RCA Shorting Plugs

OK, thanks!

I tried the shorting plugs as well and they were brilliant, certainly could hear a difference between shorted and non-shorted.The problem it is difficult to get the truth out. When someone like tommylion tries something out and it works, we get people who have never tried this mod before, start putting forward their biased and one-sided point of view.Just because they have some qualification in electronics they feel if something does not fit their textbook opinions then it must be wrong.What lab tests and results of artifically controlled experiments give, and what happens in the real world, can be two very much different things.The shorting plugs reduce the noise floor and allow more detail to come through. Exactly what tommylion described i found the same thing after much listening, and my wife agreed.If you do not have a noise problem you will probably hear little improvement.If you want to learn more try this, then report back:1. Solder a 100 ohm resistor across a working input, not an unused input.2. Listen.3. Post your findings here.

If you want to learn more try this, then report back:1. Solder a 100 ohm resistor across a working input, not an unused input.2. Listen.3. Post your findings here.

Keep in mind that most source components and most preamps and line stages cannot drive 100 ohms with good or even half-way decent results.  And as you may be aware the manufacturers of many tube-based source components and preamps recommend **minimum** load impedances in the area of 20,000 to 50,000 ohms.

There are some source components and preamps which can do that, and of course 100 ohms would be a reasonable load for many low output moving coil phono cartridges.  But the great majority of components providing line-level outputs can't come close to driving an impedance which is that low, while providing reasonable results.

Regards,
-- Al
  

Do you think 100 ohms across an analogue input may damage something
Thanks.