Dayton Speaker Cables?

[TomB]

I'm getting ready to place an order with Parts Express for capacitors, resistors, solder, etc to upgrade the crossovers in my Monitor 7Bs. (I started a thread over in the Vintage section with questions on that project.)

While I have an order going, I was considering ordering a pair of these:

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/pshowdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=181-600&ctab=1

I know they're nothing special, but the price is right, and I suspect they'll be an improvement over the Monster Cable Clear that I've been using forever.

One problem: my 7Bs will accept the banana plugs, but my old Harmon Kardon receiver just has the cheap-o terminals where you push a button, insert the stripped speaker wire, then release the button to grab the wire. (I've never liked those connections.)

I hate to just cut the plugs off of the Dayton cable and strip the wires. Will I be able to un-solder the banana plugs, so I could reinstall them later, when I get a better receiver or amp? Is there some terminal or adapter that will go from a banana plug to a bare conductor?

Thanks. Any ideas will be appreciated.

[dc55110]

Add these to your purchase: Dayton SPINGS-2MM Speaker Pin Compression (http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&Partnumber=091-1255)

[Keiko]

I think something like this may be what you need. Can't say definitely for sure though.
Good luck.

http://www.tequipment.net/Pomona3834.asp

http://www.e-z-hook.com/Html/PinPlugAdapters.html

[TomB]

Thanks, DC and Keiko. I take it that my receiver will accept those pin-type connectors? If so, there is an adapter on the e-z hook website that has a banana socket and a pin plug that will do the trick.

Is there any problem with having that adapter in the cable on a long-term basis? The website makes it look like these things are intended for testing purposes, which I assume would be only temporary.

Maybe I'd just be better off getting some decent speaker wire, banana plugs and pin plugs and putting my own cables together. I know speaker cables are a big deal around here, and that I can get them custom-made with any terminals I want, but that's a bit more money than I wish to spend.

Thanks again.

[Keiko]

You know what I did Tom...My receiver accepts banana's and I have a pair of Yamaha monitors that are push pin. I ordered my speaker cable from Blue Jeans and terminated it myself. One end is terminated w/ banana's and the other with Monster Cable locking flex pins. The Belden 5000UE cable from Blue Jeans may not be the prettiest, but it works great. Some Polkies claim that monoprice has a good offering for raw speaker cable also.

http://bluejeanscable.com/store/speaker/index.htm

http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10239

http://www.monoprice.com/products/search.asp?keyword=banana&x=27&y=11

http://cgi.ebay.com/Monster-Cable-QuickLock-Flex-Pin-Connectors-QLGFP-H-4_W0QQitemZ120308628526QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item120 308628526&_trkparms=72%3A1205|39%3A1|66%3A2|65%3A12|240%3A13 18&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

[ben62670]

I hate to sound like a broken record, but... AudioQuest Type4 works much better than standard cables without needing connectors. $4 a foot, strip the ends, and you are done. Nothing fancy, but real good SQ.
Ben

[daboyz]

The 5000UE is an excellent cable,I have it running to my rears. But, the AQ Type 4 is superior. If you're patient you can get some great deals on the bay.

[disneyjoe7]

I agree with both Ben and daboyz.

The AudioQuest Type 4 would sound very nice and you're done for a while or ever.

The Belden 5000UE cable sounds very nice also I ran a lot of that in my walls, sounds very nice also but a step or tow under the AQ cable. But if you need to installed 600' of it the 5000UE cable is very very sweet then. ;)

[TomB]

Thanks for the information, everyone.

The Belden cable is quite inexpensive - and heavy duty! 10 or 12 AWG would be a bit of overkill for me, I think.

The Audioquest Type 4 is real purdy, and the price isn't bad. There's a very esoteric explanation of how it works on one of the websites. Hmmm...

Ben, if I just go with stripping the ends on the Audioquest, without terminating, how do I deal with the separate conductors - just twist them together, and then use the holes in the binding posts on the speakers, as I'm doing now? And the same way back at the receiver? I know they're solid conductors, but they're small enough to handle that way, it looks like.

Thanks again.