Speaker jacks on Proton D1200 amp

[ken99]

I have a Proton D1200 amp. I want to change the speaker posts. There is a small board inside the amp that the speaker posts are now soldered to. The output wires from the main board are connected to this board. It contains no resistors, or parts of any type that I can see. It seems that it is just to connect stuff? Can I ditch this board and wire my output wires directly to my new posts? See enclosed picture. It seems that the board only contans a pathway for the signal. Please let me know if I am wrong.

http://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/proton-d1200-power-amplifier.556132/
scroll down the page a bit to see the photos

thanks
ken99

 

[ZOOM]

Yes, if the PCB lacks components, you can scrap it entirely.

You'd be wasting your time, though. For what reason would you want to replace the speaker posts? Are they broken? If not, there is no other good reason to do it.

 

[ken99]

2 posts broken by a moron who did not package it properly during shipping. Can't get original posts. Thanks for the info. I appreciate the assistance.

ken99

 

[jasoncauthron]

I say you'd be much better off to just ditch the circuit board and connect your wires directly to the new speaker posts, if you haven't done so already. The board was just for manufacturing convenience and would probably not be compatible with new high-quality binding posts anyway. I have an AA-2120 Proton which is really a completely different amp, but they did a better job with the speaker binding posts on it. I had to replace the input jacks, and THEY were on a flimsy little circuit board with broken solder joints. I replaced them with higher quality jacks and ran the wires directly to them, which should solve the solder joint problem for the future.

 

[ken99]

Thanks. Just the info I needed. I thought just that, but wanted to make absolutely sure!