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Hi all,
I'm getting ready to wire up a "larger" speaker system with a vintage look. I considered Hubbells and flirted with Neutriks but really would like to use Cannons. This has presented a couple of problems though. It is entirely possible that I don't know the proper name to search for, (P series? E series? P-type? EP?) but I haven't found them other than one rather obscure supplier of almost the right thing in Asia and specs on a couple of systems that use them as inputs. If anyone has a source to refer me to I'd appreciate it greatly. I've searched the Pro archive here with no luck. Or, if anyone has a stash sitting around after upgrading to Speakons and would like to put them up in the classifieds I'd be interested.
Thanks,
W
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Try phoning every sound rental company you can find in the yellow pages. One of them may have a bucket of old connectors sitting around.
I saw some blister-packed at a music store some time back... I used them for the transformer connections to my Contrabasses.
Another brand name you could find them under was Alcatel.
"Jones" connectors are completely different, but they do have a real vintage look: dark bakelite and wrinkle finish.
By Cannons, you mean XLRs? Speakons are the best way to go. You get more contact surface area. Manufacturers used to use 4 pin XLRs, but the contact area was too small, and did not allow for large awg wire. TSs had the same problem. That is a good reason why SpeakOns have been so accepted. Plus they are locking, water proof, etc.
You won't find new "Cannons". Switchcraft, Neutrik and other make the XLRs. They are in the low voltage connector range.
Thanks for the response. I've spent a few hours on this but it turns out that the series I need was hogged out by Amphenol and is now their EP and AP series, the AP being thermoplastic. These are quite a bit bigger than the XLRs (which I'd never consider for speaker loads) and take 12 AWG wire. Some of these are actually plug-in compatible with speakons, btw. My application is inside "set and forget" and the look is important. I'm just old fashioned and can't warm to speakon blue..... Here's a link in case someone else stumbles upon this:
http://www.amphenolaudio.com/Amphenol_Metal_EP.html
W
If you want a set and forget it then why not use barrier strips?
…Neutriks STX series of SpeakOns?
All metal housing in either nickel or black-chrome plated. They are also weatherproof and take up to 50 amps of ac current.
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