Fitting banana plugs to amp?

[admin_exported]

Well I got my banana plugs but i can't see how they are meant to connect to the amps terminals which are sealed? and the same for the speaker terminals to

Help is appreciated lol

 

[professorhat]

Get a screwdriver or some snipe nosed pliers and prise / pull the bungs out. They are there as part of EU law since banana plugs are the same size as continental power plugs. It's perfectly safe to remove them (carefully).

 

[Andrew Everard]

Which amp is it?

 

[Anonymous]

Hi Andrew it's the NAD C352

 

[nads]

as mentioned above the bung can be pulled/prised out.

they are blocked off to meet european safety rules.

 

[Anonymous]

Removing the middle part of the amp terminal is easy, removing the speaker terminal part is proving a lot more annoying lol.

 

[nads]

hi fi newbie:Removing the middle part of the amp terminal is easy, removing the speaker terminal part is proving a lot more annoying lol.
stop right there.

just the center blanking plug needs removing.

then plug in the bananna plug into the hole in the terminal.

 

[nads]

 

[Anonymous]

yep that's what i am doing removing the centre blanking plug from the terminals, it's done now cheers guys.

 

[professorhat]

Phew, think you scared us all for a minute there!

 

[Anonymous]

Lol nope instead I scare myself with my carelessness because I have just realised I have misplaced the speaker connections (those metal braces)

 

[Gerrardasnails]

nads:

Photo of the year!

 

[The_Lhc]

hi fi newbie:Lol nope instead I scare myself with my carelessness because I have just realised I have misplaced the speaker connections (those metal braces)

Yeah I've done that with my Kefs, bloody irritating, now I'm FORCED to bi-wire! what a hardship...

 

[Anonymous]

It's a hardship when you haven't got any biwire cable yes

 

[The_Lhc]

you don't actually need it, just run two sets of cables to the speakers (which is all bi-wire cable is, in fancy packaging).

 

[Anonymous]

Oh okay, also not sure two sets of cable will fit into the banana plugs

 

[professorhat]

You can always just use a very small run of your speaker cable between the two binding posts. This will perform the same job as the metal connectors.

 

[basshound]

You just need a set of jumper cables,can be bought ready made or as previously mentioned cut a couple of short lengths from your speaker cable,will probably do a better job than those brass plates as well

 

[clubman]

Use a corkscrew!

Press the sharp tip into the middle of the plug, ensure penetration, (corkscrew is about 90 degrees from the vertical to achieve this; turn a further quarter turn to ensure a "hook" effect and firm attachment, move the corkscrew to the vertical and lightly pull.

Time: 10 secs for the first one, 5 secs thereafter.