Thread: OK, final Rcvr input

Well, my Denon 1909 arrived via UPS yesterday afternoon. I had a X-mas party to attend, so I didn't get to completely unpackage it yet. The packaging was flawless though. The Denon box was packed in another big box with a bunch of those little popcorn fluffers. I can't wait to get things setup tonight!

Sweet, mine arrives Wed. Wont be back home till Monday though

Originally Posted by elwaylite

Sweet, mine arrives Wed. Wont be back home till Monday though

Hopefully it won't be sitting on your porch for several days until you get back!

Nah, friend will pick it up

Elwaylite and others....

How do you plan on hooking up your speaker wires? I noticed this receiver has banana plug inputs. You using banana plugs or just the traditional way?

Im going bare wire, the way I always have. I bought some good wire from monoprice awhile back and I just twist it up tight and insert, then crank the screw down. you'll only have problems if a stray wire touches the case, and then the rcvr goes into shutdown.

Originally Posted by elwaylite

Im going bare wire, the way I always have. I bought some good wire from monoprice awhile back and I just twist it up tight and insert, then crank the screw down. you'll only have problems if a stray wire touches the case, and then the rcvr goes into shutdown.

I have a fairly large collection of dual banana plugs from back when I worked in the Hewlett-Packard voltmeter lab. Like these:


NXG (NX-403) Dual Banana Plug (Black) - RadioShack.com

I find them to be perfect because you connect them once and then the pos and ground are always matched. It is very easy to label them, so the whole interconnect thing becomes a non-issue. I use them on both ends of the speaker wire run wherever possible.

The connector has a relief where you can string the coax for 75 ohm applications. I generally run the speaker wire straight into the crimp down area, tighten the screws, and then use a nylon tie down through this relief hole to hold the speaker wire.

It allows me to use shorter wires, because I can easily unplug the speaker wires when accessing the rear and be confident that I will hook it up correctly afterwards.

I just use the industrial unplated ones, because in my 30 years in T&M applications, I have never had a problem with these things corroding. However, if you must have gold, RS and others sell them for about $8-10/ea as opposed to $3 ea for the unplated ones.

Hmmm, those are pretty neat, might consider trying them next week.

Banana plugs for me. I hate trying to get the bare wire into those little holes. My eyesight ain't what it used to be. Not to mention I know it's secure.