldered the Cat5 direct to the board.....

Geoff-AU · « **Reply #6 on:** 4 Jan 2006, 07:34 am »

well, soldering directly to the board is still 1 less junction and that's always going to be better. but there's no harm in using them for convenience since they are good quality

PSP · « **Reply #7 on:** 4 Jan 2006, 03:14 pm »

When building my GK-1 I ignored the pins and soldered all the I/O wires directly to the board... and then in subsequent cap-tweaking work I found that I was starting to lift some of the PCB pads to which I had soldered those direct wires. For the long-term life of the GK-1, I put those pcb pins back in. You can safely solder/desolder to the pins dozens of times with no effect on the PCB pads.

I might (or might not) be able to hear one more solder joint, but I can very definitely hear the sweet music that the GK-1 makes and (IMO) it's too much to risk for a small/marginal/possibly nonexistent benefit.

Peter