A solution to amps with Screw speaker connections *pics*

faster100
faster100 Posts: 6,124
edited July 2004 in 2 Channel Audio
Its nothing high tech, But today while placeing my Dynaco on the shelf where it will be, I noticed my Monster speaker wire has banana's and they are soldered on, The amp has those screws like all old gear has for speaker wire..

heres my project for the day, took me about 30-45 minutes total time... I had 2 old speaker terminal cups from some old speakers and the monster pins fit right in the spring clips.. done... I took some heavy 12 or 14 awg i think wire, used my drill to twist it up in double runs... soldered spades on one end and the other to the terminal cups.. shrink wrapped everything, hot glued the terminal cup end also to make sure it would never touch each other... done deal.. looks pretty good and the short run is double run and plenty plenty thick.... Heres a pic or 2
MY HT RIG:
Sherwood p-965
Sherwood sd871 dvd
Rotel 1075 amp x5
LSI15 mains
LsiC center
LSIfx surround backs
Lsi7 side surrounds
SVS pb12/plus2

2 Channel Rig:

nad 1020 Pre-amp
Rotel 1080 stereo amp
Polk sda 2B
kenwood grunt Tuner
realistic lab 450 TT
Signal cable IC
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited July 2004
    .
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited July 2004
    ..
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited July 2004
    and installed
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,654
    edited July 2004
    That's nifty and all, but why not install some nice new Cardas binding posts?
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited July 2004
    well because i want to use it now (well when i get the tubes) and dont want to tear it apart until ive run it, confirm everything works then do some upgrades.. Oh i plan to change the speaker terminals and the RCA inputs... This is a hold over till then, not to mention after the amp and tubes im kinda broke,,:)
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,654
    edited July 2004
    Ah, got ya.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited July 2004
    is it ok for the interconnects to touch, boy they are close together.. that's just ground right? I have AR rca's and the gold rca's touch each other when in the amp.....
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited July 2004
    heres a closeup
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited July 2004
    and the profile... hate not being able to use it :)
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,654
    edited July 2004
    No problem.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

    President of Club Polk

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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited July 2004
    Thanks, That is good.............
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • dcarlson
    dcarlson Posts: 1,740
    edited July 2004
    The first mod I did was replace the rca's. My Kimber Hero's have WBT ends and they wouldn't fit at all. I used the mono switch hole for one of the ins.
    SDA-2a, Anthem Pre-2L, Anthem Amp 1, MF A324 DAC, Rotel RCD1070

    Senn HD650 Cardas, Mapletree Audio Ear+ HD2, Kimber KS1030, Bel Canto DAC2, M-Audio Transit, Laptop.
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited July 2004
    Kinda crazy the RCA's are in the front and the rest of the stuff is in the back....
    Life without music would♭
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  • dcarlson
    dcarlson Posts: 1,740
    edited July 2004
    It IS crazy but you have to give it credit for being a kit and still kicking around for so long. I just use 1m interconnects and it reaches no problem. ;)
    SDA-2a, Anthem Pre-2L, Anthem Amp 1, MF A324 DAC, Rotel RCD1070

    Senn HD650 Cardas, Mapletree Audio Ear+ HD2, Kimber KS1030, Bel Canto DAC2, M-Audio Transit, Laptop.
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  • organ
    organ Posts: 4,969
    edited July 2004
    Looks great. I installed a pair of cheap rat shack binding post. I'm going to get some good quality, gold plated posts.

    It's ok for the rca's to touch. Before upgrading them, my XLO were touching

    The inputs are connected on the front to keep the signal path to the driver board as short as possible.

    Maurice
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