Fanfrolico
Standard Member
Hi! Ever since I bought a new system a while back I have been having terrible trouble with this.
The holes in the binding posts on the amp are so small that it is really difficult to twist the wire tight enough for satisfactory connection - and when I attempt to tighten the screw fittings they just loosen again!
After days trying I eventually got them to stay tight and have enjoyed good results for some weeks.
(I bought some banana plugs but after I removed the plastic bungs from the back of the posts the plugs were too big for the hole!).
Today one of the speakers started to distort, with very little sound coming from it - the wires in the the two posts for it seemed OK, but I tightened them as much as I could and the speaker worked after another short period of distortion - so the connection is still not right, as I keep expecting it to go wrong again any moment!
There is a certain amount of wire sticking out of the speaker terminals, but I have ensured it is not on the metal surround.
Anyone with any ideas please? (Things such as soldering the wires are beyond me I'm afraid!). I have never encountered binding posts with such small holes before! Am I doing something ridiculously wrong?
PS When initially setting up I had trouble with both speakers not working at all - due to the loosening screws on the binding posts. This is the first time that I had some sound coming out of a speaker during a connectivity problem.
Phew!
The holes in the binding posts on the amp are so small that it is really difficult to twist the wire tight enough for satisfactory connection - and when I attempt to tighten the screw fittings they just loosen again!
After days trying I eventually got them to stay tight and have enjoyed good results for some weeks.
(I bought some banana plugs but after I removed the plastic bungs from the back of the posts the plugs were too big for the hole!).
Today one of the speakers started to distort, with very little sound coming from it - the wires in the the two posts for it seemed OK, but I tightened them as much as I could and the speaker worked after another short period of distortion - so the connection is still not right, as I keep expecting it to go wrong again any moment!
There is a certain amount of wire sticking out of the speaker terminals, but I have ensured it is not on the metal surround.
Anyone with any ideas please? (Things such as soldering the wires are beyond me I'm afraid!). I have never encountered binding posts with such small holes before! Am I doing something ridiculously wrong?
PS When initially setting up I had trouble with both speakers not working at all - due to the loosening screws on the binding posts. This is the first time that I had some sound coming out of a speaker during a connectivity problem.
Phew!