Quad spare part needed ASAP

[tomayresss]

Was wondering if anyone could help me here.

I have managed to lose on of the gold bridging connectors from the back of one of my Quad 11Ls in transit. Without this I can't get any of the high frequency!

Have done a quick search on the net but can't seem to find anything? Can anybody help?

Thanks.

 

[Andrew Everard]

See below, or just use an offcut of cable to make the bridge temporarily...

IAG Service Department,
Unit 4, St Margarets Way,
Stukeley Meadows Industrial Estate,
Huntingdon, Cambs, PE29 6EB

Telephone :- 01480 452561

e-mail :- rob@iaguk.co.uk

 

[Cold Roses]

If you search the forum, you'll find various threads about Speaker jumper cables (here's a recent one on the subject - http://community.whathifi.com/forums/t/485336.aspx) , which you can either buy ready-made or make out of some small lengths of speaker cable (as Andrew has suggested above). If I was you, I'd actually use this as an opportunity to switch all of the bridging connectors on your Quads to jumper cables. My personal experience with my B&W 685s was that cable jumpers actually brought a discernible improvement in sound over the supplied bridging connectors. Others may question the science of this, but if you've lost the bridging plate in any event, it's certainly worth trying.

 

[Anonymous]

i use chord signature jumper cables on my Quad 12L2's and made a difference from the standard connectors

 

[tomayresss]

Thanks for the quick info & advice.

How do the 'spade'-like connectors on the end of jumper cables work?

 

[Andrew Everard]

Undo the binding-posts, insert spades, tighten binding-posts.

 

[tomayresss]

That easy eh?

Would you suggest terminating the speaker cable or does it not matter an awful lot?

 

[Andrew Everard]

Not a lot, as you're using offcuts. If they get oxidised after a year or so of use, just replace them with some new short offcuts.

 

[Anonymous]

Sorry to barge in.

Do jumper cables make that much of a difference?

I have binding posts would I hear a difference?

Thanks