Tom Baldwin Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 Can anybody recommend a better source than (any of):VDC, Canford, Studiospares, RS, Farnell, Maplin, AC Lightingfor sensibly priced Neutrik black 5 pin panel mount XLRs (male and female) - ideally DL series, but not essential. I suppose black isn't essential either, but it is more rock & roll :) Best price I've got so far (out of the above) is from VDC, at £6.57 for female and £4.64 for male. Quantity is a (small) handful, so quantity breaks don't really help me. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted October 13, 2004 Share Posted October 13, 2004 NC5FD-L-B-1 and NC5MD-L-B-1 So the best price you've been given is the 1+ list less 5p for the female and 2p for the male? What quantities do you call small? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Baldwin Posted October 13, 2004 Author Share Posted October 13, 2004 Less than 10 of each sex. I was a bit surprised by the list price, and didn't necessarily expect to pay (pretty well) full list price - although as several companies in my list are charging over list... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 A word of advice - don't be tempted by the cheap black ones from RS, they're sh*te. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 cpc 5 pin panel plug CN0030866 £3.80 single price5 pin panel skt CN0031166 £6.06 they're neutriks if cheap has to be very cheap - they do the cliff plastic ones at just over and just under a quid - although they're pcb pins, not buckets. odd, the price difference as they are a farnell company.www.cpc.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdrage Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 I was going to suggest Connectronics, part of the Raper and Wayman group, but their websites have disappeared. Looking a bit further, it appears that they are in liquidation. See here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robloxley Posted October 17, 2004 Share Posted October 17, 2004 Have you got a VDC account - if so they'll do you end of line prices even if you're only buying one or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 A big shame about Raper & Wayman. I always found them good to deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Baldwin Posted October 18, 2004 Author Share Posted October 18, 2004 Have you got a VDC account - if so they'll do you end of line prices even if you're only buying one or two.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> Didn't know that. Will have to look into getting an account set up, then! I'm thinking of going for the Neutrik B series connectors instead, and just living with the fact they don't have solder buckets. Rear mounting isn't a problem in this application, so they should be fine - or I could save more money, and get the A series ones - can't seem much difference when you get to 5 pin (both are nearly all plastic, compared with the 3 pin ones, where the B series seems to have significantly more metal). It's not for a pro install, so won't take the same regular abuse that would mandate DL connectors. Cheers for the useful advice, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mush Posted October 25, 2004 Share Posted October 25, 2004 An Ebay vendor has a load of chassis mount, and sure if you ask , cable mount 5pin XLRs , got some at a great price myself: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...ssPageName=WDVW Raised a smile when found out who the original vendor was ;-) HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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