Right-angled airlock bananas?

[Utterchaos]

Hi all,

I love my QED XT-40 cable, I got it 1/2 price from Mr Richer.

One end I have soldered spades to attach to my DM601 S2s the other I have screwed into R/Angle bananas because my amp is hard up against a wall and can't come out any further ... problem is, I'm worried it will corrode without airlocks. - Paranoid? Maybe!

I dont mind the spades at the speaker end but I wondered whether getting airlocks at the amp end and then using standard R/Angle screw-in bananas as converters?

Maybe I could just solder into the R/Angle plugs? - I'm sure the airlocks would be better though?.. No?

Thought welcome!

Cheers

[Firebottle]

Do you mean sleeving across the joint?
If your environment is perfectly dry you won't get any corrosion.

[Utterchaos]

Well, it's in doors... but I was under the impression oxidisation or corrosion could still be a problem.....?

I have heatshrinked the joint to me spades but the terminals I'm using amp-end aren't really sleeve-able ....

[danilo]

IMO the best connection, beyond a directly soldered connection would be bare (or even soldered ends) wire into the amps connectors.
Better even than spades and certainly better than Bananas.
Simple is often the best path. Small to no gains in adding complexity.

[Arkless Electronics]

IMO the best connection, beyond a directly soldered connection would be bare (or even soldered ends) wire into the amps connectors.
Better even than spades and certainly better than Bananas.
Simple is often the best path. Small to no gains in adding complexity.

+1

[Marco]

Yup, if it's practical, the best plug is no plug!

Marco.

[Utterchaos]

Ok.... I hear ya and agree apart from...

How on earth do you get fat cables into tiny crappy Onkyo binding posts?

I have TX-40 cable and even with the inner tube removed at the ends and a really tight twist it barely fits in the hole and doesn't feel very secure....


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[CageyH]

Properly soldered Z plugs would be better - if you have room for them.

[Arkless Electronics]

Ok.... I hear ya and agree apart from...

How on earth do you get fat cables into tiny crappy Onkyo binding posts?

I have TX-40 cable and even with the inner tube removed at the ends and a really tight twist it barely fits in the hole and doesn't feel very secure....


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Just cut away some of the strands until it's thin enough to go in.

[CageyH]

Something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B011K5DDZW...=fribblacom-20