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Wire connections

Windwalker

Windwalker

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Anyone know of a quick change type connector?

I'm aware of :banana: plugs, Lugs, spades, mini-pins and the like.

Here's what I'm after-Something along the lines of quick butt connector on the wire end and if you needed one of the above styles it would pop on to that.

Or maybe a Banana plug as the standard wire end and a mini-pin that would slip over the banana end and convert it

get tired of grabbing the wrong set of wires when testing different configs out
 
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Not sure I quite understand the question?
You might consider some alligator clips. Not the best I guess but with a little ingenuity usually can grab almost any type of speaker post.
 
The following is a suggestion baised on my understanding of you are asking :D

Go to any hardware store and look in the electronics area. You will see a number of different connectors, all sizes, female and male. Spades, pins - round and flat, pretty much anything you would need to set up a quick connect system.

I would start there and see if you can figure out a way to piece together a solution. Good Luck !
 
I think you could probably find a DIY solution less costly, but it will take a little ingenuity. Let us know what you come up with.
 
Will V. said:
I think you could probably find a DIY solution less costly, but it will take a little ingenuity. Let us know what you come up with.
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I have my marketing dept working on the ads now, accounting is pricing it out-me I'm just gonna sit back and wait for the $$$ to roll in
 
Using two-pole trailer wiring connections could be done.

The feed cables from your amp would be spliced to the two-pole plugs, then several short adapter cables could be made with the mating two-pole plugs on one end and the various of terminals on the other end.

Not pretty, but pretty cheap and easy.
 
DIY Solution

I made my own. Speaker wires coming from the amp are terminated in banana plugs. I made several sets of 18 inch extensions, one end is a female banana (also known as a Inline Banana Socket), the other end can be tinned wire, spades, flex connectors, whatever.

The banana sockets are available at MCM in red and black. Since they have a screw on the outside, they get a bit of heat shrink tubing for protection.

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Those are very nice.
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Thanks. I had the idea for these kicking around for a while, but could not find any female bananas in numerous online searches. I called Parts Express, Kimber, Blue Jeans, etc., and nobody could point me to any kind of female banana except for the type that are designed for wall plates.

I started thinking about a kludge using the wall plate type, but couldn't come up with any solution that didn't look like the Professor made it on the island.

A month ago I started searching again and found the inline banana sockets at MCM.

By the way, MCM part numbers are 27-4305 (black) and 27-4310 (red). They accept up to 12 gauge wire.
 
That's the GREAT thing about this place, have a thought toss it out there and there's a darn GOOD chance someone's already been down that path

Some elegant, some get the job done but there's alway sum'n

calabashak- NICE !!! What cabling did you use for the pigtails?
I'll make some of those(one day-YAFP(yet another friggin project)) for the listening space

Whoaru99- Exactly what I'm looking for for my shop\work area-Dragging all sorts of thrift stuff in and out, seems I never have the correct cables-miss matched ends is usually the case. Your suggestions is inexpensive(I'll avoid the marine store-have a boat, know ALL about the hole in the water mark-up)should avoid me crossing\shorting the wires, lead are already built in-just solder some different style tips to em
 
Windwalker said:
calabashak- NICE !!! What cabling did you use for the pigtails?
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Cable is some leftover 12 gauge that came with some Axiom speakers. Their website (axiomaudio.com) describes it as "99.9999 percent oxygen free. Ultra-low 0.00341 ohms of resistance per foot."

Personally, I can't hear a difference between cable that has 0.00341 ohms/ft and ones that have 0.00415 ohms/ft. :D
 
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