yes so thats why a sacrificial adapter is a good idea. easy and cheap to replace cable and adapter but not so easy to take the thing apart.
and you can mate em so it grounds first.
I also have a giant bag of RCAs, but there is no reason why you can't use a sacrificial adapter.
honestly the comment was mainly triggered by someone suggesting some crazy ass shit with washers (wtf?) but its still not a bad idea if you can stand 4$ adapters
the washer thing is nuts because real connectors come in real isolated versions, like bulkhead BNC isolated, not relying on filing holes etc to make the thing align. I just assumed RCA does not even have real isolated mounts.
FFS, dude. Nobody cares about your anti-RCA crusade.
1. I've never heard of an RCA jack wearing out. They're so simple, what is there to wear out?? It's not as though they have a bunch of moving parts. It's a simple friction fit.
2. If you had bad experiences with them, it was almost certainly due to bad
cables, not bad jacks, or due to substantial corrosion, which could affect any connector.
3. RCA jacks come at every conceivable price point, including ones that are inherently insulated from the enclosure. This particular model is designed to work either way. That's a deliberate design decision of this jack model, not an inherent property of RCA jacks. That you don't understand how this model is designed doesn't make it "crazy ass shit".
4. They are THE standard in home audio. It doesn't matter what you think about the connector design, if you want a product that readily connects, you use RCA. It works fine for this application. The OP was not asking for opinions on what connectors to choose, and it's arrogant of you to keep belaboring the point.
The only legitimate criticism of RCA jacks, IMHO, is the issue of the signal making contact before ground. But let's be realistic, in its intended application, this isn't an issue. It's not as though RCA jacks' intended uses include routine hot-plugging.