Patch panels - what's good?

[Flounder]

At the moment I've got all my gear hooked up via neutrik 1/4 inch jack patch panels.

I like these because adding/removing cables is easy. But I'm a-thinking, maybe I need to move to something more "pro". So a bantam patchbay looks interesting, but the idea of soldering round the back of it terrifies my.

Basically what I'd like to know is: Is a bantam bay going to sound sonically better then the 1/4 jack-bay I'm using? I figure it will because there will be less soldered conections with a bantam bay.

I'd love to stick with my Neutrik bays but am worried they might be degrading my sound.

Anyone?

[zimv20]

i've got some ADC punchdown patchbays. i haven't noticed any signal loss since hooking them up.

punchdown means no need to solder at the patchbay end, but you'll either have to solder the connectors on the other side or have someone do that for you (Redco just did a batch for me).

i opted for the military-style 1/4" telephone jacks instead of TT. i heard the larger ones make better contact. dunno how much that really matters, though.

get TT if space is an issue.