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Only @ Best BuyThese banana plugs feature 24K gold-plated connectors that minimize corrosion and ensure maximum signal transfer. The Centerpin technology allows for easy installation with no wire stripping.
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3
Not as good as they used to be
on September 13, 2011
Posted by: hlper
from Coralville, IA
I bought one set of these to see how well they worked when I was a poor graduate student (about a year ago), and they were fantastic. However, I couldn't afford to buy all 5 sets I needed at that time. I recently purchased 4 more sets to complete my 5.1 setup and I was substantially disappointed that the design has been cheapened -- the price is the same though.
The old design pinched the stripped speaker wire between two pieces of gold plated metal to hold them in place. The new design uses these cheap plastic collars that go around the wire insulation to hold them in place. I was rearranging my system just the other day and one of them slipped a little bit and had to be redone. Basically, they work. The connection seems good. But they don’t hold very well at all. I wish I had spent the extra money on the Monster brand. It's only a value if it is comparably good and these new ones are not.
Incidentally, the Monster connectors that Best Buy now carries have also changed in the recent past, and they now work just like the old Rocketfish design, which was FANTASTIC.
What's great about it: Affordable, Easy to connect to speaker
What's not so great: Poor grip on the speaker wire, cheap construction.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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3
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4
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bypassing a receiver
I wonder if you sell an audio cable that will allow me to plug into the tv output (with red and white RCA jacks) on one end and regular speaker wire on the other end that I could plug into my speakers.
Is this even possible? I don't want to spend the money on a receiver if I don't need it. I just want to spread out the sound of my tv.
Is this even possible? I don't want to spend the money on a receiver if I don't need it. I just want to spread out the sound of my tv.
This is generally not possible because your television does not send out enough power through the RCA jacks to move drivers in a set of speakers. The reciever takes that minimal power and amplifies it to drive your speakers.
I have not tried this, but one solution would be an amplified set of speakers which will probably have a base module that connects to those RCA jacks and has built in amplifiers and speakers that connect to it. An example of these separately amplified speakers would be the sort of thing that comes with a PC, so if you have computer speakers maybe you could try those. If that works go from there.
I have not tried this, but one solution would be an amplified set of speakers which will probably have a base module that connects to those RCA jacks and has built in amplifiers and speakers that connect to it. An example of these separately amplified speakers would be the sort of thing that comes with a PC, so if you have computer speakers maybe you could try those. If that works go from there.
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