2002-11-25 E-mail posted to monster on there feedback page:
Hey Monster, Where have you been hiding for at least the last 35 or more years? You designate the 3.5 mm mini-phono plug as 1/8 inch. It has never been that size, it has always been 3.5 mm. 1/8 inch is only 3.2 mm. If you connect a 3.2 mm plug into a 3.5 mm socket, the fit will be very lose. In fact I just measured some of the components I have at home with a pair of millimetre calibrated micrometers and the pin diameter is exactly 3.5 mm. Also, another plug smaller than the 3.5 mm measures exactly 2.5 mm See here as an example: http://www.amabilidade2002.com/audio16.htm Please correct your error by getting rid of the 1/8 inch nonsense and state the mini plug as having a true 3.5 mm diameter. Calling it 1/8 inch will not make it so, it will always be a 3.5 mm diameter connector. Just like calling a floppy disk by 3.5 inches, does not make it so. It is in fact 90 mm x 94 mm x 3.3 mm, none of these converts to 3.5 inch. John ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2002-11-25 12:29 Subject: [USMA:23575] Re: cables > In a message dated 11/25/2002 11:10:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > >Funny, if you go tot he website, and go to the cables section, you get the > >cable lengths in feet, but to those obvious, they are conversions from > >metres. It just goes to show you what ignorant luddites run some of these > >businesses. > > > >John > > > > Or, more likely, it's the description provided to them by the manufacturer. From a quick glance, it appears that the people who run Monster Cable are still in the cave with Fred, Wilma, Barney, and Betty. > > Carleton >
