Connectors are usually built to a spec that is used in other industrial applications. Most (all?) crimp/compression connectors are designed to crimp to the wire’s insulator to meet common spec of 50-lbs of pull. Using either Canare or ADC connectors and coax, you can literally reach up, yank on any part of the cable to disconnect the RCA jack without any fear whatsoever of causing damage to the cable. Can’t say the same for your eyeball. The heavyweight connector (ADC or Canare) at the other end of the cable can whip back, becoming a projectile on a trajectory to your face. (Humm…does he speak from experience?)
As I mentioned, you definitely don’t want the soldered joints to also carry the burden of securing against wire strain. Soldering should be only for electrical continuity. See the Neutrik XLR connectors. You solder the wires inside, then the base screws onto and compresses the wire’s insulation to protect the solder joints from strain. If those GLS connectors work that way, you’re good to go. If the base just screws over the solder connection without crimping the insulation, I would pass on those RCA connectors.
Claudermilk – I compared the pix of the locking banana plug on that website with some I bought from Blue Jeans Cable. They look exactly identical, inside and out, except for the GLS decal.
Locking ban plugs from BJC - $5.25/pr.
Locking ban plugs from OCS - $11.50/pr
NOTE: The banana plugs you buy loose from BJC are not the same as the plugs they have pictured for use on their pre-assembled speaker cables. BJC doesn’t have any pix of the loose banana plugs on their website for you to compare.
Blue Jeans Cable – Seattle, WA 981
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Westlake Elect – Seattle, WA 981
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Just for kicks I stuck their addresses in MapQuest/driving directions. They’re 2.3miles apart.