ESP™ Soldered Plug backup

DESCRIPTION The ESP-RA™ is the first solderable 1/4" phone connector from Evidence Audio and designed (like all of our products) with the primary purpose to sound demonstrably better than anything in it's class. What class does it fall in?  It's compact size and angled format makes it especially suitable for use with smaller cables on pedalboards. Cables with an outer diameter of 4 to 5 mm, or around 0.155". The current flood of plugs used to solder patch cables for a guitar pedalboard typically use a steel nail or pot metal to conduct the audio signal. Ferrous. Magnetic. While these plugs are compact for pedalboards, they cut corners by using inferior metals to carry the sound. They offer greater affordability yet greatly reduced audio quality.   MATERIALS The contact points of the ESP-RA are machined from a high-copper-content brass. Brass offers the appropriate hardness and strength required for a connector with very good conductivity to minimize distortions caused by the ca