I'm afraid I may have just made a big mistake...

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: Crescent13

this is what I bought

On the bright side, those are in fact banana plugs. On the downside, that variety is 100 times more of a pain than this kind.

I agree with a prior poster - I suspect you may have installed your speakers out of phase. Double-check that you connected red-to-red and black-to-black. The banana plugs shouldn't have hurt your performance at all.

 

[InlineFour]

Originally posted by: goku

Originally posted by: Crescent13
I have the following ht system

Infinity...

Primus 250 front
Primus 150 rear
Primus C25 center
PS-8 Sub (yeah it sux)

and I've been using 16 gauge copper cable to hook it up and it's sounded awesome, so I figured, if I got some banana plug tips it would sound even more awesome (because I was just using bare wire, and i figured banana plugs would provide more contact area). Now after $50 of tips, and 2 hours of crimping, I set it all up and find out that the sound is very.. well.. different. the problem is, I don't know if it's better (as in i've been listening to crap and now it sounds more excact), or worse (as in theese tips actually induce more resistance and mess up the sound). So I guess my question is this, Do banana tips improve performance or decrease it, and did I make a huge mistake in buying theese tips?

16 guage? Thats fricken small, I use 10 guage for my speakers...

it depends on how long you run the wires. there was a website that calculates the theoretical threshold length for each guage.

 

[Crescent13]

Update

 

[imported_goku]

When would you use banana plugs?

 

[InlineFour]

Originally posted by: goku
When would you use banana plugs?

when you need to plug/unplug the wires constantly.

 

[Number1]

If the polarity is good everywhere, wigle every connections and see if that makes a difference. Some speakers have built in circuit breakers buttons on the back. Press them all to make sure they are set properly. The only other item remaining is the amplifier. Check all the settings on the amp.

 

[Rubycon]

Yeah the Rip Shack? type are not good.

The parts express one above is recommended as are these

 

[Crescent13]

Originally posted by: Number1
If the polarity is good everywhere, wigle every connections and see if that makes a difference. Some speakers have built in circuit breakers buttons on the back. Press them all to make sure they are set properly. The only other item remaining is the amplifier. Check all the settings on the amp.

read my update.

 

[Crescent13]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn
Yeah the Rip Shack? type are not good.

The parts express one above is recommended as are these

So would it sound better if I took them off?

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: Crescent13


So would it sound better if I took them off?

You should not hear any difference unless something is REALLY wrong. If the shoe fits, wear it.

 

[Crescent13]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn

Originally posted by: Crescent13


So would it sound better if I took them off?

You should not hear any difference unless something is REALLY wrong. If the shoe fits, wear it.

Ok. Like My update says, I don't see any difference with music that I'm used to. ?

 

[Scarpozzi]

Maybe the quality of the cd you're playing is bad.

 

[InlineFour]

i think you wasted your money.

 

[Crescent13]

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
Maybe the quality of the cd you're playing is bad.

seeesh read my frickin update

 

[Crescent13]

Originally posted by: InlineFour
i think you wasted your money.

I unplug and plug in cables all the time, and like to try it out on different speakers, etc. I think it was a good investment.

 

[altonb1]

Originally posted by: Crescent13
UPDATE: HAHAHAHA Stupid me, Was playing a CD I had never played before, turns out it was recorded in crap quality bahaha. All my other music sounds the same. Thx for the help .

You.really.suck