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    From Brian Gaff@brian1gaff@gmail.com to uk.rec.audio on Sat Nov 19 09:41:16 2022
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    I'm sure you are all familiar with those little clamp thingies to hold the speaker wire into a hole? The question is why are they so bad at connecting
    to anything.
    I was lying in bed the other night and was conscious of the stereo image moving about. After fiddling with all the plugs and sockets around the amp
    and sources, it only left the speakers, and sure enough, just touch the
    wire, apparently firmly clamped into the hole by the spring and the volume goes up and down, Trying the other speaker, it was the same.
    I think I would if the speakers came apart do away with these useless connections and put some banana sockets or terminals in.

    Brian
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  • From Andrew@Andrew97d-junk@mybtinternet.com to uk.rec.audio on Sun Nov 20 10:30:05 2022
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.audio

    On 19/11/2022 09:41, Brian Gaff wrote:
    I'm sure you are all familiar with those little clamp thingies to hold the speaker wire into a hole? The question is why are they so bad at connecting to anything.
    I was lying in bed the other night and was conscious of the stereo image moving about. After fiddling with all the plugs and sockets around the amp and sources, it only left the speakers, and sure enough, just touch the
    wire, apparently firmly clamped into the hole by the spring and the volume goes up and down, Trying the other speaker, it was the same.
    I think I would if the speakers came apart do away with these useless connections and put some banana sockets or terminals in.

    Brian


    But was the bare wire clamped or did you manage to
    clamp mostly insulation with just a couple of strands
    of bare wire making contact ?.
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  • From Brian Gaff@brian1gaff@gmail.com to uk.rec.audio on Sun Nov 20 12:51:06 2022
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.audio

    No it was definitely the wire, which seems to have been tinned at the ends.
    I did wonder if a crimped on gubbins with a gold plated end bit in the hole might work better, but that is basically saying this is crap lets make it slightly less crappy.
    Brian
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    "Andrew" <Andrew97d-junk@mybtinternet.com> wrote in message news:tlcvjd$9ng$1@gioia.aioe.org...
    On 19/11/2022 09:41, Brian Gaff wrote:
    I'm sure you are all familiar with those little clamp thingies to hold
    the
    speaker wire into a hole? The question is why are they so bad at
    connecting
    to anything.
    I was lying in bed the other night and was conscious of the stereo
    image
    moving about. After fiddling with all the plugs and sockets around the
    amp
    and sources, it only left the speakers, and sure enough, just touch the
    wire, apparently firmly clamped into the hole by the spring and the
    volume
    goes up and down, Trying the other speaker, it was the same.
    I think I would if the speakers came apart do away with these useless
    connections and put some banana sockets or terminals in.

    Brian


    But was the bare wire clamped or did you manage to
    clamp mostly insulation with just a couple of strands
    of bare wire making contact ?.


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