Thirty Cent Speaker Plugs

I went to my local electronics store to see if there might be some oddball plug that I could use to replace the missing speaker plugs on my SX-828. Success!

The bin where I found them was marked "Jones 3-pin plug". Since the plugs themselves are marked "Beau" I'm guessing that "Jones" is maybe a brand name cum generic like Q-Tip.

There not quite everything I'd like. For instance, I'd rather have a binding screw than the spade connectors and the pins themselves are a little smaller than the originals but they work and for the price........

Anyway, the first picture shows the plugs as they come from the store.

The second photo shows the pin to be removed. Just untwist it until the pin is flat front to rear and it falls right out.

The third photo shows the "finished product".

John

That's brilliant! My Akai AA-920 uses those plugs, I wish I could have found some of those when I was looking. The only local source for these wanted $25 per pair.

Bob Clobber said:

That's brilliant! My Akai AA-920 uses those plugs, I wish I could have found some of those when I was looking. The only local source for these wanted $25 per pair.

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Dumbest thing Pioneer and Akai ever did was to use those damned things!

John

Here's a previous post:

markthefixer said:

That link could get the thread bounced to $ & c

here's a picture found by googling "pioneer speaker plugs", and clicking on images
and there will be a few vendors that pop up, some are expen$ive!!

then there's a way to get cinch-jone inline connectors, cut off one of the three pins and use it as well:
(from electronicplus.com , part # P303CCT @ $4.95 ea no affiliation)

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ozmoid said:

You do not have to cut the center pin on the electronicplus plug - it easily disassembles and you can just remove it completely.

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Great!! Thanks Oz!!!

markthefixer said:

Here's the cinch inline connector, electronicplus.com , part # P303CCT @ $4.95 ea no affiliation

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markthefixer said:

third option:

Adapt in some spring terminal connectors, pull and save the old ones JIC...
(that's what I would do, with some tinted acrylic sheet as the adapter)

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Then there's the "ghetto" fix:

markthefixer said:

I'm basing this on a sx-828 speaker plug set.

First, the thickness: 1/16 inch = 0.060 inch. Think wall power plug, not fast-on terminals for thickness. Fast-ons are 1/32 or 0.030 inch. Two WILL do to get the correct tension. Wall power plugs are typically 0.060 or 1/16 inch.

The width: for one (vertical, ground side usually ) is 0.250 - 1/4" , the larger fast-on width.
for the other(horizontal, hot side, usually) is 0.187 - 3/16" the narrower fast-on width.

It looks to me that a cheap wall cord could be carefully split in two, sculpted to allow the horizontal and vertical bars to be placed in close proximity, and the horizontal plug shaved/filed off on each side of the plug to fit.

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nolan said:

I will soon have my sx-990 in hand,is it clearly marked which is the positve and negative? If so can you tell me which is which,horizontal= Vertical = ??? I will have to make something up for now until I can purchase the proper plugs. Everything is budget sensitive at this time.

Thanks for any info.

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^^^^^
edit:
ground is negative (-)
hot is positive(+)

nolan said:

Thanks for the info. I will surely be making my own,I just do not have the moolah right now.

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You don't have some junk 2 wire AC wall plugs/cords sitting around??
They aren't pretty, but they are brass, made to handle far more power than the receiver can put out, FIT SNUGLY, and are bright plated with something for long lived contacts.

You do have to file one of them down a bit, but a sharp file can cut through brass rather quickly and easily as I found out...

The file can be used to dress up the plastic's appearance a bit, I gnawed through these with a sharp pair of side cutters, after splitting the plug with a dremel blade.

markthefixer said:

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Thanks, Mark. One of the online sources is Oaktree. $38.50 for a pair. Man, hose guys sure have brass ones!

John