[MrSlacker]

I am planning on getting Athena AS-B1 and T-Amp. It will be powered by AV-710. Could someone please tell me what cables do i need to get for this combo. I heard that i can just get speaker wire at Home Depot, but i dont know what to look for. also i need a cable to connect my AV-710 to T-Amp. Thanks

 

[SportaJoe]

Hey Slacker

This is the exact same thing im running right now. what you will need is a mini to mini cable (stereo) going from your chaintech to the t-amp. The input on the t-amp is just a single 1/8 jack exactly like the output on the chaintech.

The spring terminals on the t-amp for the speakers are kind of cheesy. just stick with some small guage zip cord from home depot or basic radio shack stuff to get you up and running. 14 guage brown lamp wire from home depot. sold by the foot from a spool.

 

[MrSlacker]

Speakers ordered, T-Amp will be ordered within an hour, and cables will be made by TerryMX. does any1 know if Athena B1 uses banana connectors?

 

[so_cal_forever]

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Originally Posted by MrSlacker Speakers ordered, T-Amp will be ordered within an hour, and cables will be made by TerryMX. does any1 know if Athena B1 uses banana connectors?

If they are spring-clips, then they either use pins or bare wire (with tin solder). If they are binding post, banana plugs will work.

Edit - I just searched and they use 5-way binding posts. They'll accept bananas, pins, wire, etc...

 

[MrSlacker]

thanks for the help! everything is ordered now just waiting to get it!!

 

[soundboy]

Would love to hear what your impression will be once everything is hooked up.

Not 100% sure yet, but I see a T-amp in my future....

 

[MrSlacker]

i cant wait to hear this combo myself. speakers shipped and will be here on Wed. and i hope t-amp and cables will be here by Thursd. coz i dont have work that day

 

[bundee1]

Did you order from AudioAdvisor? Im amazed at how fast and cheap shipping was.

 

[MrSlacker]

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Originally Posted by bundee1 Did you order from AudioAdvisor? Im amazed at how fast and cheap shipping was.

yes i did. ordered yesrday, shipped out today, will be here on Wed. super fast. but ecost is sloooowww

 

[ucbEE]

I also have the same setup. They sounded much better than I expected. I am very pleased. AS-B1 accept bannanas just fine. You have to take the nuts off of the binding posts though.

 

[bundee1]

I was watching the Simpsons tonight through my T-amp and Athenas and noticed distortion. I wonder if the dvd is really compressed or am I stressing my t-amp?

 

[lan]

Where did you get the T-amp from? I might get one for a friend.

--lan

 

[bundee1]

I think tigerdirect, target, ecost, and ebay have them. Theyre going for $30 now. I got mine used from someone on audiocircle.com.

 

[MrSlacker]

i got mine at ecost. $31 shipped w/ 2nd day shipping. ecost shipped it but they dont give tracking #... im gonna call them up tomorow. and if you want to listen to them, you are welcome to come.

 

[dbwinger]

I ordered my T-amp from partsexpress.com. I have ordered from them a few times and I knew it would ship when the site said it would without delay.

Item # is 300-952

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