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Those silly Pioneer Speaker connectors

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Does anyone know who manufactured those stupid plug in speaker terminal connectors that were used on their receivers?
I need about a dozen of them.
I have seen them for sale at somewhat high prices at a couple of audio related sites, but they must be buying them from somewhere.
I have many sources for connectors since I am an electronics buyer and the comodities I buy are resistors, caps, connectors, PCB's and transformers. I looked through all of my manufacturers catalogs and the closest thing I could find, wasn't close enough.
I find it hard to believe they would have had them made just for them.
 
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I found some new ones somewhere last week but I cant remember where right now. . . I want to say MCM or PE. . . It was a major electrical supply house but danged if I can remember. . .

I flashed on them because I thought it so unusual to find them there. . .where ever there is. . . I will try and walk back through my history. . .
 
Why the heck are these things so expensive??? I notice LOTS of equipment missing them. I guess if you can take them off a piece of crap and sell 2 of them for $20, then that explains why people would take them off. But what's with the scarcity?
 
johnnm said:
Why the heck are these things so expensive??? I notice LOTS of equipment missing them. I guess if you can take them off a piece of crap and sell 2 of them for $20, then that explains why people would take them off. But what's with the scarcity?
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That's a small price to pay if you need 'em.

:yes:
 
I bought some for my SX-727 a few years ago directly from Pioneer, they were $9 or $10 plus whatever the postal rate was then. They said that they still had the service manuals for it too, although I didn't buy one. Don't know if they're still there - somewhere in California, their main headquarters for parts.
 
johnnm said:
Why the heck are these things so expensive??? I notice LOTS of equipment missing them. I guess if you can take them off a piece of crap and sell 2 of them for $20, then that explains why people would take them off. But what's with the scarcity?
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I think people lose them just like they lose remote controls and other small things. People are careless, and they just unplug them to remove the speaker wire, set the receiver aside, and then with the wire, they either just throw it away, or when they reuse the wire with some other receiver, they have connectors that they don't know anything about, and just throw away the connectors. Then later when they look at the receiver again, they wonder what happened to the connectors.
 
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!!

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then there's a way to get cinch 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!!! :D
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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These are very similar to ones sold for car sound applications. All you have to do is pop out the plug from inside, as it's not even glued in. Slightly enlarge the hole with a round file, and tap in the replacement. If you do both speakers, it will look very close to stock, and actually will be better as the terminals are more robust with better springs and heavier push tabs. I come across them at car sound equipment places for about a buck a piece.
 
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I use a spade connector with a 6 to 8 in piece of speaker wire crimped on to it, then wire-nut my speaker wires to the leads. If the spade is to wide snip a little off so that it fits in receiver. If to loose solder a build up of solder on the spade. Had some spade connectors laying around and didn't cost me anything. I'll be damned if I'm gonna pay more for original plugs than I paid for the receiver itself. make sense? The above post is also a cool idea.
 
jkcoondog3 said:
I use a spade connector with a 6 to 8 in piece of speaker wire crimped on to it, then wire-nut my speaker wires to the leads. If the spade is to wide snip a little off so that it fits in receiver. If to loose solder a build up of solder on the spade. Had some spade connectors laying around and didn't cost me anything. I'll be damned if I'm gonna pay more for original plugs than I paid for the receiver itself. make sense? The above post is also a cool idea.
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Yea-that would work, but 70SalesGuy's solution is so much more "professional" :ntwrthy:

......and did I note-cheap too:thmbsp:
 
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