Short Out Plugs

Radio Shack sells a bag of colored plastic RCA's; unscrew the cover, bend over the metal to short the plug, apply small amount of solder, screw cap back, and fill void with silicone. 8 plugs for about 5 bucks. Any cheaper ya gotta steal em!! Oh yeah...INPUTS ONLY!!!!!

Right on Notdigital !!! I have used this "trick" many times and reccomend it quite frequently. Since the specific circuit is shorted or "shunted" to ground, you don't have to use "high quality" connectors. The cheapest ones will more than suffice. Sean
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I almost forgot. Some preamps are not "stable" designs and may react adversely to installing "shunts" or "shorting plugs". If this is the case, using something like Cardas caps or "shield plugs" would be the next best thing. Sean
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Thanks guys. Dare I ask if these plugs would be useful in other parts of my system. Unused amp or dac inputs? Please let me know. I only want to make one trip to RADIO SHACK. Again many thanks for the money saving suggestion.

Sean, is there anyway to make a shield plug?