Binding Posts Spacing on XPA-1L

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My new XPA-1Ls will arrive on Tuesday and I am trying to figure out if my speaker cables will work due to the extreme spacing of the binding posts. Can someone please tell me what the gap between them is? Is it 12" like the XPA-1?

Thanks.

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The picture of the posts on the back the XPA-1L should be 9" between posts since the POS is 3" closer to the NEG than the XPA-1.

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I agree that it looks closer. I hope it is otherwise I may be buying new cable too.

[deltadube]

Jul 12, 2014 19:10:22 GMT -5 @balthazar2k4 said:

My new XPA-1Ls will arrive on Tuesday and I am trying to figure out if my speaker cables will work due to the extreme spacing of the binding posts. Can someone please tell me what the gap between them is? Is it 12" like the XPA-1?

Thanks.

some cables like these I made would work very well!

cheers

[LCSeminole]

Jul 12, 2014 19:51:50 GMT -5 @balthazar2k4 said:

I agree that it looks closer. I hope it is otherwise I may be buying new cable too.

If you have to buy new cables, the 10g Belden 5T00UP speaker wire and GLS locking banana's make for a perfect fit.

[creimes]

Jul 12, 2014 22:07:51 GMT -5 creimes said:

Jul 12, 2014 19:10:22 GMT -5 @balthazar2k4 said:

My new XPA-1Ls will arrive on Tuesday and I am trying to figure out if my speaker cables will work due to the extreme spacing of the binding posts. Can someone please tell me what the gap between them is? Is it 12" like the XPA-1?

Thanks.

Holey Moley... did you buy 7 XPA-1L's thats some serious rack space haha

I made my own cables for my towers and center for my XPA-1L's, I made them specifically for the spacing, I used 2 lengths of 10g Belden wire for each cable making an internal bi-wire cable, cable and techflex is from Blue Jeans Cable and used locking Banana ends from Sewell off amazon, the space between the posts is indeed 9". The other way to connect your cables to the binding posts is to unscrew the binding post and insert the banana jack in the side hole and then tightening the binding post back down onto the banana end.

Here's a quick pic of one of my 1L's

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Jul 12, 2014 22:09:04 GMT -5 creimes said:

Jul 12, 2014 22:07:51 GMT -5 creimes said:

Holey Moley... did you buy 7 XPA-1L's thats some serious rack space haha

I made my own cables for my towers and center for my XPA-1L's, I made them specifically for the spacing, I used 2 lengths of 10g Belden wire for each cable making an internal bi-wire cable, cable and techflex is from Blue Jeans Cable and used locking Banana ends from Sewell off amazon, the space between the posts is indeed 9". The other way to connect your cables to the binding posts is to unscrew the binding post and insert the banana jack in the side hole and then tightening the binding post back down onto the banana end.

Here's a quick pic of one of my 1L's

Nice looking custom cable you got there. Yeah, I bought 7 XPA-1Ls to replace my Sherbourn PA 7350 I sold. Probably an insane plan, but I am fully committed now. I'll probably just pick up some bulk Belden 5T00UP, Audioquest X-2, or Kimber KWIK and run bare wire for a bit. If I like 'em, I'll finish 'em off with boots, techflex, and connectors. I really wish I understood Emotiva's design decision regarding the binding posts spacing, but I guess I am stuck with it.