Buying Sound equipment
First it started with a long walk around Ronald Ngala and Mfangano streets. Many stalls selling speakers, sub woofers but almost none with a 3.5 mm jack. Few even understood what 3.5 mm jacks are, I got asked what season of this I wanted. The only place I got them , they were at Ksh 20. Using them, you have to maintain them plugged at angle θ, otherwise the jack doesn't work. Today it disintegrated, part of it is stuck in some equipment, the other is shown here (complete with earbud to stabilize): http://yfrog.com/muhcojj Please help me before the government has to spend taxpayers money on me in Mathare, where in Nairobi can I get decent 3.5 mm jacks and a speaker wire. I need to replace my Creative SBS A300 jack which broke after 4 years of service. Price guidance will be appreciated too. -- with Regards: blog.denniskioko.com <http://www.denniskioko.com/>
Got this from a DJ pal: yes, these 3 quarter jacks are a nuisance - i get mine somewhere in a lane off luthuli - to circumvent some of the problems i buy bulk so go testing which works, which does not hum - the falling apart lol! i think the best way around is to check Nipuls shop in westlands-sound creations and Dj Ohm's shop first floor in the buliding that homeboys have their offices baricho rd-so far thse two dealers do not dissapoint. - they could also advise where to get On Jun 20, 2012 1:41 AM, "Dennis Kioko" <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
First it started with a long walk around Ronald Ngala and Mfangano streets. Many stalls selling speakers, sub woofers but almost none with a 3.5 mm jack.
Few even understood what 3.5 mm jacks are, I got asked what season of this I wanted.
The only place I got them , they were at Ksh 20.
Using them, you have to maintain them plugged at angle θ, otherwise the jack doesn't work.
Today it disintegrated, part of it is stuck in some equipment, the other is shown here (complete with earbud to stabilize): http://yfrog.com/muhcojj
Please help me before the government has to spend taxpayers money on me in Mathare, where in Nairobi can I get decent 3.5 mm jacks and a speaker wire. I need to replace my Creative SBS A300 jack which broke after 4 years of service. Price guidance will be appreciated too.
-- with Regards:
blog.denniskioko.com <http://www.denniskioko.com/>
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also check with Kenya Electronics in Westlands . Waumini house ________________________________ From: amanya <whynnot@gmail.com> To: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 9:01 AM Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Buying Sound equipment Got this from a DJ pal: yes, these 3 quarter jacks are a nuisance - i get mine somewhere in a lane off luthuli - to circumvent some of the problems i buy bulk so go testing which works, which does not hum - the falling apart lol! i think the best way around is to check Nipuls shop in westlands-sound creations and Dj Ohm's shop first floor in the buliding that homeboys have their offices baricho rd-so far thse two dealers do not dissapoint. - they could also advise where to get On Jun 20, 2012 1:41 AM, "Dennis Kioko" <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote: First it started with a long walk around Ronald Ngala and Mfangano streets. Many stalls selling speakers, sub woofers but almost none with a 3.5 mm jack.
Few even understood what 3.5 mm jacks are, I got asked what season of this I wanted.
The only place I got them , they were at Ksh 20.
Using them, you have to maintain them plugged at angle θ, otherwise the jack doesn't work.
Today it disintegrated, part of it is stuck in some equipment, the other is shown here (complete with earbud to stabilize): http://yfrog.com/muhcojj
Please help me before the government has to spend taxpayers money on me in Mathare, where in Nairobi can I get decent 3.5 mm jacks and a speaker wire. I need to replace my Creative SBS A300 jack which broke after 4 years of service. Price guidance will be appreciated too.
-- with Regards:
blog.denniskioko.com
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From the photo, I think it should also be fairly easy to make a similar RCA jack for yourself.
Martin. On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Aiizo Aiizo <aaiizo@yahoo.com> wrote:
also check with Kenya Electronics in Westlands . Waumini house
------------------------------ *From:* amanya <whynnot@gmail.com> *To:* Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 20, 2012 9:01 AM *Subject:* Re: [Skunkworks] Buying Sound equipment
Got this from a DJ pal: yes, these 3 quarter jacks are a nuisance - i get mine somewhere in a lane off luthuli - to circumvent some of the problems i buy bulk so go testing which works, which does not hum - the falling apart lol! i think the best way around is to check Nipuls shop in westlands-sound creations and Dj Ohm's shop first floor in the buliding that homeboys have their offices baricho rd-so far thse two dealers do not dissapoint. - they could also advise where to get On Jun 20, 2012 1:41 AM, "Dennis Kioko" <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
First it started with a long walk around Ronald Ngala and Mfangano streets. Many stalls selling speakers, sub woofers but almost none with a 3.5 mm jack.
Few even understood what 3.5 mm jacks are, I got asked what season of this I wanted.
The only place I got them , they were at Ksh 20.
Using them, you have to maintain them plugged at angle θ, otherwise the jack doesn't work.
Today it disintegrated, part of it is stuck in some equipment, the other is shown here (complete with earbud to stabilize): http://yfrog.com/muhcojj
Please help me before the government has to spend taxpayers money on me in Mathare, where in Nairobi can I get decent 3.5 mm jacks and a speaker wire. I need to replace my Creative SBS A300 jack which broke after 4 years of service. Price guidance will be appreciated too.
-- with Regards:
blog.denniskioko.com <http://www.denniskioko.com/>
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Lol, do one for myself? Well, I got what looks like a better jack, with metal cladding at some shop along River Road, about tow lanes off Ronald Ngala street, just at the corner of the second lane. Now looks like I have to do away with earth , as the speaker wire has only 2 wires and omits the earth one.
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