Markertek.com, possibly...they are a major supplier to the broadcasting industry...or so they claim.

They've had a good selection of Neutrik products in the past.

http://www.fullcompass.com also has a good selection of neutrik.

I get my neutrik from
http://www.redco.com

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Definitely http://www.redco.com. They have the best selection, prices, and service from what I can tell. Parts Express is close, but not quite.

Chris at Redco has always gotten my stuff to me fast and answered questions, handled problems, etc.

Thanks everyone.
At the Redco site right now. $2.23 for the XLR/TRS combo.
$2.35 for the normalized one.

Which brings me to...
What does normalizing it do?

xlr / trs

I am in the process of racking up some channel strips. I went to the Parts Express site & they do have several different XLR/TRS pannel mount jacks listed....so I will ask the same question as the original poster.....which one should I use for mic pre input?
thanks

If I understand the term "normalized" as it relates to audio connectors correctly, then:

Normalized jacks would be for use in building a conventional patchbay, where convention dictates a row of input jacks and a row of output jacks...in this design you'd want the in-jacks and the out-jacks connected electrically, so, I assume normalized TRS/XLR combo jacks might have an additional conductor terminal?... and... this extra terminal would be for connecting (shorting) the jacksets together?...and...if you'd just be wanting to use the jacks as simple inputs, then you wouldn't need jacks with this extra conductor terminal?

I've had zero experience with building patchbays, so I'm actually sort of guessing.

The concept of "normalled" audio connections gets pretty weird, and I don't pretend to have a vast knowledge of it.

:roll:

Ok, for the panel mounts, I would go to this website:

http://

He has some really good panel mounts. They have threads on the actual panel mount so you don't have to use any nuts. This makes a pretty big difference whenever you have a bunch to do. Plus they're easier to change because you can leave everything soldered and just switch that particular panel mount to a different spot on the panel, etc.

Then, I usually get the "DP" label plates from Redco. You can get them to print just about any label you want on there. I'd also buy the rack panel from the guy at TrikTags. I've done several racks with this method from 2-space racks with one pre to mobile shock-mounted racks with 18 spaces, etc. It's really a good system. The guys at both TrikTags and Redco will give you great customer service and about the best prices. I'm going to try and upload one pic of a rack with these products.

Oh yeah...for regular mic cable stuff, the NC3MX and NC3FX from Neutrik are the least expensive and they still get the job done. Easy to solder also.

There's a shot of one of my panels. Redco's labeling plates now come in different colors also.