TIL you don't always need the super expensive compression fittings. Cheap ones saved me on a job in rural Ohio.

Was running 500 feet of RG6 through a farmhouse attic last month. Customer didn't want to pay for the premium fittings I usually swear by. Grabbed some no-name bag ones from the truck just to get it done. Figured they'd fail in a month. Six weeks later and signal is still clean. Made me rethink if I'm wasting money on the name brand stuff.

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amy3029d ago

My cousin used those cheap fittings on his whole house speaker setup in 1998 and they are STILL working. He just used them because he ran out of the good ones and was too lazy to drive 20 miles back to Radio Shack. Makes me wonder if we have all been brainwashed by marketing.

amy_reed799d ago

Saw an old forum post from an audio engineer once... he did the same thing at a church installation back in the 90s, just used whatever fittings were handy. Those cheap connectors apparently outlasted the expensive ones he bought later. Kinda makes you think all that talk about "oxygen free" and "gold plated" is just noise.