switch out the brass conector plates or not?

drew spelts
drew spelts Posts: 310
edited May 2006 in Speakers
I am looking at a possible next upgrade for music quality purposes. Is it worth it to use heavy gauge speaker wire in place of the brass plates that connect the bi-ampable pins in the back of my RTi10's. Just need some opinions on wether it is worth it or not and any good sugestions of where to get 4 heavy duty spades cheep (<$10) at.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited May 2006
    Some just bare wire it into the posts since you rarely need to move that wire and use bananas for the speaker wires that are more often changed or disconnected.

    Just another facet of the ongoing wire debate, so experiment and report back.
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  • Holydoc
    Holydoc Posts: 1,048
    edited May 2006
    I am with Drew on this one as well. I would like to know if it is worth my efforts to swap out those brass jumpers on my RTi12's too. I am also very interested in hearing opinions of where to get those connections as well.

    I am a terrible "handy-man". Ready made cables are my friends. :)
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  • drew spelts
    drew spelts Posts: 310
    edited May 2006
    Well I am a prety good handyman but I just want to learn as much as I can from tose that are in the Know here.
    Harman Kardon AVR635
    RTi10's Up Front
    CSi5 Center
    RTi6's Rear Surround
    Furman RA-1210:rolleyes:
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited May 2006
    You might try these from Cobalt. I use Cobalt speaker cable myself on my mains and really like them, thick gauge and very flexible.
    The best part is that you can choose termination types. BTW the spades are large for alot of posts, so you might ask for a different type of spade than their normal offering. They will custom make anything you want.

    http://cobaltcable.com/bi_wire_jumpers.htm
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    2 Channel Thorens TD 318 Grado ZF1, SACD/CD Marantz 8260, Soundstream/Krell DAC1, Audio Mirror PP1, Odyssey Stratos, ADS L-1290, ICs-DIY Twisted , Speaker-Raymond Cable
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,753
    edited May 2006
    switch out the brass conector plates or not?

    Yes.
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