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echo: pro_audio
to: CHRIS BAUGH
from: BARRY BURKE
date: 1995-07-21 18:06:00
subject: Re: big, big, big sound!

 -=> Quoting Chris Baugh to Laszlo Sokolai <=-
 CB> Do you use special kind of cables?  I've always been a fan of banana
 CB> plugs for speakers, because they stay plugged in - and no other type
 CB> of equipment uses them, so it's less likely someone who wanders by
 CB> to "help out" will zap a poor mixer or direct box with 4,000 watts! 
 CB> But I read recently about a sound tech who wired speaker cables with
 CB> the circular 3-prong connectors used for 220V power outlets.  Of
   Use Neutrik Speak-ons,  they come in 4 wire and 8 wire configs.  They are
   non-shorting, bulletproof and cheaper than those Hubbell twist locks.
   They are designed SPECIFICALLY for speaker applications, and take down
   to a #8 or so wire, GREAT strain relief is built in.  Many pro boxes
   are now offering them as an option from the factory.  
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