I've been hooking up more modern pro audio stuff lately it dawned on me to go this style of connections on my next builds.
Power: use Neutrik powerCON one in and one out so I can dasychain the system to one cord that plugs in.
xlr for all my signals
Speaker out: use Neutrik speakON connectors.
I thaught I'd share my thaughts today about connections today.
Power: use Neutrik powerCON one in and one out so I can dasychain the system to one cord that plugs in.
xlr for all my signals
Speaker out: use Neutrik speakON connectors.
I thaught I'd share my thaughts today about connections today.
If you are building pro audio that will be great. But for home stereo?
Speakons are made to handle considerable power and for their ease of connection/disconnection repeatedly.
If I have a number of units to power, I'd probably have them in a rack, and a distribution unit which each amp or processor would plug into individually would be my preference. Daisy chaining to me is an opportunity for ground loops. With individual cords, I have the ability to break a ground connection, but how do I do that to the middle of a daisy chain hookup?
And something important to me, when i am on the road in particular, I hate having any specialized cords. If I have to have some odd cord, I try to change things so a normal cord can be used. If my one odd cords breaks, gets lost or stolen, then what do I do?
In the rack, XLR connectors are fine, but I am kinda partial to TRS connectors, they seem to be neater to me.
Speakons are made to handle considerable power and for their ease of connection/disconnection repeatedly.
If I have a number of units to power, I'd probably have them in a rack, and a distribution unit which each amp or processor would plug into individually would be my preference. Daisy chaining to me is an opportunity for ground loops. With individual cords, I have the ability to break a ground connection, but how do I do that to the middle of a daisy chain hookup?
And something important to me, when i am on the road in particular, I hate having any specialized cords. If I have to have some odd cord, I try to change things so a normal cord can be used. If my one odd cords breaks, gets lost or stolen, then what do I do?
In the rack, XLR connectors are fine, but I am kinda partial to TRS connectors, they seem to be neater to me.
yes home stereo. because to me binding posts is of an era that has long past and I like that speakon locks.
I build balanced audio so no ground loops. no rca crap. If I need to lift pin 1 I will but I would have to really question what is going on to cause that in something I build.
lifting the power ground can lead to shock hazards.
the chain is less than 12ft so I don't see a problem. plus there are powered line arrays that have longer power runs and they don't seem effected.
I'm not worry about loosing my cords in the living room, and I would build it standard so that I can use premade cords if I want.
I build balanced audio so no ground loops. no rca crap. If I need to lift pin 1 I will but I would have to really question what is going on to cause that in something I build.
lifting the power ground can lead to shock hazards.
the chain is less than 12ft so I don't see a problem. plus there are powered line arrays that have longer power runs and they don't seem effected.
I'm not worry about loosing my cords in the living room, and I would build it standard so that I can use premade cords if I want.
Speakons not only take up a lot of room on the panel, they also stick out from the panel quite a bit, limiting how close to the wall your unit can be placed.
Binding posts may be old, but so are things like vacuum tubes and vinyl records, yet we still use them effectively.
Binding posts may be old, but so are things like vacuum tubes and vinyl records, yet we still use them effectively.
You can also get right angled Speakons now. I do agree though they are still a bit chunky.
I think RCA/phono plugs are rubbish though.
I think RCA/phono plugs are rubbish though.
Actually, for consumer speakers, you can easily use XLR. I know it is mostly used for signal, but afaik it was developed for speakers and it has pretty good current capability.
There have been successful pro audio amp/speaker systems that were based on XLR speaker connectors and XLR speaker cables.
My home audio system uses Speakons for the wall-mount connectors. When they are not being used, they are about flush. When they are in use, the required clearances are not that different from twin-bananas.
Hi All...
For my current project, a tri-amped active system, I'll be using 8-conductor SpeakOn connectors mainly for the convenience of having just one connector on each speaker cable, and to eliminate the possibility of misconnecting tweeters to the woofer amp and destroying them (Yeah, I actually did that once...and destroyed $100 worth of tweeters.) 🙁
Mike
For my current project, a tri-amped active system, I'll be using 8-conductor SpeakOn connectors mainly for the convenience of having just one connector on each speaker cable, and to eliminate the possibility of misconnecting tweeters to the woofer amp and destroying them (Yeah, I actually did that once...and destroyed $100 worth of tweeters.) 🙁
Mike
I looked at those too. Van Damme has a very nice fitting cable. However, the combination would topple my speakers. So this is what I waund up using SRCN6A21-10S | JAE SRCN6A21-10S, Miniature 10 Pole Male Straight Cable Mount Circular Connector, Shell Size 21,Female Contacts | JAE
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