Spring terminals to Binding posts?

[Dave2860]

Ive got bose 301's i love them to bit, however, they have spring terminals and they drive me nuts, i would much rather use banana plugs, so is there a way to convert the springs to take banana plugs or a input of similar sort??

will post pictures if you ask?

thankss

 

[Dave2860]

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?Partnumber=091-531&AID=1457483&PID=3640326&SID=skim223X354X1e42c667038ef69c4f946c21818190e2

will these work?

where can i buy them in england?

thanks

 

[Prof999]

www.russandrews.com - search site for 'Spring Clip Terminal Adaptors'. A tad expensive, but hope these work for you.

 

[eggontoast]

Or rather than fund Russ Andrews retirement fund, you could buy some from RS and solder your own cables to them for less than a fiver.

 

[shafesk]

Or you can try screw in banana plugs which do not have to be soldered.

 

[shafesk]

Also, I'm keeping an eye on this thread, someone is bound to come along with some interesting comments about the speakers

 

[Andrew Everard]

will these work?

Yup

where can i buy them in england?

Amazon (among other places)

 

[Dave2860]

i love the speakers, i understand the bose hate n all but the 301's are an exception, but after all im a bose fan, just my opinion 😛

 

[Dave2860]

thanks for the feedback, i went with these in the end, as i dont want to break the bank

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120871814466&ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:GB:3160

im also not 100% sure they will work, thankss

 

[tino]

Why can't you replace the whole spring clip assembly with a binding post pair like so:

I'm not proposing you do what this person has done (below), but you should be able to replace the existing spring connector block with a new binding post that fits (possibly with a blanking plate) over the same slot.

 

[Dave2860]

thats a good idea, but theyre my babys and i really dont fancy drilling holes into them 😛 thansk for the feedback anyway

 

[tino]

thats a good idea, but theyre my babys and i really dont fancy drilling holes into them 😛 thansk for the feedback anyway

I think you misunderstood my suggestion. The photo is an example of what someone has done (poorly if you ask me), but it would be quite feasible to replace the existing spring binding posts with screw / banana plug binding posts in the same location as the existing ones. If you are lucky they will fit into the same slot, and if not, you just make a blanking plate out of a piece black plastic to fit into the same recess. The result could be very professional and could be reverted back if you needed to sell.