I can’t seem to find much info on this. If you are building a 3 way active speaker you’ll need 6 speaker cables coming out of the speaker. Do people custom make 6 post binding posts? Do these even exist in a sold set? What is everyone using for active setups?
I have had good luck with these, they seem well built and durable.
Dayton Audio BPA-38NI HD Binding Post Banana Jack Pair Nickel
Sold as a pair, so obviously you need 3 pair per speaker.
Dayton Audio BPA-38NI HD Binding Post Banana Jack Pair Nickel
Sold as a pair, so obviously you need 3 pair per speaker.
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I use these inside me enclosures, it makes reconfiguring passive crossovers easier for me. When I converted from passive to active I disconnected the banana plug cup from the terminal blocks and connected a SpeakOn to the drivers. I did put a 20ufd inline with the tweeter. It was my first SpeakOn experience and I wasn't sure about fitting an 8 position connecter so I found a cup which was the same size as the banana plug plate that had holes for two SpeakOn connectors and put a 2 way and a 4 way on it. So count me as a SpeakOn convert, cheaper and easier than bananas. I think 50 feet of 12 gauge speaker cable cost more than the connectors.
And if you use more than one Speakon, put a 2 pole plug/receptacle on the tweeter circuit and a 4 pole on the others - a 4 pole plug won't plug into a 2 pole receptacle, so you don't have to worry about accidentally sending bass to the tweeter.
I thought about speakon connectors one 4 pole and one 2 but seems messy to me. I’d rather build a plate with 6 connections. I ordered some of these that should fit banana plugs. Not sure how well they would work on a little wood plate I’ll make. Soldered speakers to the inside and glued into the wood.
Anybody else try any of these?
Anybody else try any of these?
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Why not an 8 pole Speakon then?
You started a thread, asked a question, and just did the opposite of what everyone recommended. 😀
Here’s some things I found I’ll probably end up using. I like how the angled nylon look the best and they fit very tight around the sleeves.
Not sure what material these sleeves are. Some kind of gold coating or copper. Anybody know?
I think can make 6 of these look pretty good on a little plate.
Reason I don’t want to go speakon is the connection will stick out too far with the cable out back and I wanted it to be basically passthrough like the tube connectors with both sides soldered straight to the speaker wires.
On the inside part I’d solder the wire to the top side of the sleeve and the other side soldered into either a banana clip or the straight banana compression fittings.
Not sure what material these sleeves are. Some kind of gold coating or copper. Anybody know?
I think can make 6 of these look pretty good on a little plate.
Reason I don’t want to go speakon is the connection will stick out too far with the cable out back and I wanted it to be basically passthrough like the tube connectors with both sides soldered straight to the speaker wires.
On the inside part I’d solder the wire to the top side of the sleeve and the other side soldered into either a banana clip or the straight banana compression fittings.
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