A client brought in a Citation 22 beast for repair. I replaced a complimentary pair of output transistors to get it working. However, the OEM speaker terminals were also smashed in.
I don't know why the folks at Citation decided on such a crappy way to connect speakers, using very weird terminal hardware that appears to be not only a PITA to connect, but also a weak point – they break fairly often (enough so a European company sells a ready-made solution). Apparently this design is also common to the Citation 24.
I considered the European fix but didn't much care for their terminals. So I had a local trophy shop laser-cut a 1/4 slab of dark Lucite™. The laser made it possible to key the terminals so they can't rotate.
Here's some pics.
I don't know why the folks at Citation decided on such a crappy way to connect speakers, using very weird terminal hardware that appears to be not only a PITA to connect, but also a weak point – they break fairly often (enough so a European company sells a ready-made solution). Apparently this design is also common to the Citation 24.
I considered the European fix but didn't much care for their terminals. So I had a local trophy shop laser-cut a 1/4 slab of dark Lucite™. The laser made it possible to key the terminals so they can't rotate.
Here's some pics.
