Banana plugs driving me bananas

[Jasperamsterdam]

Hi

I recently received new ATC SCM 11 speakers for which I bought new speaker cables.

I cannot get the bananaplugs in the binding post! Only for 1 centimeter, and then it is still way too loose to keep them like that.

I did remove the little black and red dustpans.

I tried applying a bit of force

The plugs are 4mm Chord Ohmics.

What am I doing wrong?

Jasper

 

[Brian Hall]

Hi

I recently received new ATC SCM 11 speakers for which I bought new speaker cables.

I cannot get the bananaplugs in the binding post! Only for 1 centimeter, and then it is still way too loose to keep them like that.

I did remove the little black and red dustpans.

I tried applying a bit of force

The plugs are 4mm Chord Ohmics.

What am I doing wrong?

Jasper

Can you include a picture of the binding posts and the cable ends?

 

[Jasperamsterdam]

 

[Brian Hall]

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This is funny. I tried to google it and google referenced your question as the answer:

 

[diablo]

I've had some banana plugs which required a good deal of force on first insertion, though not the same type as the picture.
Also had some speaker sockets with very shallow inputs for banana plugs - needed to drill them deeper. Though those speakers shouldn't be like that.
??

 

[DVDdoug]

I see the jumper straps so they probably screw-down like regular binding posts and you should be able to use spade lugs.

 

[MaxwellsEq]

Have you tried unscrewing the red and black knurled nuts? You may find a 4mm hole exposed that you can insert the banana plug into and tighten it.

 

[Saponetto]

You're doing nothing wrong.
All of those Deltron-Style bananas suffer this side effect due their lenght that is usually exceeding the standard bananas.
Same matter happens using Viborgs or XLO bananas, it's just a mere question of allowance of the bindings.

It's anyway a good step-up if compared with the meager contact surface of olive-standard bananas.

 

[Jasperamsterdam]

Just to close off: after an email from chord, I tried some serious wiggle, twisting and force and managed to get them in! Not all they way but almost, speakers sound great!

 

[Salt]

Thanks for update, may help someone facing the same problem.