Need help finding solution for older receiver
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My old receiver doesn’t have a way to connect decent speaker wire. Given its age that’s expected.
I was hoping someone might have a solution that would let me use banana plugs without having to hack into it and replace what’s there.
Here is what we are working with...
It’s really setup to use bare wire, and likely 16 gauge or higher.... I’m hoping to use lower gauge (have some lying around that is 10 I think) and more importantly bananas or decent spades, neither of which this really will accept
I was hoping someone might have a solution that would let me use banana plugs without having to hack into it and replace what’s there.
Here is what we are working with...
It’s really setup to use bare wire, and likely 16 gauge or higher.... I’m hoping to use lower gauge (have some lying around that is 10 I think) and more importantly bananas or decent spades, neither of which this really will accept
"....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)
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I could be wrong, but given the screws around the perimeter of that plate... Can you remove it? May be easy to just installing binding posts- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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FR 4 or G10 is your friend
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I saw those in Zingo's thread.... wasnt sure if they would work for me or not, but I will do some more digging there...I could be wrong, but given the screws around the perimeter of that plate... Can you remove it? May be easy to just installing binding posts
Possibly... I will see about that later tonight..... I'm just OCD about trying to keep it as original as possible. If I can make a "new" plate so I still have the original I may just do that....
I'm wanting to keep the A/B if possible because I may end up running two sets in there at some point...
"....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) -
crimp-on spade lugs ought to work just fine.
Those ol' Sherwoods were deceptively good sounding receivers with great FM sections in 'em.
Got a few of 'em (yes, even the soiled state ones) here.
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The layout and size looks like it would respond well to a binding post. But I also understand your ocd, so carry on!- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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So I found these little guys. Screw right into the terminal block, with a banana receptacle at the other.
Look at this solution that Verb found for his McIntosh amp. I have two vintage Infinity servo subs with terminal blocks, and I plan to try these. I purchased those from Amazon but don't like them because each one tends to turn and I am afraid to tighten down too much. This is the thread and on page 5.
https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/184704/a-mcintosh-in-verbs-house/p5Post edited by BlueBirdMusic on"Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"
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Good idea ^^
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BlueBirdMusic wrote: »So I found these little guys. Screw right into the terminal block, with a banana receptacle at the other.
Look at this solution that Verb found for his McIntosh amp. I have two vintage Infinity servo subs with terminal blocks, and I plan to try these. I purchased those from Amazon but don't like them because each one tends to turn and I am afraid to tighten down too much. This is the thread and on page 5.
https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/184704/a-mcintosh-in-verbs-house/p5
That's pretty cool. One will have to determine empirically whether the studs on those are strong enough to support the garden hoses all y'all use for speaker wire, though
On the plus side, AFAIK, "Pomona" still = "good stuff".
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mhardy6647 wrote: »That's pretty cool. One will have to determine empirically whether the studs on those are strong enough to support the garden hoses all y'all use for speaker wire, though
On the plus side, AFAIK, "Pomona" still = "good stuff".
Doc, in this case the wire will be going ON the wall, and likely physically attached to it with some of these doohickeys...
So I'm not worried about tension, however I may just make a new backplate as that seems the easiest way to go.....
Waiting for warmer weather to clean out the garage a bit too so I can play with placement.
"....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) -
oh.
... and my apologies if these've been suggested already...
did the OP consider these?
I put a set of these on my Dynaco SCA-35 when I was using it up at the then second house in NH, mostly 'cause I am lazy.
They're kind of soft ('gold plated' brass) and the banana socket is screwed into the adaptor.
They work OK. They're not fabulous, but they're OK.
https://www.partsconnexion.com/CONNEX-74405.html
One may find these on eBAY from all over the world; personally, I felt better buying from Parts Connexion. YMMV, tho', of course.
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^^^^ Using the screw to banana with a 1965 Fischer X-100 They work great.
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^^^^ Using the screw to banana with a 1965 Fischer X-100 They work great.
Looks great but I would shrinkwrap the bananas (or at least cover them with Electrical tape). It looks like one moderate tug when you are messing with things and you would have a short.
Lets just say that would make me nervous
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^^^^ Using the screw to banana with a 1965 Fischer X-100 They work great.
Looks great but I would shrinkwrap the bananas (or at least cover them with Electrical tape). It looks like one moderate tug when you are messing with things and you would have a short.
Lets just say that would make me nervous
A transformer coupled vacuum tube amp is perfectly happy with a short-circuit across the secondaries -- it's open circuiting the OPTs that can lead to pretty serious damage.
