Chooby

Hmm, bit of a worry actually. Even worse, my generic plug was $16 at Tandy (I hate having to shop there but sometimes there's no option). Thing is, I do quite a bit of audio tech work and while I try not to use cheap leads I've never had crackles like this before. On the positive side, it may also be possible that there is a certain amount of "breaking in" that occurs on this input !?? . I'll be put it through some testing this week and will let you know if I have any success. I'm determined to make this sucker work because I'm really digging the whole HIMD thing

For what its worth, I have experienced this crackling too and I have not used a mono jack at any stage. My NH900 is brand new so I haven't had a chance to look into it properly but I'll definetly be giving this jack cleaning a try. It didn't seem to occur when plugging the Sony mic (ECMDS70p) straight in but only when I had it connected to an extension lead. anyhoo, good luck