MadManMike Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Right, I'm buying large speakers, which are "Speakon" connectors. Will I be able to use these with my Technics amp? My Technics amp you just feed the bare wire into the black and red ports... If I need a converter, will this mess the sound up? Any help much appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTM Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Im guessing these are PA speakers?! If they are for the house, whats the point??? Just get some regular, far nicer sounding home speakers and use proper cabling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted May 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 They aren't for home use, they are for my studio. Can anyone help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTM Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Ah reet, well in that case im not too sure, I dont think a home stereo amp would appreciate being wired up to a pair of studio speakers :lol: They just dont seem to mix! lol It probably is possible though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted May 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Somebody must be able to help! PLEASE! It's really urgent!!! I need to buy these speakers now to avoid losing them, but if my amp can't power them I won't bother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 What's the impedance on the amp? If it's within the speakers' range, you will be able to bodge I reckon. Although I don't really know. But I would have thought that big speakers would have a greater impedance and would be incompatible even if they could be physically wired up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted May 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Well my current speakers are 8 ohms, and the amp can handle 4 - 12. The ohms are in that range so no worries there, it's litterally just a connection issue. I checked the power and everything, just need to know about cabling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted May 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Nobody on any forums has ever used Speakon... :lol: Someone must know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megamomac Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 speakon connectors are for higher output systems or ones that are dismantled frequently, i.e connecting/ disconnecting on a regular basis. by the sound of it you will need to get the other part of the connector if it doesnt come with the speakers themselves, it wont mess the sound up at all, im sure they have been designed with minimal loss of sound quality ( if you believe in all that about resitance across terminals and loss of clarity etc) should be fine mate, sounds like youll haave to attach the speakon connector to the cable then into the speaker, hth alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the666ers Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Speakon fitments are like a plastic clip in fitment for heavy duty use and high output speakers. They are like big plastic cable ends which clip into the input really securely and need you to pull a little catch to get them out. You can wire up standard speaker leads to them no problem ans they will be fine. You needn't worry at all. You can even buy speakon to bare wire leads :mellow: I'd put that site as a favorites it's got absolutely everything you could need really. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted May 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 Brilliant! Cheers for your help guys :mellow: You're all on my Christmas card list :S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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