Shorting caps/Cardas protective caps worth the $?

i have never used the shorting plugs but i am using the clear rubber protective plug covers on my unused rca's & the cardas caps on unused xlr's.

neither did anything for sound but they do a fine job of keeping dust out of the terminals which is all i wanted to begin with,IMO they are worth the small cost.

mike.

Bigjoe, where can we find the rubber plug covers?

The Cardas caps don't short out the connector, they just cover it. No down-side to using them. Since they are solid metal they theoretically could prevent RF from entering the connector. I can't honestly say that's a problem, but it's relatively cheap insurance, at least compared to some of the other things we buy!