10agw +10agw=7agw? need some big Banana's
just put new banana terminals on my 10 year old Acoustic Zen Santori shotguns. went with Audiquest 500 series connectors for the speaker/bi-wired ends. the problem is they won't fit/work on the amp side where the wires are doubled up. pretty beefy wires at 10agw per shotgun/bi-wire. looks like i'll be needing banana plugs that can accommodate 7agw? (10agw+10agw?)
my local shop who installed the Audioquest 500's on the speaker/bi-wire side doesn't offer anything that will work for the doubled up amp side. been looking online and see very few option for something this size.
two questions.....
1) can anyone confirm my math for the required size needed?? 10agw+10agw=7agw?
2) then possibly point me in the right direction to find some high quality banana's that will fit/work?
(not looking for replacement spades. just interested in banana terminals)
thank you!
my local shop who installed the Audioquest 500's on the speaker/bi-wire side doesn't offer anything that will work for the doubled up amp side. been looking online and see very few option for something this size.
two questions.....
1) can anyone confirm my math for the required size needed?? 10agw+10agw=7agw?
2) then possibly point me in the right direction to find some high quality banana's that will fit/work?
(not looking for replacement spades. just interested in banana terminals)
thank you!
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I agree Doug - a psychological barrier for sure but that is why even at times when I have really, really, wanted to trim a few, I always retwisted and reinserted the wire bundle just to get those last one or two uncooperative strands in with the rest of the team. There should be no reason for the OP to trim at all as the connectors in the links I provided are mostly huge. I do not know about the Furutech bananas the OP ended up with but the Furez connectors are solid copper and have very large openings. The bananas on the ebay link I posted look exactly like those I have previously purchased from Furez and if you go to the ebay store you will also find a silver plated version. The Furez bananas had a small red or black foam insert inside of the connector barrel to resist deformation and help maintain a tight connection. I make power cords using six, 10 awg, vintage Western Electric wires (2 wires each to pos, neg, and ground) into a Furutech plug/iec - without cutting the wires. That can be tedious, but on big amps the result is very nice....sort of like turbocharging the amplifier yet maintaining a nice tone. |
That is too bad. The Douglas folks are pretty good so maybe ask if you can return the Furutech connectors. The 5mm ID specification clearly should have worked with your 7 awg wire, which would have a diameter of only about 3.7mm based on an awg chart. The maximum specified diameter should have allowed for the set screws to be inserted far enough for the barrel to slide over the assembly. I have personally used the copper Furez connectors I recommended (same as on the ebay link) with two runs of Western Electric NOS 10 awg wires, also a total of 7 awg, but they do not have an outer barrel so the covering is just heat shrink. |