BFA Plug to Banana Socket

[Garrett]

Please can any one tell me if there are converters that will enable me to convert a BFA plug to a Banana plug so I'm able to plug a BFA plug into a Banana socket and if so where available if known?

The problem is I have airlocked BFA plugs on my cables I do not wish to cut the plugs off, and the wiring from speaker to amp was a major job so don't want to take the cable to a shop to have them re locked with banana plugs.

My Audiolab 8000p blew which had BFA socket and Audiolab in there wisdom have gone back to Banana socket.

 

[Frank Harvey]

I recognise that hooded face from somewhere.... 🙂

I take it you have the old QED BFA Airlocs....

You could make an adaptor? The Milty BFA plug can plug into a BFA socket or banana socket, so you could have a short run (0.5m or less) of cable made up with these at both ends.

 

[Garrett]

8)

I thought of 2 solutions that do not involve making a new length of cable and wonder what your thoughts are.

1 Buy some banana plugs with large cable holes (usually from the side), take the cover of the BFA to expose a 5mm plug and put it though the hole and clamp.

2 if not wanting to damage the BFA in case of needed of a BFA socket in future, I have some BFA stack-able plugs. which is realy a banana plug at one end and a BFA at the other. I could stick the BFA in the above Banana plug hole tighten it up then have a double plug with a banana at each end. One to go in the amp and the other to stick my BFA onto, as banana plugs are a perfect match for the BFA hole plug.

Garrett

 

[Garrett]

Just to let anyone know having the same problem I did sort it out and used a plug like this in link below. I just plugged the BFA into the side socket and tightened the screws up.

http://www.audiovisualonline.co.uk/product/3454/fisual-deluxe-insulated-banana-plugs-pack-of-2-/