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Post by BigV10 on Nov 21, 2010 23:47:54 GMT -5
I just tried the Ultra cables and it's a little bit of a tight fit. The X-Series cables seem to be slightly longer and a little easier fit. Perhaps it's just that the banana plugs are longer
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Post by roadrunner on Nov 22, 2010 0:01:08 GMT -5
The Ultra cables are a budget level product whereas the X series cables are a premium level product. Everything about the X series cable is of higher quality. Both the Ultra and X series cables are excellent values when you compare price to quality levels of their competitors.
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Post by Porscheguy on Nov 22, 2010 12:04:55 GMT -5
Well if you slide the banana plugs in from the side as Lonnie suggested then they will work so I'll will acquiesce. They will work.....
But it's a bit of a job if you are trying to reach the amp - for me is in a rack. It would be easier to have been able to just plug them in....
Its not a big enough deal....... Lets move on..
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Post by ntrain42 on Nov 22, 2010 13:31:53 GMT -5
if you loosen the binding post you will see there is a hole on the side of hte post. The banana plug will slide in there very nicely and then you just tighten down the post. Easy as pie. The problem is the terminal ends don't allow 13" between them so they can cover all the real estate needed to reach + - I assume the problem here is that the positive and negative post are very far apart and your speaker cables dont have the seperation needed in the wires correct? Just get a pair of wires where you can pull the jackets apart and/or reterminate them. Gotta remember most differential balanced amps have the positive and negative speaker terminal far apart from one another.
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Post by Porscheguy on Nov 22, 2010 13:40:22 GMT -5
The problem is the terminal ends don't allow 13" between them so they can cover all the real estate needed to reach + - I assume the problem here is that the positive and negative post are very far apart and your speaker cables dont have the seperation needed in the wires correct? Just get a pair of wires where you can pull the jackets apart and/or reterminate them. Gotta remember most differential balanced amps have the positive and negative speaker terminal far apart from one another. Yeah, its like 13" from + - . I could cut off the heat molding at the end of the insulation, but that would ruin the cables at least aesthetically. The other solution is to back out the banana receptacle to expose the hole in the binding post. You can then form a T and slip the plugs sideways. A little awkward but it does do the job.
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Post by ntrain42 on Nov 22, 2010 13:52:32 GMT -5
I assume the problem here is that the positive and negative post are very far apart and your speaker cables dont have the seperation needed in the wires correct? Just get a pair of wires where you can pull the jackets apart and/or reterminate them. Gotta remember most differential balanced amps have the positive and negative speaker terminal far apart from one another. Yeah, its like 13" from + - . I could cut off the heat molding at the end of the insulation, but that would ruin the cables at least aesthetically. The other solution is to back out the banana receptacle to expose the hole in the binding post. You can then form a T and slip the plugs sideways. A little awkward but it does do the job. A good idea would be to cut off the heatshrink than seperate to the length needed, then add on a new piece of heatshrink. Im sure Emo could easily send you a new piece of heatshrink so you can keep aethetics intact which I am as you know a big fan of myself. Crappy looking wires can kill a clean install.
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Post by hemster on Nov 22, 2010 13:56:15 GMT -5
Yeah, its like 13" from + - . I could cut off the heat molding at the end of the insulation, but that would ruin the cables at least aesthetically. The other solution is to back out the banana receptacle to expose the hole in the binding post. You can then form a T and slip the plugs sideways. A little awkward but it does do the job. A good idea would be to cut off the heatshrink than seperate to the length needed, then add on a new piece of heatshrink. Im sure Emo could easily send you a new piece of heatshrink so you can keep aethetics intact which I am as you know a big fan of myself. Crappy looking wires can kill a clean install. Yes, but the cleanest install of all is when you can't see the wires at all! Been lucky myself to be able to achieve that.
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Post by ntrain42 on Nov 22, 2010 14:02:47 GMT -5
A good idea would be to cut off the heatshrink than seperate to the length needed, then add on a new piece of heatshrink. Im sure Emo could easily send you a new piece of heatshrink so you can keep aethetics intact which I am as you know a big fan of myself. Crappy looking wires can kill a clean install. Yes, but the cleanest install of all is when you can't see the wires at all! Been lucky myself to be able to achieve that. Yep, wall and floor termination blocks are great, assuming thats what your talking about.
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Post by Porscheguy on Nov 22, 2010 15:19:09 GMT -5
I was going to put a 3' wide chase wall behind all my gear when I first did my basement but I abondoned the idea because I didn't want to give up the real estate. That would have been great otherwise - I could have entered from the unfinished part of my basement and walked hind everything that was sitting behind terminal blocks in the wall. Cable management would have been a breeze meaning not that important cause no one can see it. Now its like spaghetti junction :-)
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