[BC] Old Cannon Mic Connector

[PeterH5322@aol.com]

In a message dated 11/5/05 4:01:16 AM, DHultsman5 at aol.com writes:


> The connector used on the 655C and 666 mikes was a Cannon? UA Series?
> Connector.
> 
Definitely UA series, for something made in the early to mid 1950s.


> I believe the RCA connector was different.
> 
Either Power (P prefix) or Oval (O prefix).

I suspect Oval, as the part number was something like O3...


Incidentally, I recently came a cross a stereo pair of RCA 77-series mikes, 
and the factory connectors were Russell & Stoll locking power connectors, of 
the general type which would later be found on certain IBM mainframe computer 
I/O device power cables.

What's really bizarre is a standard mike connector in the pre-Cannon P days 
... which, in turn, pre-dated the Cannon UA days ... in an around L.A., but 
most particularly in the film industry, was a Hubbell Twist-Lock power connector.