New Rega DAC

What's the issue as far as grip? Are your interconnect cables coming loose easily, or are the RCA jacks wobbly?

I don't have any issues with mine. I didn't throughly inspect them, but had no reason to. If it helps, I used Audioquest King Cobras, which seemed a bit loose on everything (no more loose on the Rega), and now use Kimber Heros with locking RCAs.

Hi Kbarkamian

I haven't purchased the new Rega DAC yet. I was going to try and find a dealer so I can audition it. I was just starting to do some preliminary research and saw the pics of the rear of the Rega DAC. When I compared it to the Wyred 4 Sound DAC-1 or even the Grant Fidelity DAC-09 or DAC-11 it looked like the Rega's RCA jacks were of inferior quality. The output jacks of my much older stock McCormack DAC-1 looked more solid which then lead to my previous post. I was just curious about the RCA jacks.

Good to know you aren't having issues with SQ of the Rega DAC and that those RCA jacks are holding up. I was planning to use Outlaw Audio PCA ICs with it which have a locking feature but are a bit bulky. I was also thinking of using MAC Velvet ICs which aren't so bulky and grip really well.

The RCAs are standard RCAs as far as I know. Nothing special about them, and nothing inferior either. They look like any other RCA jack I've seen on gear.

Not to open a can of worms, but I doubt the high grade RCA jacks do anything more than look pretty anyway.