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Utterchaos
21-10-2016, 14:15
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
21-10-2016, 14:22
Do you mean sleeving across the joint?
If your environment is perfectly dry you won't get any corrosion.
Utterchaos
21-10-2016, 14:41
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 .... http://www.exprodirect.com/images/T/CAB15015.jpg
danilo
21-10-2016, 16:24
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
21-10-2016, 22:27
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
22-10-2016, 08:22
Yup, if it's practical, the best plug is no plug! :)

Marco.
Utterchaos
24-10-2016, 12:33
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
24-10-2016, 13:38
Properly soldered Z plugs would be better - if you have room for them.
Arkless Electronics
24-10-2016, 13:42
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
24-10-2016, 13:43
Something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B011K5DDZW/ref=nosim?tag=fribblacom-20
Barry
24-10-2016, 14:19
The important thing is the contact area of the connection. This is likely to be greater with spade or 'banana' plug connections than it would be with the wires clamped through the holes in the binding posts.

Whatever you choose to use, I doubt very much if you would hear any difference.
walpurgis
24-10-2016, 14:41
Properly soldered Z plugs would be better - if you have room for them.

Yeah. I like 'Z' plugs. Great surface contact area.
walpurgis
24-10-2016, 14:43
Something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B011K5DDZW/ref=nosim?tag=fribblacom-20

They look rather good. Not seen them before. Not that I look for cranked plugs. Straight ones are OK in my system.