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In Reply to: Re: Cardas Patented Bing Post v. Eichmann? posted by McGruder on February 18, 2007 at 18:40:59:
i really dig the sound of Cablepods, but broke 2 of 4 plastic tightener things using them with anti-cables. The cables are quite stiff, too much for the 'pods.
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I actually just replaced a cracked ones on my NuForce Ref 9 SE today (surprised how heavily soldered!). I decided I still wanted the terulium copper posts and will just use extra caution with tightening down on the spades. I have a hard time going to bananas - perhaps unfounded.
Ken
Hi Ken,Yeah, I guess "normal" thinking is that with spades you can really tighten down the BP nut (unless they're Eichmanns!! :-)) ) so this must make a better connection than bananas!
In my situation, it would've been difficult to use Cable Pods (or any other BP, for that matter) on my Maggies so I used banana sockets instead, with banana plugs on the end of the speaker wires.
The best bananas I have discovered are made by Multi-Connect ... they are in the form of a gold-plated springy cylinder which fits tight into the socket, 95% of the way round the circumference and the full length. The Multi-Connect part no. is LS4.
Regards,
Andy - I actually have a set of copper speaker cables I'm experimenting with which I decided to use Vampire banana plugs as terminators.The convenience should be wonderful, I just hope they fit very snug and sound good - should be close to spades. I could have upgraded to Eichmann bayonets, but I thought they were simply too expensive and I've been giving them too much money lately : )
Perhaps if I really like these cables I'll try reterminating them with the Multi-Connects. Thank you for the tip.
in that at some point i'd like to sell my speaks that just received the Cablepods...but asking folks to 'deal' with the busted spade connectors kinda sucks.So, i've been racking my brain trying to find a free fix...maybe a chunk of wine cork? It would slide in place of the busted plastic and provide tension to spades.
Anyhoo, my speaks are so large that the thought of lugging these back in hurts more than paying $100 to get a new set installed.
oh well, just glad to know others share my pain. I told my story to the guy who sold the Cablepods to me, and his reply wasn't nice. Something like, "I've sold hundreds of sets of these are you are the only person to break them." For me, it seems like a tiny design flaw... then again, most speaker cables aren't a solid 12 gauge wire like the anti-cables.
but, i am a slave to the Cablepods sound and great value for the $.
Wait, did you replace the busted screw down collar or the entire set?
I replaced the set. Its impossible to remove the threaded barrell without destroying the polymer protrusions that it uses to push off of the back of the plug so it can clamp down on the spade. Not sure if that description's clear or not. You can't see it until you take off the plug over the banana opening. There's no way around it, you have to replace the whole thing.I was very tempted to get Cardas or WBT, but didn't feel like doing both amps, and as I noted before, the terullium copper has good IACS rating. So I reluctantly took the $40 hit, and I have a spare pod to install if either of my monoblock's pods crack again.
Ken
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