Thank you! I’ve been telling that joke for about 30 years and almost always just get dirty glances. This was the most perfect set-up for it ever.
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Neutrik Speakon Rant-on
- Thread starter Don Kasper
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Banana plugs or jacks, naked binding posts? You prefer them?
Ever seen a subwoofer spit out a jack plug due to air pressure? I have!
Ever seen a short due to using banana plugs? Or wrong phase? Or a binding post being connected when there’s power going through it… I have!
(I used to work for a sound and lighting company - I remember seeing one of the first digital live console demo at a trade show and feeling like the world was changing and my knowledge of analogue gear and electronics was obsolete - and like I was about to be swept away. I was fearful but should have been excited - the last 30years of pro audio (and bass guitar related technology) have been amazing. Anyway - I’m rambling…)
SpeakOn connectors - I think they are a great bit of engineering.
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But you don't have any Torx drivers? Torx is on nearly every car and truck, appliances, computers, even deck screws, and it's not recent.
If you don't plan to use them that often, just hit a Harbor Freight and buy the cheapies.
LOL. If my wife were here she’d say “Challenge accepted!”
Somehow she was unaware that Torx was even a thing, and so has managed to destroy all the Torx bolts on her bicycles by forcing a hex wrench into them.
Prior to the Speakon anyone needing a heavy duty speaker connection were using some version of a twist lock power connector or a Cannon EP connector,
with the right power connector or an EP you could connect a bi-amp or tri amp cabinet with one connector.
The Speakon came out to offer a standardized speaker connector with either the NL4 or NL8 at a lower cost than the EP connectors or some version of a Hubble power connector.
To make the conversion from EP to Speakon easy the NL4MPR and NL8MPR chassis connectors would fit in the same holes with the same screw pattern.
with the right power connector or an EP you could connect a bi-amp or tri amp cabinet with one connector.
The Speakon came out to offer a standardized speaker connector with either the NL4 or NL8 at a lower cost than the EP connectors or some version of a Hubble power connector.
To make the conversion from EP to Speakon easy the NL4MPR and NL8MPR chassis connectors would fit in the same holes with the same screw pattern.
I've converted a few worn out phillips screw drivers into awls on the bench grinder! My posidriv's are still good and I bought a good T8 when the new Speakons and Powercons came out.
My uncle was a career ComEd linesman. Yes we often listened to Glenn’s song, why we clamped bare wire down. No solder. No gadgets. Just the right amount of torque and everyone kept their fingers. And arms.
I think the same might work for speaker connections of any kind. Torx away my friends.
I think the same might work for speaker connections of any kind. Torx away my friends.
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- Development Engineer-Mesa Boogie, Development Engineer-Genzler (pedals), Product Support-Genz Benz
Glenn was a career player of Ovation guitars, a KMC cousin company to Genz Benz.
Don't know how that happened - sorry !( I have reported the duplicates !)Apparently, the forum software wanted to ensure that your point got across…..
I don’t buy it at all for a second, but I get it…
Just my twisted sense of humor having some fun at yer expense. I'm sorry, too!.....
The first PA system I dragged around and set up was all Neutrik SpeakON 30 years ago. I hated 1/4" "rip-cord" speaker wire and even got some mild shocks once in a while from the switchcraft ends. Couldn't imagine going back to 1/4" speaker cables. I still have a bunch of old rotating-sleeve locking NL cables and while the "click" on them is now very soft, they still hold.
All the NL SpeakON speaker cables the guys at Sound Plus (who assembled our "portable" Apogee AE PA rack for us) made for me 30 years ago still work! They also told me to never tin the wires on those connectors if I ever decided to roll my own or had to repair one.
All the NL SpeakON speaker cables the guys at Sound Plus (who assembled our "portable" Apogee AE PA rack for us) made for me 30 years ago still work! They also told me to never tin the wires on those connectors if I ever decided to roll my own or had to repair one.
Interesting.
So, Germany being one of the countries in the EU, should I say, "Germany is one of the counties in the OI"?
(Tough room. Sorry, I'll just see myself out).
I thought so. Except for the fact that I learned I was also using the "incorrect" pronunciation.
Woulda been gold though.
Oy!
Dang it!
(I missed it by THAT Much).
Guess I shoulda read the whole thread before posting my Hilarious comments. They lose a little something after someone already said the joke.
When I tell the joke in person I actually pronounce Neutriks correctly. It’s funnier in my head, anyway.I thought so. Except for the fact that I learned I was also using the "incorrect" pronunciation.
Woulda been gold though.
