Re: Re: Speaker Connections

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I'll have to stop getting digests of this group!  Keep falling
> behind... Ayway Chocolate blocks or sockets sound good for the
T&E....
>  Would i loose any quality using them rather than proper speaker
> connections.

Probably not that you'd notice and if you were worried about that then you
wouldn't be siting your amps remotely from your speakers anyway... ;-)

> I been reading the previous posts about XLR and speakon connections.
> So XLR is better than speakon?  the speakon's look good and easy to
> connect  is the XLR's difficult to setup?  are they screw connections
> or solder?

I used to use XLRs for sub boxes when I was doing in car audio stuff and I
still rate them highly.

I like the male (cable) speakon connectors but the ones I used to get had
the female (chassis) connector with push on tags for termination and I've
never really liked that as a connector.

> I'm starting to get confused now i've got loads of options :)
> I think the round-pin sockets sound good for the T&E and maybe the
> speakons at the patch!
>
> Stop me if you don't agree.

Nah... :-D

Phil