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Good cheap source for Pioneer speaker plugs

SX-1000_Fan

SX-1000_Fan

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Hello everyone, I need a good cheap source for the old Pioneer speaker plugs like were on the older SX Series Stereo receivers, I have an old SX-1000 that when I got it it didn't come with any plugs and I had bought a single set of rigged up plugs that were made by Cinch that had removeable plug blades so you could make any kind of speaker plug out of it you wanted, but its the kind that has to be permanently mounted to your speaker wire rather than having screw terminals like the originals so its kind of a pain if I wanted to switch to a different stereo system that didn't use those plugs.

The problem is that on ebay a set of those plugs is $26 and a set of 4 of them is $46 and I don't want to spend that kind of money to get those plugs.

If there is anyone on here that knows of a place that sells those plugs for under $50 I would appreciate the info so I can use my SX-1000 without having to jury-rig it every time I want to use it, or if anyone on here has any spare plugs laying around that they could send me for the cost of shipping that would be cool too.

Thanks for your help in the matter.
 
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good luck with that. i modified my 1500td and 9000 by pulling "A" channel receptacles and fabbing up a fiberglass board with 4 pomona banana receptacles. i could have used rca jacks i guess but didnt think of it at the time.
 
mibag6 said:
Try mouser, digikey, allied etc...
Here's Mouser, remove center pin.
Or, search the forum, lots of threads on this.
https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Cinch/P-303H-CCT?qs=sGAEpiMZZMtlHkZW%2B%2BquYUElzrOk8zvbdS4tT1RjVeQ=
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That's the kind of plugs I have right now, I don't really like the fact that its more of a permanent solution which makes it harder to change out my stereo systems if I wanted to, because I have an SX-737 that has regular thumbscrew style speaker hookups on the back rather than the old speaker plugs like the SX-1000 has and it would be nice to be able to just disconnect the wires from some screw terminals or something like that rather than having to constantly disassemble and reassemble a plug that is meant to be a permanent solution.
 
eiraved said:
Nice solution! I'd be afraid to leave those terminals bare, as it increases the probability of a short. Adding some heat shrink would help eliminate any accidental contact.
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I had read elsewhere where someone had actually taken a regular 110 Volt plug, bent one of the prongs sideways so that it would match up with the vertical facing pin of the speaker jack and just wired up the speaker to the plug and had a nicely insulated and non-permanent (easily removeable) speaker plug.

But I was hoping I could get ahold of some OEM Pioneer Speaker plugs on the cheap, but it looks like I may have to save up my pennies in order to do that unfortunately.

Which I realize the OEM Pioneer speaker plugs are kind of scarce and that's why they charge so much for them when they come up on eBay, but I have seen listings where people were selling sets of 2 or 4 of those OEM Pioneer speaker plugs and they had over 40 or 50 lots of them, and they were charging $50 a set for them which seems kind of ridiculous because if there are people selling sets of 2 or 4 of those plugs and have over 50 lots of them to sell it makes me think they aren't as scarce as the price of them would lead you to believe they are...o_O:rolleyes:
 
SX-1000_Fan said:
But I was hoping I could get ahold of some OEM Pioneer Speaker plugs on the cheap, but it looks like I may have to save up my pennies in order to do that unfortunately.

Which I realize the OEM Pioneer speaker plugs are kind of scarce and that's why they charge so much for them when they come up on eBay, but I have seen listings where people were selling sets of 2 or 4 of those OEM Pionner speaker plugs and they had over 40 or 50 lots of them, and they were charging $50 a set for them which seems kind of ridiculous because if there are people selling sets of 2 or 4 of those plugs and have over 50 lots of them to sell it makes me think they aren't as scarce as the price of them would lead you to believe they are...o_O:rolleyes:
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You should become an AK Subscriber so you can get access to BarterTown. I've seen folks on BT selling these OEM plugs for much less than what you've seen on the Bay. You could post a "want to buy" ad and get a few hits.
 
BTW, discussions of price per AK rules are limited to the "Dollars and Sense" forum. You may want to ask the moderators to move this discussion over there.
 
eiraved said:
BTW, discussions of price per AK rules are limited to the "Dollars and Sense" forum. You may want to ask the moderators to move this discussion over there.
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I'm not discussing the price of anything in that sense, I'm trying to find a source for Pioneer speaker plugs that isn't outrageously priced like ebay is, that kind of discussion is completely valid here, because I'm not asking for the value of anything and I'm not asking to buy anything from someone or selling anything to anyone.
 
eiraved said:
You should become an AK Subscriber so you can get access to BarterTown. I've seen folks on BT selling these OEM plugs for much less than what you've seen on the Bay. You could post a "want to buy" ad and get a few hits.
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I can't afford to do that unfortunately, because I don't make that much money when I am working, (currently not working due to the place that I normally work at being closed because of the corona virus outbreak).
 
Take a look at these adapters on eBay. Note that one of the pins is twisted 90° and that there are holes punched near the ends of the blades.

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I would bet that these started out as an AC plug as @RobinTW suggested. Theoretically you could do the same thing yourself using inexpensive binding posts and an EU to US adapter like this.

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Or use an EU to Australia adapter, and twist each pin 45° instead, which would place less stress on each pin

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The cheapest is to take a 12 or 14 gauge wire and flatten it, then tin it with solder. Its stiff enough to insert and holds the connection if tinned to proper thickness. If your attempt fails, snip off that inch of wire and try again making adjustments.
 
So -- I have (literally) never thought about this before, but is the spacing of the two connectors on the old Pioneer plugs the same as that of a (US) 20A AC mains plug?

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RobinTW said:
This is my easy fix. You need to file down the pins a little bit, though.

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This was exactly my solution on my SX1000 when I was 13 year old. Yours have quality, on mine no filing, I hammered the terminals to the point it fits and hammered it in the socket; it was a permanent solution I thought I was brilliant. Good memories.:rflmao:
I actually shorted the speakers many times did not hurt the amp, that amp is amazing.
 
SX-1000_Fan said:
That's the kind of plugs I have right now, I don't really like the fact that its more of a permanent solution which makes it harder to change out my stereo systems if I wanted to, because I have an SX-737 that has regular thumbscrew style speaker hookups on the back rather than the old speaker plugs like the SX-1000 has and it would be nice to be able to just disconnect the wires from some screw terminals or something like that rather than having to constantly disassemble and reassemble a plug that is meant to be a permanent solution.
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I have the Cinch plugs soldered to a set of wires.

I also have banana plugs on wires.

I also have spades on wires.

I have miles of wires, so I change whole wires.
You can get 100’ of speaker wire fairly cheap in DIY stores and online.

Get more wire.
 
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