ICs with slim RCA Barrels?

@audioman58 , @dynacohum : thanks for your suggestions. 

@gemoody 

Some Schiit designs are hard to reconcile

I agree. Sometimes it seems like they can't make up their minds who their target customer base is. 

Lots of vintage gear, like tube amps and tape decks, have obnoxiously close RCA inputs. In these cases, I found Audioquest's older RCA plug design - ala Diamondback, King Cobra, Jaguar, Panther, Cheetah, Leopard - work great, and are very good quality to boot. 

@mulveling 

Thanks.

I guess I should've kept those old Cheetahs, after all !  ;o/

I'm going to try Darwins, as recommended by @nonoise 

Older AQs.  I have an extra 1M pair of Diamonbacks if you are interested.

Best regards.

I used LessLoss IC before I went to XLR cabling. They made me a custom pair with narrow RCA jacks for no additional price increase. An expensive, though not outlandish, quality IC.