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In Reply to: RE: You've Done It Again... posted by py272 on August 03, 2020 at 14:49:09
No direct experience of the Furez speaker cable connectors, but they seem to be excellent.
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Duster,
Thanks for the reply. What are your thoughts regarding set screw versus crimp solder connectors? I do not have a crimping tool so I feel it would be easiest to buy set screw connectors. Furez has a spade set screw connector that accepts up to 6AWG and the furez cable will about 6 AWG once I bi wire the two 9 AWG. This will be for the amp end.
As to the speaker end (vandersteen 2CE speakers) do you know of any good set screw bananas that will accommodate 9 awg?
Patrick
A prefer a set-screw connector with a copper crimp sleeve. A crimp sleeve is made of thin soft copper, and the only thing that's required is an inexpensive crimp tool that can form a trough on one side of the sleeve that the dual set-screws can "grab" into/onto. The major affixment for the termination is created by the dual set-screws rather than a severe crimp made by a heavy-duty crimp tool for a high-mass crimp-type spade. I don't use a soldered spade or a soldered banana plug except for special applications. The unplated Furez set-screw spades seem impressive, and AV Outlet sells the proper crimp sleeves, and normally carries the ViaBlue TS2 set-screw type BFA banana plug, but it's out of stock, at this time.
The affordable set-screw type Viborg VB401B gold-plated copper banana plug is interesting. Pure copper with a beryllium copper tensioner. It would be a good mate for an unplated copper set-screw type Furez spade at the amplifier end. On sale 30% off right now, but it may take a month to be delivered.
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Duster,
I now have a question of the copper crimp sleeve as to what size to buy. On the AV outlet site, they sell them in three sizes (4, 6 and 10 mm). For the Viborg connectors and 9awg wire, what size sleeves should I use?
Then for the Furez SP8-SB60NP spade and 6awg wire, what size sleeves should I use?
Also can you recommend an inexpensive crimp tool?
Thanks,
Patrick
10mm crimp sleeve for both applications. Order few extra crimp sleeves in case there is a learning curve.
This inexpensive crimping tool from Home Depot is appropriate for the task:
DUster,
Thanks for all your assistance.
Patrick
Duster,
Regarding the Viborg VB401B, this is a gold plated product but I see there also is a non-gold plated version. Do you feel the gold plated version is superior?
Patrick
There are no reputable unplated copper set-screw type banana plugs that I'm aware of. If you wish to use an unplated copper banana, the crimp/solder type Furez banana plug seems to be high-quality.
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Duster,
Thanks the reply. Based on your recommendation, Viborg gold plated banana plugs ordered from allied express. It may take a while to arrive but I am in no big rush.
Patrick
I like the design of a hollow copper pin with a spring-like tensioner that pushes the hollow pin against the banana slot for good signal transfer.
BTW, the Viborg set-screw type banana plug can be terminated with copper crimp sleeves just like the Furez set-screw type spade. It's the same termination method of my WBT NextGen spades. It's a modular system that allows different connectors to be swapped-out. It was a relief when a different amplifier was used with larger-sized binding posts. I was able to swap-out the connectors very quickly.
Duster,
Thanks for the reply and the links to the connector.
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