N Cook wrote:

Yes that is another odd query
Are USA RCA connectors exactly the same as UK phono connectors or do they
get loose with age in a way that phonos don't.
The outer connections mate ok, but the inner socket ones seem very sloppy,
but not apparently fractured or bent or anything


The inner contacts float in some RCA connectors, to prevent damage.

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