TheFiend1 Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Hey guys, I'm curious how you guys wired your RS-62ii speakers, since they sit flush with the wall. I just bought new banana plugs from GLS and they are massive and stick out too far preventing the speaker to sit back properly on the wall. Aside from them being to big for that, the binding post that sticks into the speaker terminal is also really big and I really have to shove it in there -- should it be that tight? I'm afraid of damaging something. (Just realized how wrong that last sentence sounded but there was no other way to put it. Ha.) Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted May 29, 2015 Moderators Share Posted May 29, 2015 I use bare wire on mine and ran the cables through the wall for a clean installation. No need for banana plugs for surrounds unless you plan on swapping them out often. Banana plugs are great for A/B testing so I use them on my mains, center and on the back of the receiver for convenience. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockOn4Klipsch Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I'm in the same boat as Youthman. If you can fish them through the wall, if not wire them up the wall or down, which ever suits your installation best and simply wire them directly to the speaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paducah Home Theater Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I had low voltage boxes covered with banana plugs, then ran into the same thing so I just nixed the banana plugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFiend1 Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 Thanks guys! I originally had bare wire on it but thought maybe of doing a cleaner installation -- and also because I heard it was "bad" to leave bare copper exposed due to oxidation issues blah blah blah. I have the rest of the RF7ii system and everything else has the banana plugs. Right now they are utiltizing the ones from Monoprice but then I got the GLS ones so they look a little nicer but im rethinking it since they are extremely tight trying to shove them into the posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Youthman Posted May 29, 2015 Moderators Share Posted May 29, 2015 Check out the locking banana plugs. Love them cause you adjust the tightness and never get loose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockOn4Klipsch Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 I'm a fan of spades if you can find them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derrickdj1 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 For the last few months I have spades on the RS speakers but, for the last 15 or so years bare wire with no lost of SQ. I only brought spades since I converted all of the other connections in the system to banana plugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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