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richterbon23 · 02-08-2008, 09:54 PM

What is the easist way to connect speakers to the reciever? Banana plugs look pretty easy to connect and disconnect. Is it hard to get the plug onto the wire? The other question I have is what guage wire should I get. I will be using the klipsch quintet II and onkyo 705. The longest any of my speakers will be wired is probably about 15 feet or so?

gearyt · 02-08-2008, 09:56 PM

short runs.... 14ga and screw bananna's

cathexist · 02-08-2008, 09:58 PM

Kind of wondering this myself, I have binding post terminals. Wondering what the best thing to connect the speaker wire to them is (besides just screwing them on the speaker wire...it has hurt the wire a bit)

update...duh...banana plugs...

Kratos3 · 02-08-2008, 10:16 PM

Make sure all the speaker wire runs to the front 3 channels is equal length. The same goes for the rear speaker wires, all equal length if possible. It's not absolutely essential, but it ensures consistent sound. Monster makes some quality banana plug add-ons. I have the screw-on ends and they work great. Any good quality, at least 18ga, wire will do just fine, especially for the longer runs to the rear speakers.

richterbon23 · 02-08-2008, 10:28 PM

is it hard to get the banana plugs on?

Rike255 · 02-09-2008, 03:57 PM

No, but I've found that some banana plugs don't make a solid connection so I soldered them on just in case. They're quite easy though.

CAB · 02-09-2008, 04:06 PM

Easiest is buying custom lengths with profesionally terminated ends. High quality banana ends make for the best contact. What loudspeakers are you connecting?

richterbon23 · 02-09-2008, 08:23 PM

what would you recommend using to connect the speaker wires to the reciever? also do most of you just do the wire connection when hooking up to the speakers?

richteer · 02-09-2008, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by richterbon23

what would you recommend using to connect the speaker wires to the reciever? also do most of you just do the wire connection when hooking up to the speakers?

Banana plugs are the easiest, followed by spade lugs. Personally, I would never just use bare wire unless I had no other option.

richterbon23 · 02-09-2008, 11:59 PM

yea i wouldn't want to use bare wire either. what are some good banana plugs to get? i know monster is over priced but i saw some that looked pretty easy to set up... http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1051384782167

also what is some good speaker guage... i have been thinking probably 14 guage. that seems to be what i hear about most. the longest i will need to run one of the speakers is about 15-20 feet

Clark Kent · 02-10-2008, 12:52 AM

The best option for banana plugs is to get them from

http://www.monoprice.com/home/index.asp

You've probably seen people recommend Monoprice for HDMI cables but their banana plugs are also very nice for the price.

richterbon23 · 02-10-2008, 01:43 AM

yea i like monoprice, i got all my hdmi cables from there. what about speaker wire... what guage should i get and from where? monoprice?

richteer · 02-10-2008, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by richterbon23

yea i like monoprice, i got all my hdmi cables from there. what about speaker wire... what guage should i get and from where? monoprice?

Provided you don't go for the really crappy bell wire stuff that el-cheapo speakers come with, the wire gauge isn't really important (there's more to cable quality than just the gauge of the cable).

richterbon23 · 02-10-2008, 06:02 PM

what is that? what should i be looking for? sorry for all the questions i just want to et a good quality wire to go with my setup

sj001 · 02-10-2008, 06:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by richterbon23

what is that? what should i be looking for? sorry for all the questions i just want to et a good quality wire to go with my setup

Don't worry too much about the quality of the speaker wire man. Unless you are doing real LONG runs, or are going through walls, or past radiators or high voltage equipment, you should have no issues with just plain-jane basic speaker wires.

...and stick with banana plugs, cheapest you can get, Monoprice... you should be all set from there.

Clark Kent · 02-10-2008, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by richterbon23

yea i like monoprice, i got all my hdmi cables from there. what about speaker wire... what guage should i get and from where? monoprice?

12-14 gauge wire from Home Depot works fine and is probably the cheapest solution available. I can't recommend Monoprice wire as I found it to be very cheap quality. It rotted on me three months after buying it.

richterbon23 · 02-10-2008, 11:35 PM

the 805 is on sale at amazon for $630 right now. Is it that much better than the 705 which I was planning on getting?

02-08-2008, 09:54 PM	#1
richterbon23 Senior Member Member since:Sep 2007 Home Theater Gallery:7 4K collection:266 Blu-ray collection:685 Trading Score:22	Speaker accesories What is the easist way to connect speakers to the reciever? Banana plugs look pretty easy to connect and disconnect. Is it hard to get the plug onto the wire? The other question I have is what guage wire should I get. I will be using the klipsch quintet II and onkyo 705. The longest any of my speakers will be wired is probably about 15 feet or so?

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02-08-2008, 09:56 PM	#2
gearyt Power Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Henderson, NV Home Theater Gallery:8 Blu-ray collection:33	short runs.... 14ga and screw bananna's

02-08-2008, 09:58 PM	#3
cathexist Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Aurora, CO 4K collection:302 Blu-ray collection:1253 DVD collection:73 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:8	Kind of wondering this myself, I have binding post terminals. Wondering what the best thing to connect the speaker wire to them is (besides just screwing them on the speaker wire...it has hurt the wire a bit) update...duh...banana plugs...

02-08-2008, 10:16 PM	#4
Kratos3 Active Member Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Home Theater Gallery:15 Blu-ray collection:227 Digital collection:39 Blu-ray reviews: 14	Make sure all the speaker wire runs to the front 3 channels is equal length. The same goes for the rear speaker wires, all equal length if possible. It's not absolutely essential, but it ensures consistent sound. Monster makes some quality banana plug add-ons. I have the screw-on ends and they work great. Any good quality, at least 18ga, wire will do just fine, especially for the longer runs to the rear speakers.

02-08-2008, 10:28 PM	#5
richterbon23 Senior Member Member since:Sep 2007 Home Theater Gallery:7 4K collection:266 Blu-ray collection:685 Trading Score:22	is it hard to get the banana plugs on?

02-09-2008, 03:57 PM	#6
Rike255 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:AB, Canada PSNetwork: Rike255 Home Theater Gallery:44 Blu-ray collection:57	No, but I've found that some banana plugs don't make a solid connection so I soldered them on just in case. They're quite easy though.

02-09-2008, 04:06 PM	#7
CAB Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2007 Location:::1 4K collection:88 Blu-ray collection:1827 Trading Score:4	Easiest is buying custom lengths with profesionally terminated ends. High quality banana ends make for the best contact. What loudspeakers are you connecting?

02-09-2008, 08:23 PM	#8
richterbon23 Senior Member Member since:Sep 2007 Home Theater Gallery:7 4K collection:266 Blu-ray collection:685 Trading Score:22	what would you recommend using to connect the speaker wires to the reciever? also do most of you just do the wire connection when hooking up to the speakers?

02-09-2008, 11:59 PM	#10
richterbon23 Senior Member Member since:Sep 2007 Home Theater Gallery:7 4K collection:266 Blu-ray collection:685 Trading Score:22	yea i wouldn't want to use bare wire either. what are some good banana plugs to get? i know monster is over priced but i saw some that looked pretty easy to set up... http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1051384782167 also what is some good speaker guage... i have been thinking probably 14 guage. that seems to be what i hear about most. the longest i will need to run one of the speakers is about 15-20 feet

02-10-2008, 12:52 AM	#11
Clark Kent Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Metropolis Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:184	The best option for banana plugs is to get them from http://www.monoprice.com/home/index.asp You've probably seen people recommend Monoprice for HDMI cables but their banana plugs are also very nice for the price.

02-10-2008, 01:43 AM	#12
richterbon23 Senior Member Member since:Sep 2007 Home Theater Gallery:7 4K collection:266 Blu-ray collection:685 Trading Score:22	yea i like monoprice, i got all my hdmi cables from there. what about speaker wire... what guage should i get and from where? monoprice?

02-10-2008, 06:02 PM	#14
richterbon23 Senior Member Member since:Sep 2007 Home Theater Gallery:7 4K collection:266 Blu-ray collection:685 Trading Score:22	what is that? what should i be looking for? sorry for all the questions i just want to et a good quality wire to go with my setup

02-10-2008, 11:35 PM	#17
richterbon23 Senior Member Member since:Sep 2007 Home Theater Gallery:7 4K collection:266 Blu-ray collection:685 Trading Score:22	the 805 is on sale at amazon for $630 right now. Is it that much better than the 705 which I was planning on getting?

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