I did as Jgiacalo described. Chopped the cable off leaving about 1/2", stripped the insulation and twisted the wires together. I didn't bother covering them with tape, I just twisted the exposed wires into a little pigtail real tight to the cap. You can do the same for non-shorting plugs, but in that case it is important that the wires are NOT shorted, and that they be covered so they don't short.
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seandtaylor99 +1 His suggestion works great for me. Noticeably cleans up some HF hash. For the 6 unused inputs on my preamp, instead of making stand-alone shorting plugs, I made 3 pair sets. In other words, I connected/shorted the bare wire from two RCA plugs together - and installed each pair in their respective left and right channels. I didn’t solder - just twisted the wires together and taped them. I was pleasantly surprised how easily I could hear the improvement. Defiinitely, DO NOT use shorting plugs for outputs! YMMV |
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