Banana Plugs
Mark P
I understand these go on the end of the speaker wire making connecting up
much easier.
(thanks to mark, guy and fama for the info)
I think these would be a good idea for myself as i will disconnect and
reconnect my speakers
a number times.
1) Can anyone tell me do you connnect a banana plug to each end of the
speaker wire.
ie one end for the speaker one for the amp or are bananplugs only designed
to go into the amp end?
2) Are these banana plugs easy to fit, can i fit it myself, do i need any
special tool?
3) Quality wise, Are there such things as ixos/qed etc banana plugs or are
they all the same
can i just get any brand, there isnt such a thing as 'high quality' banana
plugs, is this something i need to worry about?.
ps. - Amp is Yamaha RXV620 speakers will be mission m series
thanks for your help
Bal
"Mark P" <sp...@nothanks.com> wrote in message
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Banana plugs come with a variety of connection possibilities. The purists
may argue that you should solder the speaker wire to the banana plug but can
get one's that allow you to either solder or alternatively grasp the wire
with either screw down or wrap around method. As to whether banana plugs are
require at both ends of the speaker depends entirely on your you amp and
speakers to accept banana plugs. As to quality I have seen banana plugs vary
in price from a couple of quid to £50 plus and we will start getting into
the a debate similar to the £50 scart vs 50p scart.
Bal
BroomFondle
You can get banana plugs at reasonable cost from Maplins - a good quality
set of 4 gold plated Profigold plugs will cost £5 - dont get the long ones
they will fit but you just dont need them thet long. They have 2 gripper
screws per plug, though I prefer to solder mine with silver solder. Many
people reckon these perform as well as some of the more esoteric brands.
Paul
Tim (BY2)
Banana plugs are best used if you are likely to be connecting/disconnecting
your amp and speakers quite often. Also they are good for use, where your
speaker cable is quite thick and doesn't easily fit your amplifier or
speaker terminals.
(In an ideal world, we can do without banana (otherwise known as "4mm")
plugs as they introduce extra connections between the source and the
receiving products).
Most banana plugs are gold plated brass, which is not the best material to
use, but it works and it's quite cheap to produce.
In the context of your system, connectors from Maplin, Insert Audio (and
others) will do the job well enough.
Most banana plugs use a simple grub screw mechanism to hold the cable in
place. This is good enough for you.
But at some time in the future you may need to take off the banana plugs as
many copper speaker cables oxidise and will build up a resistance at the
joint. So, after maybe six months or a year, take off each of the banana
plugs and cut off the first 5 or 10mm of cable and re-fit the plugs onto the
newly exposed fresh copper.
Good luck,
T.
fama
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Mark P <sp...@nothanks.com> wrote in message
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1.YES connected at both ends
2.YES the type I usually buy are fixed by a twin screw holding the wire
3.YES you can get expensive ones,i usually buy them I think £5 for 4 gold
plated
even that is expensive.
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