[Elecraft] K2 headphone jack

[Vic K2VCO]

ken wrote:
> Mine has failed *twice* now (requiring a replacement jack both times).
> I am kind of fearful to plug anything into it anymore.  
> For me, at this point, it is almost predictable that it *will* fail (YMMV).

It's funny. I have K2 s/n 709 which was built in the first year that the 
K2 was released, and I do a reasonable amount of plugging and unplugging 
of both the phones and external speaker jack, and have had no problems.

I think that getting components like this of reasonable quality is 
becoming more difficult, as consumer electronic devices today seem to be 
designed to fail quickly so that you will buy new ones.

I'm not talking about the K2, just the fact that there may not be a big 
market for high-quality components out there. I know that Elecraft tries 
to buy the best!
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73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco