RCA ports a bit fragile?

[harkpabst]

Many years ago I bought a recommended RCA cable from Tandy or Laskys and it was so tight it pulled off the outer part of my amplifier RCA sockets when I tried to remove it.

That I can understand. More twisting, less pushing and pulling. But that has nothing to do with the outer dimensions of the RCA plug or the recess in the Ultras casework.

RCA connectors are not bad by design. Otherwise they would not have remained in continuous use since the 1930s. They are frequently cheaply made or unsuitable for some applications.

Compared to the beautiful lockable DIN connectors made by Preh (as used by Naim in the good old days) or BNC connectors I would say ... yup, bad by design.

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[Barrowboy]

My suggestion to those prone to disconnecting and reconnecting these suspect RCA connections is to find and install suitable short extensions. The additional strain relief will extend the life of the OEM connections.

Wish I'd done that. I was changing amps. A 3e audio (RCA to XLR connection) to 2 iotavx pa amps. When I originally inserted the RCA end into the wiim, I thought "this seems a bit tight!"