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Male DIN plug on cable cooker phono adapter

I have encountered a problem using the adapter for cooking the tonearm cable and phono cable on the Audiodharma cable cooker 2.5. The pins on the male DIN plug are of much smaller diameter than those on the cartridge. In order to create a solid contact, I have to squeeze down the diameter of the cartridge leads to fit onto and make solid contact with the pins on the DIN plug. Then I have to open them up again to reattach them to the cartridge pins (a difficult task I've found). It occurred to me that after I do that several times or less, the cartridge leads will break and have to be replaced -- a huge pain, especially for someone like me who is decided unhandy with a soldering iron.

Has anyone with a cable cooker encountered this problem and found a solution? Does anyone know whether anyone makes or would custom make a male DIN plug with pins the size of the pins on a phono cartridge?

Thanks, for any suggestions.

Ed
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cipherjuris OP
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Nsgarch,

Sorry to confuse you. I'm not bending the pins on the cartridge. I had to squeeze down the diameter of the cartridge leads on the tonearm wire to get them to make solid contact with the pins on the male DIN plug on the adapter cable because the pins on the cartridge are of a much larger diameter than those on the DIN plug. Then I had to open them up again to fit back onto the cartridge pins. I don't want to have to keep doing that to burn the tonearm cable and the phono cable, so I am trying to find a fix that will provide a DIN plug with pins of the same diameter as those on the cartridge.

From the responses I have had on and off line so far, such a DIN plug does not exist and would have to be created as a custom one-off piece. But so far I have not found anyone who thinks he can do it.

Ed

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cipherjuris OP
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Nsgarch,

Thanks, I think you'ver got something there. It sounds like you're talking about a DIN adapter plug that is female on both sides. I have not seen one like that, but that should work quite well. I'd be delighted to buy yours.

In fact, I would not need the extra cable. I could just plug one female end of the DIN adapter into the DIN on the cooker's adapter cable and insert the cartridge leads onto the brass wires soldered to the other end.

That would be a very simple solution.

Best,

Ed
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cipherjuris OP
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Thanks for the tips, guys.

I've been discussing the issue with Colleen Cardas. My idea is to have Cardas make a DIN adapter that is female on one end and on the other has 4 copper wires of the same diameter as cartridge pins. We'll see if she agrees to do it, and I will let you know the outcome on this thread, of course.

Best,

Ed
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