Bananas, spades, or what?

[Mofo]

I'm planning on buying the VT-12 and either the STF-1 or STF-2 (haven't decided, so please let me know if it's worth the extra $100). Anyway, I'm going to build my own connections from Partsexpress.com. Will the VT-12 take either bare wire, banana plugs, or spades?

Thx,
Mofo

[Retread]

I'm planning on buying the VT-12 and either the STF-1 or STF-2 (haven't decided, so please let me know if it's worth the extra $100). Anyway, I'm going to build my own connections from Partsexpress.com. Will the VT-12 take either bare wire, banana plugs, or spades?

Thx,
Mofo

Search for a post by me on 7 December. This is the start of a thread dealing specifically with this subject.

[Sasha_G]

We prefer banana plugs. All the satellites use standard banana plugs except the rear center. Here is the part number for the unusual rear banana plug and where to find it:

http://www.hsuresearch.com/?p=6463

[tdekany]

We prefer banana plugs. All the satellites use standard banana plugs except the rear center. Here is the part number for the unusual rear banana plug and where to find it:

http://www.hsuresearch.com/?p=6463

Sasha, how in the h.e.l.l. do you connect the rears with the plugs??? :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

[Retread]

There are two pairs of jacks on the back of the rear-center speaker. You need two pairs of plugs.

How you connect depends on your amp. See your amp instructions.

If you are using a single wire-pair from the amp, then you connect the hot wire to one of the red plugs and then use a jumper wire to connect from it to the other red plug. Ditto the cold wire to the black plugs. Then you plug the two reds into the red jacks and the black plugs into the black jacks.

If you are using two wire pairs from the amp, then you connect one wire-pair to a red/black pair of plugs and the other wire-pair to the other red/black pair of plugs.

There's a more complete discussion of the matter at the thread I referenced.