Crazy monkey
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Tuesday, 17th of August 2010 01:36:10 AM
What are the gold plated (usually) conductor things called that are used to
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connect the high and low frequencys of high end speakers?We have some
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speakers that are lacking the clips, and l wanna buy them online... if
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only l knew what they were called...
The speakers with the 4
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stubs out the back and the clips connect the top left to the bottom left
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and the top right to bottom right...Top being high and bottom being low
frequency...
l wanna order them asap, thanks for the help,
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Georgia Peach
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Wednesday, 18th of August 2010 07:58:56 PM
They are ''Jumper'' plates. If you remove them, it allows you
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to bi-amp the speakers so you have separate amps for the tweeters,
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midrange and woofers.
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The spacing between them is NOT uniform so you probably have to order
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exact replacements from the company that made your speakers. Or just tie
all the ''+'' terminals with speaker wire and the ''-'' terminals with
more.
Charli
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Thursday, 19th of August 2010 02:49:12 PM
There are a few different types of speaker terminals. The most
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common are grip terminals, which have black & white tabs you push down,
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insert the speaker wire then release, which then grip the wire in place.
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Next there are ''binding posts'' which basically have a threaded post with
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a hole in it which the speaker wire is placed through, with a cap on the
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post which you screw down onto the wire to hold in place. Another type are
''banana connectors'' which I am really not familiar with at all, but are
typically used on the most higher end speakers, that might be what you're
looking for. Links to the pages on Wikipedia for each to follow, hope this
helps ya out: