question for those who build wopls

[MarkWComer]

I never understood why the European DIN connectors never caught on in the USA.

 

[mlucitt]

I never understood why the European DIN connectors never caught on in the USA.

DIN stands for 'Deutsches Institut für Normung' which means 'German Institute of Standardization'. DIN develops norms and standards as a service to industry, to the state and to society as a whole. It is a registered non profit organization which has been based in Berlin since 1917.
Some of our parents had issues with these particular standards due to the activities of the Germans in 1939.

 

[laatsch55]

I use DIN rails every day to mount electromechanical relays in pump panels...way handy.

 

[MarkWComer]

DIN stands for 'Deutsches Institut für Normung' which means 'German Institute of Standardization'. DIN develops norms and standards as a service to industry, to the state and to society as a whole. It is a registered non profit organization which has been based in Berlin since 1917.
Some of our parents had issues with these particular standards due to the activities of the Germans in 1939.

I connected a Philips reel deck to a Telefunken amp once- one single 5- pin DIN cable. Too damn easy! It seemed to me that the Euros had the right idea about audio interconnection, never saw it on our Japanese made components.

 

[J!m]

I was told (on old Kenwood anyway) sound quality is not as good via DIN as compared to RCA.

That was second hand so might have been false. I have DIN connections on my Kenwood open reel, cassette decks and integrated, though the integrated has only one DIN connection (tape 2 I think).

 

[wattsabundant]

I bought a bunch of 1/4"-RCA adapters off Amazon and they are JUNK. Everyone broke by normal tension when removing them.

 

[mlucitt]

I bought a bunch of 1/4"-RCA adapters off Amazon and they are JUNK. Everyone broke by normal tension when removing them.

Chinese? Regardless, some QC or even basic manufacturing decisions are less than optimal. I hope you did not pay more that $2.00 each for them.
How about these? Only $125 to ship them...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/5x-RCA-Pho...243699?hash=item5691f9a1f3:g:eY0AAOSwdW9aCudj