Screw on banana/spade connectors


Looking at some Canare 4S11 Star quad cable crimped with WBT Gold plated crimp sleeve ferrules that accept screw down banana or spades. Any concern with signal loss on that type of connection?

4S11 good choice?
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Showing 6 responses by oldhvymec

These spades or banana male are loved by many (me).

http://www.wbtusa.com/pages/bananas_spades.html

Cut off anything, strip, nice fresh wire, attached.

I like these too, great ends, and not a slot screw, a hex,  can really get it tight, if you tin your ends, I do, they never come loose after a good cookin' and a second retighten. Second they are insulated in case of some of the older, very closely spaced speaker/ amp terminals.
Can always die off the gold plating and get to the bare copper, when you torque um up, too, your call.

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My speaker terminals don't accept bananas so I was trying to find a solution that was a solid connection. These cables are not available w spades.

Hello, so what type of connection do you want, spades? Like on a bare speaker, male spades? So you want female Spades. Or am I missing something? Vice Versa?

Respectfully 
Yes spades. Actually read the fine print and I can order w spades. Checking on cost.

So your hooking directly to a speaker, just wondering, active or external XO?
I can't help myself, wondering about the application. 

Female spades? I only ask because most spade connectors make good contact ONCE.. When unplugged, if it's critical, I cut, toss and add a new one OR tighten the female roll on either side and give it a brass brushing. Male good brushing, rough it up..

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Just normal u shaped spade connectors.

See this is where your loosing me. A spade is flat no U with a round wire receiver, normally insulated, normally CRIMPED..
A  "U" sounds like a Y connector to me. A Y the tail on the Y is the wire receiver and can be soldered, crimped and soldered or securement screws.  I've just never seen a spade used for a speaker terminal. Only as a speaker driver connection. 
.125 -.250  wide, about .60" thick for 10 amp (blue) .80" for 15 amp (Yellow)..
A spade has a male and a female. A Y is locked down via a locking nut
and normally the most commonly used feature on a FIVE (5) way binding post..(except banana).It's also a very GOOD way to mechanically connect and keep it tight.. TORQUE IT..A Y is an Eye term with the top cut out.  Hee hee. Yup Yup
I'm kinda thick sometime that way.. But ay, I haven't see a lot of things. LOL. Just an ol wore out mechanic..

So is it still a spade? or a Y, just wondering? Y is very common..

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You know I just looked. The Europeans are calling a Y (US electrical term) connector a spade, this may be what I'm missing. I might  be incorrect, I see the term interchange between the two different connections..I don't know..Why. Open Eye or Y is the common US nomenclature. 

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In any case I've seen the type your speaking of, screw on 2mm pins, or spades (1/4" Ys), Heck Screw them on and silver solder the outside, and the joint real nice and thick..That would be as good or better than a lot..of what's out there, unless you got a little crucible and  couple pre 62 quarters to melt down, you know like the lone ranger making silver bullets. Give the ends two dips, that will REALLY work nice. .50 cent fix
lol

Ok I'm out of here. Time to listen a bit

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