Full fit
6.35 mm TRS plug
The intended pairing. Whether it carries stereo or a balanced mono pair is a property of the devices, not the connectors.
Contacts
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | tip |
| 2 | ring |
| 3 | sleeve |
What it mates with
Mating is directional, so the two lists below are genuinely different: a TS plug in a TRS socket and a TRS plug in a TS socket short different things.
6.35 mm TRS jack used as the plug
Nothing recorded with this connector as the plug.
6.35 mm TRS jack used as the receptacle
Partial fit
6.35 mm TS plug
It seats fully and feels correct. This is the single most common silent audio fault.
- shortThe plug's long sleeve covers the jack's ring as well as its sleeve, so the ring is shorted to ground. On a stereo output the right channel is grounded; on a balanced output the cold leg is grounded and the signal drops about 6 dB.
Devices with this connector
NUX · drum module
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