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00:01Alright, quick one for everybody who's tired of throwing away perfectly good headphones over a
00:06busted cable end. I went down a rabbit hole hunting the best deals for top 5 audio connectors for
00:12DIY cable repairs, and I came back with 5 cheap little parts that have saved me way more money
00:17than they cost. If you own a soldering iron or you're about to stick around, because number 4
00:22is basically $1.50. First up, the 3-pin 3.5mm panel mount socket with a nut on it.
00:30This is the fix-it-and-forget-it one, because that locking nut means the jack bolts into your
00:34enclosure and never wiggles loose again. Great for guitar pedals, headphone amps, DIY boxes,
00:40anything where you've got a hole to fill. 323, 4800 sold, 4.9 stars, that's as close to a sure
00:48thing as this hobby gets. Next, the 5-pack of 4-pole TRRS male plugs. 4-pole is the big
00:55one here,
00:56because that's what you need for headphone cables with a mic and inline controls,
00:59the ones that normally cost you a whole new pair of cans. 5 of them for 445. 4.7 stars,
01:07nearly 4,700 sold, and honestly the 4-pole option is what makes this pack stand out from the generic
01:13stuff. Third, a 5-pack of 3.5mm to 6.35mm adapters, stereo and mono. Sounds boring until you remember
01:23how
01:23often you need to plug a little earbud jack into a big quarter-inch amp input, and your adapter's gone
01:28missing again. 5 for 310. 4.8 stars, 4,400 sold. Buy once, stop borrowing your bandmates.
01:39Fourth is the cheap one, and it's probably the best value on the list. A 2-to-20-piece set
01:44of 2.5 and 3.5
01:46mm audio plugs, mono and stereo, in 2, 3 and 4-pole versions, basically every plug you'd ever need
01:52when you're repairing headphones or re-terminating a speaker cable. Starts at $1.46 for a couple of
01:59pieces. 4.8 stars, over 2,000 sold. If you're just starting out, this is your starter drawer.
02:06That's the list.
