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A stupid question for marantz 1060

post #1 of 6
11/4/04 at 4:07am
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Sorry, I know it's kind of stupid but I can't find an answer and I am quite new to the speaker world.

I have a Marantz 1060 amplifier, mainly used for headphone. Recently I just want to try some speakers so I got a pair of Infinity alpha 20 from ebay. But I just don't know which kind of speaker wire to connect this two.

The output of 1060 and the binding post of alpha 20 looks like attachments

I tried to do some research, it seems like I need to use bare wire to connect the 1060 side, banana or spade to speaker side. But I just can't find any online store selling speaker wire in this format. Should I DIY one by myself, again, I am new to speaker, so I really don't know how to buy the spare wire and banana plug to DIY a pair of speaker wire by myself. Any suggestion? Can any one also recommend some good speaker wire and online store for me? Thank you very much
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post #2 of 6
11/4/04 at 4:19am
Do you mean the spring clip connectors? You can buy radio shack wire on a spool which is unterminated, and twist the ends and stick them in the connectors.
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post #3 of 6
11/4/04 at 4:35am
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Originally Posted by bundee1
Do you mean the spring clip connectors? You can buy radio shack wire on a spool which is unterminated, and twist the ends and stick them in the connectors.

Yeah, I think it's a spring clip connector, so which one you recommend?
radio shack
Should I get anything thicker than 16 gauge? I don't know whether it would fit into the hole.

Besides, how about the other side? What kind of connector I should use to connect Alpha 20? Do I need to buy banana plugs and DIY by myself?
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post #4 of 6
11/4/04 at 12:39pm
If you get any kind of cable that fits the speakers, just clip off the other end and you'll have wire for the amp. If it doesn't fit, solder to some pins that do (but probably won't stay in that well). I remember those spring clip connectors from my beloved 4430, but we were all just using zip cord back then.
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post #5 of 6
11/4/04 at 1:04pm
If you have large wire that won't fit you can put speakers pins on it and it more solid and won't oxidate like bare wire.

Here a random example

http://www.cardas.com/content.php?ar...=12&part_id=60

Angle one will fit better in tight space than strait one. If you have realy large wire be sure to check the spec so it accept large enough AWG.
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post #6 of 6
11/4/04 at 1:18pm
Yeah you what DanT said. You can buy an 8 pack of pins with sleeves you can crimp on to the bare wire and cover with red and black sleeves to differentiate the wires. I did it once for some Original Monster cable to my PSB Alphas. It was pretty quick and easy and shouldnt cost more than $15.
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