Speakerwire Terminations

craigpsu
craigpsu Posts: 106
edited May 2009 in Basic Hookup/Wiring Questions
Hi,
I have some Beldin cable I am going to use for my rears and a friends set of speakers. What is an affordable website or vendor that carries a decent brand of terminations (spade or banana). I want to get them for less than $4 a pop. I know the cable is no thicker than 10 AWG ( I do not recall the actual gauge). I will probably use either a set screw type or crimp them unless its is totally preferred to solder them on. Any advice will be appreciated.
Thanks
LSi15s, LSiC, LSiFX, LC80F/X, microPro 4000, Pioneer Elite SC-07, XPA-2, XPA-5, PS3
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  • Hillbilly61
    Hillbilly61 Posts: 702
    edited May 2009
    mononprice.com had Bananna plugs going for $0.94 a pair - 2/3 off of their already good price. Check in there to see if the sale is still going gone.
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  • xj4094dg
    xj4094dg Posts: 1,158
    edited May 2009
    Hillbilly61 wrote: »
    mononprice.com had Bananna plugs going for $0.94 a pair - 2/3 off of their already good price. Check in there to see if the sale is still going gone.

    $1.49 now, still a good deal...
    "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it." Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited May 2009
    Keiko wrote: »
    I bought these dual nanners from Rat Shack to terminate some BJC 12g Belden. Still use them on my RTi4 surrounds. Working great for over a year now. I treated the wire, bananas and terminals with Caigs when I installed them. Not as purdy as the MIT's I have on my mains now, but effective.

    http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2117820

    Funny you should mention that. I actually bought some of those today for the speaker ends of the cables in my HT setup.

    They were 8 bucks each, and are working great so far. I've got no complaints, though I've only had them for a day.
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  • Todd Lee
    Todd Lee Posts: 73
    edited May 2009
    I've purchased bananas from both Parts express, and monoprice. I recommend monoprice, you'll get a much better price there. (I just installed my monoprice bananas 2 days ago, they're great!)
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  • jacob.simpson
    jacob.simpson Posts: 481
    edited May 2009
    +1 for Monoprice.com
    excellent quality for the price and very reasonable fast shipping. Bought 30 pairs.
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  • craigpsu
    craigpsu Posts: 106
    edited May 2009
    Thanks for the help, I think I might try out monoprice. The terminations are for a second room in my house and a friend's house so I was not going to go all out like my MITs and AQ4s.
    LSi15s, LSiC, LSiFX, LC80F/X, microPro 4000, Pioneer Elite SC-07, XPA-2, XPA-5, PS3
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  • Freak When C
    Freak When C Posts: 231
    edited May 2009
    I've asked a lot of questions in this forum about cables. I hope OP don't mind but since the theme of this thread is speaker cable termination, I'd like to ask you guys a few questions regarding termination:

    1.) Is it unusual for high quality speaker wire to only be terminated on the amp end?

    2.) Is there any loss in audio quality if I don't terminate the speaker ends and just wrap the bare wire around the speaker posts?

    3.) Doing my own speaker termination and assuming I did a stellar job, would there be any less audio quality than factory terminated speakers?

    4.) Lastly, my Paradigm speakers are able to be bi-wired. They have four speaker binding posts on each speaker and have those metal jumpers currently installed. I'm planning on getting some quality speaker cables. But with the quality of cables being equal, would I see much improvement going with bi-wire speaker cables compared to regular cables and just leaving the jumpers in?
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited May 2009
    Keiko wrote: »
    Mine were free. I stole em'. :eek: ;) jk

    I too have compulsions to steal stuff a lot. It makes life a lot more enjoyable.

    I'm gonna come down to Hawaii and visit you sometime Mike. Just be forewarned that if you go to the bathroom, you'll come back out and find most of your audio equipment gone, and me nowhere to be found.:p;)
    The nirvana inducer-
    APC H10 Power Conditioner
    Marantz UD5005 universal player
    Parasound Halo P5 preamp
    Parasound HCA-1200II power amp
    PolkAudio LSi9's/PolkAudio SDA 2A's/PolkAudio Monitor 7A's
    Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited May 2009
    Keiko wrote: »
    I treated the wire, bananas and terminals with Caigs when I installed them.

    Please tell me more about this!
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited May 2009
    Keiko wrote: »
    http://store.caig.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.188/.f

    WOW, thats the same stuff i use to protect the depositor pcb boards on ATM's that I service close to the beach...this stuff works great, never thought of using it on my connectors, Thanks!
    Polk Audio Surround Bar 360
    Mirage PS-12
    LG BDP-550
    Motorola HD FIOS DVR
    Panasonic 42" Plasma
    XBOX 360[/SIZE]

    Office stuff

    Allied 395 receiver
    Pioneer CDP PD-M430
    RT8t's & Wharfedale Diamond II's[/SIZE]

    Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music. ~Ronald Reagan
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  • Freak When C
    Freak When C Posts: 231
    edited May 2009
    Hi Keiko, I'm kind of new on here and you seem like the man to ask. Any advice you can give in regards to the questions I asked in post # 11 of this thread?
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  • Freak When C
    Freak When C Posts: 231
    edited May 2009
    Keiko wrote: »
    I just use good cables wired in a standard configuration. Works for me.

    Regardless of whether the speaker is capable of being bi-wired?
    Keiko wrote: »
    My suggestion would be to invest in a pair of good standard cables, remove the jumpers and use a good piece of wire in place of that.

    I've not heard of replacing the jumpers with a good piece of wire (unless of course you lost the jumpers). Why do this? Why not just use the jumpers that the speakers came with?
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  • Freak When C
    Freak When C Posts: 231
    edited May 2009
    OK, thanks for the help. May I ask what kind of speaker cable you're running? I'm considering getting a set of THESE.
    Keiko wrote: »
    Like I said, you can try bi-wiring and let your ears decide if it was worth the extra investment.

    Of course bi-amping speakers is a whole different ball game, I would think.
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  • Knucklehead
    Knucklehead Posts: 3,602
    edited May 2009
    Keiko wrote: »
    I'm hardly "The Man" around here.


    he's at least "one" of "The Man" around here.
    Polk Audio Surround Bar 360
    Mirage PS-12
    LG BDP-550
    Motorola HD FIOS DVR
    Panasonic 42" Plasma
    XBOX 360[/SIZE]

    Office stuff

    Allied 395 receiver
    Pioneer CDP PD-M430
    RT8t's & Wharfedale Diamond II's[/SIZE]

    Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music. ~Ronald Reagan
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  • chris83
    chris83 Posts: 5
    edited May 2009
    Keiko wrote: »
    http://www.parts-express.com/wizards/searchResults.cfm?searchFilter=banana%20plug

    http://www.radioshack.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=&kw=banana%20plug&origkw=banana%20plug&sr=1

    Would either of these, or the Banana plugs mentioned at Monoprice work for the RM6750's with 16 gauge wire?

    Thank you!
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