Need advice on adapters
Hello All,
I have installed speaker wire around the ceiling line of a room. The wire is now in the process of being concealed by crown moulding. I chose a 12 gauge stranded wire product based on Polk Audio's recommendation for wire length (over 75 feet for one of the rears) for these speakers (RM7 Satellites). But I see now that there is no way that the little terminals on the speakers will accomodate 12 gauge stranded. :eek: These little speakers come with those dumb spring loaded crimp type connections where you press down on a little lever and then try to shove the wire in. :mad: I need to find an adapter of some kind that I can attach to the ends of the wires that will fit into the terminal connectors, or maybe there is a way to retrofit the existing terminals with something else which would hold stranded copper thicker than human hair?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions, or advice on after-market products which may be a solution to this problem.
Ruch
I have installed speaker wire around the ceiling line of a room. The wire is now in the process of being concealed by crown moulding. I chose a 12 gauge stranded wire product based on Polk Audio's recommendation for wire length (over 75 feet for one of the rears) for these speakers (RM7 Satellites). But I see now that there is no way that the little terminals on the speakers will accomodate 12 gauge stranded. :eek: These little speakers come with those dumb spring loaded crimp type connections where you press down on a little lever and then try to shove the wire in. :mad: I need to find an adapter of some kind that I can attach to the ends of the wires that will fit into the terminal connectors, or maybe there is a way to retrofit the existing terminals with something else which would hold stranded copper thicker than human hair?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions, or advice on after-market products which may be a solution to this problem.
Ruch
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I've never seen anybody use the pin connectors but they look like they would work.
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Panny 55-st30 plasma
Pioneer vsx-1121
Parasound 2100 pre
b&k tx4430 amp
Oppo bdp-83
Monster HTS 3500
polk TSi500s Vr3 Fortress modded
polk CS20 center channel Vr3 Castle modded
polk Owm 3 surrounds
polk PSW505 -
Slinger182 wrote: »I've never seen anybody use the pin connectors but they look like they would work.
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=211077870&listingid=42184543
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Wow, those do look like a pretty good idea. Thanks for the input. Looks like I would be stuck with pretty small contact areas though since the ends are solid and cylindrical. That's better than any McGiver ideas I have had so far.
Ruch -
Have you tried banana's???
I've been doing it for years and a large percentage of the terminal cups will accomodate them.
Harry -
Sorry about the double post. I'm not sure why that happened. I don't see how I might delete the second one so far. Trying ... Trying ...
Ruch
