cables...

[mark]

I ordered some 12 gauge speakers cables from blue jeans. have any of you guys delt with this company? the prices there seems to be very good. i went to best buy and the acoustic research 50' roll was about the same as a 120' roll from blue jeans. im still anxiously waiting for a delivery date for my ascends! The wait is driving ne crazy. thats why i like to shop in bm stores, you get it the same day.

[curtis]

I have bought interconnects from BlueJeans a couple of times.....great company and quality.

[chasw98]

Agreed. Bluejeans is quite reputable. I have bought from them several times. And you can call and ask for advice on the phone. They don't seem to mind spending time to educate a potential customer.

Chuck

[BGHD]

Good quality/service. Fast shipping. Better prices than Monster. Take paypal too (in case you had credit to burn). ramelectronics.net/ seems decent too (similar components/price). I was interested in their DIY Belden cable kits, but ended-up sticking with Bluejeans.

[Lee Bailey]

All my interconnects are from Blue Jeans Cables, with the exception of my speaker cables. Very good company to work with, fast shipping too.

[kinggimp82]

what gauge speaker wire would u recommend for 170se and 340cse and should i use the same for the long speaker wire runs to my surrounds. htm200s soon hopefully. i think i use 20 gauge as of now


andrew

[bikeman]

what gauge speaker wire would u recommend for 170se and 340cse and should i use the same for the long speaker wire runs to my surrounds.

Not normally. What length are we talking about?



htm200s soon hopefully. i think i use 20 gauge as of now
16g is a minimum as a general rule. I like 12g but it's not always a necessity. Good wire is dirt cheap. Don't skimp here.

David

[chasw98]

14 gauge 2 conductor. $24.19/100 feet. Please don't buy monster, just not worth it..
Available here. http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=100-762

Chuck

[kinggimp82]

id say its roughly 25 feet to my surrounds. definetly no more than 35 feet max.


16g is a minimum as a general rule. I like 12g but it's not always a necessity. Good wire is dirt cheap. Don't skimp here.

do you mean for all speakers or just long runs?

[cyberbri]

Banana plugs are nice, too. Especially for hooking up to the receiver. I just got 10 packs of Daytons, and it cost me about $30 +/- shipped from Parts Express. Retail stores around here have them at $10-15 per pack, as opposed to $2.50-$3.00.

For cables, I have all sorts of cables from here and there. For speaker cable, I got a roll of 100' of 14g "RCA" brand speaker wire from Home Depot for about $30-35 and used that to re-do all my wires.

For longer runs to the back, it's recommended you have larger wire (lower gauge). 12g or 14g should work fine. If you're going longer than 40' or so of wire, try to go for 12g or even 10g.

[curtis]

You can get good banana plugs off of eBay for great prices.

[bikeman]

id say its roughly 25 feet to my surrounds. definetly no more than 35 feet max.
Nothing less than 14g for this.


do you mean for all speakers or just long runs?
All.

David

[kinggimp82]

i have 1 other question. my reciever is a cheap one and has the hold n release style connectors for speaker wire. will i be able to connect 14 guage wire to the speaker terminals or will the wire be too thick?

andrew

[cyberbri]

There's only one way to find out. :)

[kinggimp82]

are these banana plugs a good buy? they are locking bananas

http://cgi.ebay.com/8-Locking-Banana-Speaker-Cable-Plugs-GLS-Audio-P-BL8_W0QQitemZ190007317397QQihZ009QQcategoryZ32838Q QtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem




thanks
andrew

[cyberbri]

I've seen 20 pairs for $20-30 on ebay.

[BradJudy]

I have their non-locking bananas - pretty decent for the price.

[rajacat]

These look like quality plugs at a good price although they are non-locking.
http://www.diycable.com/main/product_info.php?cPath=26_44_48&products_id=220

[rajacat]

These look even better and they're on sale.
http://www.diycable.com/main/product_info.php?cPath=26_136&products_id=545

[curtis]

Even less expensive here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/20-Locking-Banana-Speaker-Cable-Plugs-GLS-Audio-P-BL20_W0QQitemZ220004219932

[rajacat]

Wow, that is really a good price!

[cyberbri]

10 pairs for $30:
http://cgi.ebay.com/20-GLS-Audio-Black-Chrome-Banana-Plugs-SUPER-SALE-BS20_W0QQitemZ200006234160QQihZ010QQcategoryZ32838 QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

That's all you need for 5 speakers.

I got 10 pairs of these at partsexpress.com:
http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=091-330
They have a hole in the side and you put the wire in and tighten from the top - basically like a binding post.

[bikeman]

I got 10 pairs of these at partsexpress.com:
http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=091-330
They have a hole in the side and you put the wire in and tighten from the top - basically like a binding post.
I had some issues with plugs from parts express that look like these. The plugs separated from the body.

David

[cyberbri]

I had some issues with plugs from parts express that look like these. The plugs separated from the body.

David


Can you explain what you mean by "plugs separate from the body" ?

[bikeman]

Can you explain what you mean by "plugs separate from the body" ?
On several of these (I bought a bunch), when I pulled the plug from the speaker or receiver, the part that was in the speaker stayed in the speaker and the rest separated. I've never had this happen with other BP's including others I purchased for parts express.

David

[cyberbri]

Ahh. Thanks.

[tilt]

I bought the GLS's off ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/20-Locking-Bana...emZ220004219932
They look good, very solid. Have not hooked them up yet though.

Thanks for the tip Curtis

[Trench]

On several of these (I bought a bunch), when I pulled the plug from the speaker or receiver, the part that was in the speaker stayed in the speaker and the rest separated. I've never had this happen with other BP's including others I purchased for parts express.

David
I'm new to this...why are there two separate parts?

[Trench]

I have a Panasonic XR70 -- regular binding posts for left-and-right front and hold-n-release for center and surround. (Ah! I didn't know what little I do now when I bought it!). I have Belden 5000UE 12 gauge from Blue Jeans...it won't fit in the center/surround -- is the following good for this center/surround connection?

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=092-660

If it was a good idea, I'd just buy a new receiver, but I've had the XR70 and DVD S97 sitting around for some time while I decided on speakers (and saved more money to pay for it), and I think it's best now to wait for HD-DVD/Blu-Ray to settle, plus HDMI 1.3, before new purchase. So I'm kinda stuck w/ this potentially crappy connection. I'm looking at 340s across front and 200 surround -- and I gotta connect it with a substandard connection, to my knowledge.

I've heard a few Ascend people praise this digital amp, esp w/ Ascend. Hoping for advice.

[curtis]

How do get the wire into the pin and fasten it?

[bikeman]

I'm new to this...why are there two separate parts?
It'll always be two separate parts. There will be some kind of press fit (i.e. solder) that will bind the parts together. In this instance, the press fit was defective.

David