Need Advice: What is the Best Speakon connector brand/type?

[namuxtree]

Im building a speakon cable and all i need now are the connectors. What brands would you recommend? Price is not an issue as long as they aren't a million dollars. What brand? What type(?)? and all that stuff. Please hurry! I want to finish it for my gig on sunday. Thanks!

 

[bongomania]

I'd stick with the actual Speakons, made by Neutrik, rather than any knockoffs by any other brand. As far as type, there are two: 4-connector, and 2-connector. We cannot tell you which one you need--you have to read the manual for your amp and cab, and use the one they say to use. If there is no manual, contact the manufacturer.

 

[::::BASSIST::::]

+1

Likely you'll want Neutrik 2 connector.

 

[namuxtree]

im quoting from the manual when it talks about the actual speakon outputs of the amp (doesn't say what kind of speakon cables i need)

"and 2 Neutrik NL-4 “Speakon”® speaker jacks."

Does that mean i need a 4 connector or a 2?

 

[namuxtree]

I use:
Genz Benz ShuttleMax 6.0
Schroeder 1212L

 

[tdvt]

I finally had to take the plunge with Speakons when I got my Shuttle too.

What I found: it seems the NL-4 (4 pin) is the more common configuration, even for 2 conductor applications, though the NL-2 PLUG will plug into either 2 pin or 4 pin jacks.


(from Neutrik, click bigger)

With the NL-4 they just use 2 of the pins (+1/-1 for the Shuttle) & leave the +2/-2 unused.


From the GB manual:

SPEAKER OUTPUTS – The SHUTTLE 6.0® provides two Neutrik Speak-On™ connectors (wired 1+/1-). The speaker jacks are paralleled. The minimum speaker load is 4 ohms. Do not ground either the “+” or the “-“ outputs.

Also from the GB manual:

The Shuttle 6.0® is equipped with a ¼” unbalanced instrument input, input stage clip detector, mute switch with LED indicator, 12AX7 tube preamp with extended range variable input gain, 3 switched signal shape filters with LED indicators, 3 band active equalization with sweepable midrange frequency, master volume control, proprietary output limiter, ¼” tuner output, aux input, effects loop, balanced direct out with ground lift/pre-post/mic-line switches, headphone output, and 2 Neutrik NL-4 “Speak-On”™ speaker jacks. ( oops, I see you already had that part)

 

[bongomania]

"and 2 Neutrik NL-4 “Speakon”® speaker jacks."
Does that mean i need a 4 connector or a 2?

It gives you the model number. Buy that one.

 

[agedhorse]

You can use either the NL-2 or the NL-4. The NL-2 only has the 1+/1- contacts installed. Your amp has the NL-4 connector installed because the NL-2 OR NL-4 cable end will work with the NL-4 connector but the NL-4 cable end will NOT work with the NL-2 connector. The NL-4 cable end is the most common.

We use the 1+/1- contacts, 1+ is the positive and 1- is the negative.

 

[Steveaux]

It gives you the model number. Buy that one.

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