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QuazL

Question about banana plugs and connectivity

Install/Placement

I am going to have a remote wiring closet. I am going to have wall plates in the theater, but would like to keep the wiring closet as clean as possible and would also like to have wall plates in the closet.

The amount of banana plugs would increase with the extra wall plate.

The front, left, and center would get a plate. If I had a banana plug for each end of the cable there would be four banana plugs from speaker to receiver.

Is this bad?

Thanks,

Posted Aug 2, 2018, 4:44 PM UTC

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inteli722Klipsch RP-160M L/R, Polk T30 Center, Paradigm Surrounds•

While I guess technically it might result in a very minor amount of signal loss (depending on the plugs you use), you likely won't be able to notice a difference. My front L/R have four banana plugs per lead, and I don't hear any sort of issue.

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umdivx5.2.2|Denon X4200|Klipsch RF-35 RC-35 RB-35|Dual SVS PB 12 NSD •

The front, left, and center would get a plate. If I had a banana plug for each end of the cable there would be four banana plugs from speaker to receiver. Is this bad?

I wouldn't think so. I mean sure yes, there's singal loss breaks due to the wall plates, but really it's minor.

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e60deluxe•

I can tell you it's going to be cleaner by skipping the banana plates and just having the wires come out of a pass through plate. You can terminate with banana at the receiver.

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