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Can a Banana plug fit into an RCA jack?
I'm wondering Banana Speaker if a banana jack, commonly used on speakers, can fit into the hole of a standard RCA hole?
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Sounds like the person that wired your house gave you a puzzle to figure out. Your 10 connections are no doubt the positive and negatives for the 5 speakers in your surround area. If he installed other speakers throughout your house, you will find those wires somewhere else. If there are no wires hanging out of the wall, they may be in the wall. It is possible he home-ran them to a closet, or to a panel somewhere else in the house.Maybe you could call the builder or previous owner? If not, call a local home theater guy. He’ll sort it out quickly for you. If you are in the OC, or near Orange County CA, send me an email and I’ll send you a “miracle worker” who will seem more amazing than he actually is.
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Um, neither side is negative, it’s just dumb wire.Just pick a scheme and stick to it. Red connector, white writing, red connector; black connector, clear wiring, black connector, or vice versa.
Just use regular speaker wire and buy banana plugs for only one side the side you connect to the receiver…and the other side bare wire to the speakers that’s all you need to do.
I can’t give you technical data to support it, but I have never seen finished high end speaker cables with bare wire. They usually have spade lugs or banana plugs. And these are cables made for people who believe 0.0001% oxygen in the copper will degrade their sound!For example, look at the wires from Cardas Audio, or the page on speaker wire and connects from Blue Jean Cable.The argument is that — in addition to space, lower risk of shorting and convenience advantages — the noncorrosive coating and mechanically stable plug / spade beats out bare wire — which can break and corrode — or tinned wire — which gives a deformable, poor conducting contact (even with silver solder).Have a look at (or even post your question on) AVS Forum (link to the audio forums below), but I believe you will find that audiophiles universally prefers banana plugs or spade lugs to bare wire.On another tack, if you can’t use bare wire (and presumably not spade lugs) then don’t banana plugs become the only practical answer? If it were me, I’d buy some locking banana plugs.Hope this helps.
Wow joe, absolutely pitiful answer… And so is mine because i also have no idea :
By the sounds of it your in America, I’m in the UK and there’s this store called Maplin electronics which sells a pack of 2 gold plated banana clips for £2 which is about $4, i don’t know if they have branched out thier stores to the USA but you can have a look. But i know you can definatly get them cheaper.
Actually the only thing you need to worry about is the impedance of the speakers. These are 8-ohm speakers so any AV reciever will drive them with no problem. The only other issue is the power of the amplifiers. Since these are bass-reflex design, they are pretty efficient, so I think you should get by with 80w per channel (main front) the others can be 35W. There is no subwoofer, the bass will be carried by the two front speakers. At some time you may want to add a subwoofer for the very low frequency effect (LFE) on some movies.Most speakers and AV amplifiers have combination binding-post/banana plug connections. I wouldn’t worry about connectors–just put the bare wires into the binding post and tighten.Recommended brands of AV receivers: Denon, Yamaha
Oxidation starts immediately, however it will take a few months to show effect (this will vary by equipment. You can trim about 3-4 inches off each end and be safe. Use a good crimp vs. solder when making up the banana jacks.
Okay, here you go…- Spades. Arguably the best conductor next to bare wire connections. You will needing binding posts in order to use these. Shaped like a 2-prong fork, then slide onto the post and then fastened securely by screwing down the post screw clockwise. Not very convenient, so use this type only if you plan on keeping them fastened for awhile. Also,some connections have a tendency to comeloose slightly do to settling or movement ofthe speakers or speaker cable or amp. Itcan be hard to screw the posts down tightenough to avoid loosening over time.- Bananas. The most convenient type of connector and makes for a solid connection if the banana is properly designed. These are perfect for the audiophile that trades out speakers and/or amplifiers often. Just plug them into the top of the binding posts (if there is not an open hole, most likely there is just a removable cover that can be taken off).- Pins. Easy to install, and offers a neat look as opposed to bare wire, but not a very good or solid connection. The least desirable type of connector for an audiophile. Basically an alternative to bare wire for the basic spring-loaded press on connectors found on older speakers and amps or non-audiophile gear.- Bare wire (a.k.a. non-termination). This is the best connection between speaker and amplifier, although can be quite tedious to make the connection. Virtually any terminals will accept this type of connection.H a p p yL i s t e n i n g !
There is no cheaper way to do it. First you would need a dolby digital decoder. Back in the early days of surround sound you could pick this up separately. However it became cheaper to incorporate into the surround sound receiver. I was searching for a dolby digital converter with 5.1 out but I can’t seem to find any. The closest I can find is two channel which costs $103!http://www.bzbexpress.com/GefenTV-Digital-to-Analog-Decoder-Pre-Order-GTV-DD-2-AA.htmlYou would still have to add an amplifier and that would only give you two channel audio.So spending $300 would be the way to go.