Dear all,
I wish to share some experience with my JBL Studio 530 loudspeakers.
Having them for a few years now one day I noticed some low frequency distortion on one speaker.
Fearing it would be the bass unit I took it out to see if the rear suspension had come off, this was fortunately not the case🙂
Then I checked the faston connectors on the crossover board and found one which was not stuck on properly, just between the plastic sleeve and the metal connector.
Put back on properly and moved all other fastons up and down till they latched.
I did the same with the other speaker, none loose there.
The outcome was that not only the distortion disappeared but the speakers sounded a lot better too🙂
Moral of this story is that we spent lots of money on gold plated rca`s etc. to end up with inferior speaker connection in our cabinets.
Come on audio industry you can do better that that, and I don`t mean gold plated fastons.
The push button ones on some speakers are nothing better, just tin and a steel spring as contacts😕
Perhaps we need a company like Neutrik to come up with something better as I think their speakons are an improvement on many other connectors, some may disagree😀
Best regards, Veeren
I wish to share some experience with my JBL Studio 530 loudspeakers.
Having them for a few years now one day I noticed some low frequency distortion on one speaker.
Fearing it would be the bass unit I took it out to see if the rear suspension had come off, this was fortunately not the case🙂
Then I checked the faston connectors on the crossover board and found one which was not stuck on properly, just between the plastic sleeve and the metal connector.
Put back on properly and moved all other fastons up and down till they latched.
I did the same with the other speaker, none loose there.
The outcome was that not only the distortion disappeared but the speakers sounded a lot better too🙂
Moral of this story is that we spent lots of money on gold plated rca`s etc. to end up with inferior speaker connection in our cabinets.
Come on audio industry you can do better that that, and I don`t mean gold plated fastons.
The push button ones on some speakers are nothing better, just tin and a steel spring as contacts😕
Perhaps we need a company like Neutrik to come up with something better as I think their speakons are an improvement on many other connectors, some may disagree😀
Best regards, Veeren
while it is ok to question the quality of a connector sometimes it's environmental factors that come out to play and corrosion/oxidization over time is inevitable.
are you close to the ocean? i once did a cruise ship tour where the compression drivers had become so crusted with salt there was no usable output left, thankfully they where old school phenolic and a hot water bath got them back to usable but the speakons connectors despite an attempt at cleaning with a good quality contact cleaner needed to be replaced!
are you close to the ocean? i once did a cruise ship tour where the compression drivers had become so crusted with salt there was no usable output left, thankfully they where old school phenolic and a hot water bath got them back to usable but the speakons connectors despite an attempt at cleaning with a good quality contact cleaner needed to be replaced!
NLFASTON | Neutrik
used along with neutrik connectors (speakon) that have "positive lock" tabs.
Love em!
used along with neutrik connectors (speakon) that have "positive lock" tabs.
Love em!
Yes I agree it is also environmental issues that play a role as the dust in the air in this part of Portugal seems to play havoc with all connexions that carry low currents.
I am really surprised that the speakons would become unusable in salty air area conditions!
Those Neutrik fastons look good, are they silver plated and what material?
I have seen many fastons not properly fitted to wires, often I would solder them in place instead of crimping them.
My thoughts on speaker driver connections would be something like a WAGO type connector that would take bare wire.
I dont know the contact material they use but they work alright even in humid condtions.
They clip on the wire.
I am really surprised that the speakons would become unusable in salty air area conditions!
Those Neutrik fastons look good, are they silver plated and what material?
I have seen many fastons not properly fitted to wires, often I would solder them in place instead of crimping them.
My thoughts on speaker driver connections would be something like a WAGO type connector that would take bare wire.
I dont know the contact material they use but they work alright even in humid condtions.
They clip on the wire.
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I also had a problem with a faston connector on a protection relay in my amplifier once. The symptoms were a poor stereo image in the mid range on a 3 way (bass active) system. It was driving me crazy, I was checking everything multiple times swapping drivers, input channels, crossovers. Key lessons learned: Solder conducts always - solder everything you can like driver poles and crossover connections.
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