Banana plugs.

For example...
http://www.zzounds.com/item--MONSP1000S

thanks for the quick reply and help, cleared up alot of time and bother for me of trying to find the right cables!

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Originally posted by trancemeistro Bought a new set of Studio monitors, only had hifi speakers before but have some experience with other speakers. Opened them up and the connection ports seem really wierd, cant find any cables that will fit into them. Instruction manual shows pictures of normal type connection but different to actually speaker connection!What kind of cables??? [IMG]http://img217.imagevenue.com/loc525/th_09117_DSCF1310_122_525lo.JPG [/IMG]

I noticed you have 2030's, not 2031s, which have TRS and XLR connections.
Weird that the manual showed connections different than what you got though.

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or you just stick bare wire in through the holes and screw the caps down on them

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Originally posted by Tony Morello or you just stick bare wire in through the holes and screw the caps down on them

Yeah, was about to say the same thing. That's how iv always done it.. wtf are Banana plugs?

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banana plugs are useful if you're constantly setting up and tearing down your gear and moving it, makes it faster (we used them with our big concert speakers when i was touring)

i personally like knowing there's a solid connection between my wire and the terminal (sometimes you can have issues within the banana plug itself) so if the option is available (like here) i'll just go bare wire into the terminal because the less connections and more direct line for the audio to pass through, the less chance there is for signal quality loss

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Does it matter if the amplifier powering the speakers has different "ohms'?

Eg.Speakers are 100w @ 8 Ohms each

Noticed alot of amplifiers 200w (100w each channel @ 4 ohms)

Havent seen many at 8 ohms. So will it make a difference???

Ohms is the unit of measuring resistance. All that means is that it will deliver 50 watts at 8 ohms as opposed to 100 at 4 ohms. 50 watts is still plenty of power.

^ what these guys said, you have 2 options:

option # 1 - this just gets the job done, quick and dirty
just unscrew the black/red cap until you see the full circle in the copper beneath the cap. then strip the end of your speaker wire so that there is an inch or so of bare copper at the end of the speaker wire. twist the copper wires together so that they form a point (careful, not too much pressure so you don't twist off or break any of them), this will make it easier to stick through that hole you see on the back of the speaker when you untwist the black/red caps. stick the bare copper at the end of the speaker wire through the hole and twist down the black/red caps until the speaker wire is firmly secured.

option # 2 - the nicer, cleaner way to do it
go out and buy banana plugs and described above, strip your speaker wire and crimp on the banana plugs. then stick the banana plugs through the hole under the black/red caps that you unscrewed just like you would do in option 1 described above.

having said that, you should've gotten the 2031's so you can do XLR! they're awesome

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Originally posted by dark_Omens Ohms is the unit of measuring resistance. All that means is that it will deliver 50 watts at 8 ohms as opposed to 100 at 4 ohms. 50 watts is still plenty of power.

agreed, since your amp is rated at 4 ohms it is guaranteed to be at least 4 ohm stable. the lower the ohm load the harder your amp is going to work, so running 8 ohm speakers on a 4 ohm amp is fine, the only downside to that is that your amp won't be working it's butt off as much and will be producing less wattage but as he said above 50 watts should be fine for your intentions (monitor speakers). However just for the record- running 2 ohms on a 4 ohm amp (or running 4 ohm speakers on an 8 ohm amp - the opposite of what you're asking about) could put it into an early grave. all home audio is typically 8 ohms from what i recall (except for some proprietary "all-in-one" packaged systems) so i'm surprised they rated your amp at 4 ohms b/c car audio is typically 4 ohms. This of course is just generally speaking and not including non-standard wiring methods such as bridging/parallel/series.

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Last edited by Dj Dizzy on Jul-11-2008 at 13:46

Thanks for the info. much obliged!
Looking for quality sound thats why I opted for monitor speakers in the first place so the banana plug option would insure better sound. Bought banana plugs off ebay,pretty cheap.
Not too sure how to really wire them up but will give it a go.

Was thinking of getting this amplifier. Silent and not too pricey.what do you's think? would this one work fine with the speakers?



Description:
Perfect for installation sound, the servo 200 is ideal for powering small to medium sized speaker chains, as well as playback and studio monitors.

The servo 200 amplifier features large 10-segment 3-color level LED meters and independent channel volume controls. The rear panel
includes 1/4-inch balanced and RCA input connectors, as well as 5-way binding post and 1/4-inch speaker outputs.

The Servo amp line also feature a 4-stage power protection circuitry that ensures optimal performance and protection of connected components.

100 watts per side at 4 ohms
200 watts bridged mono at 8 ohms
1/4-inch and RCA input connectors
5-way binding post and 1/4-inch outputs
Dual Rack Space Design
10-segment, 3-color Level LED meters
4-stage power protection circuitry

http://www.samsontech.com/products/...=1850&brandID=2
http://www.htfr.com/more-info/MR259758

Last edited by trancemeistro on Jul-11-2008 at 15:14