3.5mm audio jack

[knuttle]

I wish Radio Shack was still around. I want to make a few standard 3.5mm audio extension cables.

I can find on Amazon TRS 3-pole male/female solder connectors. That's what I need for my current application to repair one cable.

But while I'm at it, I may as well buy a kit but all the kits I can find on Amazon are only TRS 3-pole or TRRS (4-pole) (which I don't need right now).

And almost always they sell the male without the female (which seems odd).

My question is whether the 4-pole mic audio jack is downward compatible. Is it?

If it is, is it then ok to buy the 4-connection audio jack to use with 3?

And do you have a better source for a male _and_ female pack of about 3 to 5 each of these standard 3.5 mm solder connection audio jacks?

[Marilyn Manson]

Have you looked at Monoprice?

They may not have a kit, but they have cables of just about every configuration and length and their prices are pretty amazing.

This may be a situation where buying a kit and making your own might not be worth the trouble. Check it out and let us know what you think.

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This outfit is local to me, but they also do online orders.

Search for catalog numbers 25145 & 25157

Also AFAIK, you could have 4 pole on one end and 3 on the other, Just don't use the 2nd Ring

[knuttle]

I'll try them as what I really want is a matched set of a few males and females for my parts box and then I can mix and match on the spot any time I need to make custom cables & on the spot repairs. (My cables are 35' long.)

But I still need to know whether 4 pole connectors work in 3 pole designs?

I am looking to repair what I have where one of my 35 foot extension cables only needs one male end but I'd also like to make my own connections on the spot when I need them of male:male & female:female for my repair parts box.

What I need to confirm first is if the 4 pole connectors are downward compatible as I may as well stock only one type if it works for all types.