Audio Quest Mammoth Speaker Cables
NJPOLKER
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I am planning to re-terminate a pair of AQ Mammoths. They are stiff since they are the size of a garden hose so thinking of using spades on both ends.
My plan is to re-terminate and sell them here. I really don't need them and figure someone else should enjoy them but can't bring myself to selling them with a loose connection to one spade. A good quality, cost effective set of eight connectors is what makes sense, I think.
Suggestions and advice are always appreciated.
One more thing
Anyone have experience with the AQ Mammoths?
My plan is to re-terminate and sell them here. I really don't need them and figure someone else should enjoy them but can't bring myself to selling them with a loose connection to one spade. A good quality, cost effective set of eight connectors is what makes sense, I think.
Suggestions and advice are always appreciated.
One more thing
Anyone have experience with the AQ Mammoths?
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If you solder the spades, you'll probably have to use a soldering gun or torch with that much copper. I don't have any experience with those cables, but have soldering large chucks of copper with success in the past.
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CoolJazz [Mark] is the only one I personally know of here that has experience with them. You may want to PM him.
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
Doesn't audioquest sell the solderless spades and banana tips? They just slide over the wire and screw down.
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When I re-terminated my Audioquest CV-4 which are solid copper, I used Audioquest's connectors (spades on one end banana's on the other IIRC) and didnt solder them at all, just cleaned the ends really good on the copper and put on the new connectors (which weren't cheap but I felt it worth it to make them look better than the connectors I got with them).
Audioquest themselves do offer to re-terminate the wires for a cost, however then your sure it was done right, and using their connectors which can help with resale."....not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." William Bruce Cameron, Informal Sociology: A Casual Introduction to Sociological Thinking (1963) -
This isn't what you are used to seeing from AQ anytime lately. These are quite literally "garden hose" SC's made a while back.
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
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Not even close, Leroy. Increase the sleeve size by 4 or 5 [maybe 6] and you may be close to a proper fit.
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
Not this exact size but was thinking they might made bigger ones. Picture was just for reference.
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About the only way you can retain value is terminate with Audioquest spades.
That said, if you want better performance for cheaper money, check out the XLO spades.
They are "solder pot" type spades, excellent quality, sound excellent and cheap.
Simply tin your wire, flux the inside of the spade, fill it with solder, melt it.
Then wet your iron holding the tinned wire in the spade (I use a vise with soft jaws to hold the spade up).
Hold your wet iron on the side, when the solder flows, the wire will sink into the spade naturally.
You will have 1 little spot on the side of the spade with solder (I sand my solder "point" with sand paper), easily hidden with heat shrink.
8 ga, my fav for the money (Cardas are pretty good also).
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When it comes to "thick" speaker cables and thick spades, this is your friend.
About $40 anywhere.
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