I have two Bose outdoor speakers (came with house we just bought). Could I plug the banana plugs into this unit?
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Yes, I believe the speaker connection accommodate either banana connectors or just stripped speaker wire.
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I don't know why not. The banana jacks on the back are set up for a 2 wire input from each speaker. If your speakers have 2 plugs each it should work. I would however, check to make sure the speakers aren't shorted or you could damage the amplifier. You can do this with a "D" battery by putting one plug on the negative and briefly touching the other to the positive. You should hear a thump from the speaker. That will tell you it is functional.
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Yes, I think so - ultimate fidelity depends on the efficiency of the speakers (I got the 100watt amp, which is plenty to drive the smaller speakers I have).
108223
The unit comes designed to just accept bare wire. You put the wire through a hole in the terminals on the unit and then tighten them down. I'm not sure if it could be converted.
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Bananas also work for connecting speaker wires to the 551R. There is a red or black plastic plug in the "banana hole" you'll need to pot out to make room, but that's no big deal. (In Europe, some AC plugs resemble bananas, hence the regulation that requires the plugs.) I hope this is helpful. Dick from Spearit Sound
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Banana plugs are not absolutely necessary. You can just do the bare wire install. As for performance, I doubt you will be able to tell the difference. What matters most here is the type of rating of the speaker wire that you use. I used the 16-gauge variety and my system sounds great. I originally ran out of the 16-gauge speaker wire and bought some cheap thin one at walmart only to find out that there was hardly any sound coming out of one of my satellite speakers. Good luck with your system.
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In my case I installed the amp and wifi adaptor high on the pantry inside wall because I had an easy access for the outdoor speakers just making a small hole. You should only connect two speakers to the system, there is only one pair of terminals for left and one pair for right.
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Yes, you strip some of the speaker wire and insert it through the middle of this banana plug. You need to be careful not to have stripped too much or it could contact something else and short out (or damage the equipment). Your receiver or amplifier needs to have female banana plug style connectors to plug into.
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the unit hooks up to the bose radio unit which has speakers built in.Also, some units are nt compatable. Check with Bose for details
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These speakers are great, but they are just like any other speaker as far as hook-up. They require standard speaker wire running from the amplifier. I am not certain, but I do not believe that your Bose Wave system has output for auxiliary speakers.
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Your Bose speakers should connect to this receiver's binding posts and LFE RCA jack without any adapters other than the Bose-supplied system input cable bundle. If you like, you can terminate the Bose wire bundle's bare wires with banana plugs to make plugging and unplugging into the receiver easier, but it's not necessary. The receiver's binding posts will screw down onto bare wire just fine if you don't have banana plugs.
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hi. the answer is yes and yes.mp3 thru rca audio in and old speaker wire directly into the speaker inputs or put a banana plug on the ends. either way is good.
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Yes I can, I used them to connect my speakers, and works good, make sure your speakers have banana connectors.!!!
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I used banana plugs from speaker wire to receiver. I plugged wire directly to speaker.
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to the best of my knowledge you can only use the ones you plug in. i was wondering the same thing when i got my BOSE, and i bought this because i found out most dont do that yet.
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You need the Bose AC-2 adapter for each cube. It takes bare speaker wire (16ga max I believe) screws the wire down with a small Phillips head and than plugs into the back of the cubes. I went to the Bose store and they just gave me all I needed for free. If you don't have a store near you, Amazon sells them for $3. Good luck.
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I have this speaker-amp combination. If the banana plugs fit, your speaker wire choice looks great.
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If it had an amp with it, which with a Bose system it has then the answer is no. Look at subthump for a harness that works with the amp itself. Then you can wire the amp to power the new speakers.
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Perhaps you are talking about 'BANANA plugs' which are made for regular two strand speaker wire (think lamp cord). The subs I've worked with all used the RCA plug to receive signals from the 'subwoofer-out' non-amplified port on the amplifier. If there is no sub port on amp, use the BANANA plugs or twist terminals in and out, to place subwoofer input from L&R; channels before the L&R; speakers. Either way Banana plugs are readily available. IF you are using outdoor type Public Address, concert sound stuff ( Peavey, etc.), then yes they all use 1/4" big plugs for rugged, easily repairable, simplicity. Perhaps you are talking about 'BANANA plugs' which are made for regular two strand speaker wire (think lamp cord). The subs I've worked with all used the RCA plug to receive signals from the 'subwoofer-out' non-amplified port on the amplifier. If there is no sub port on amp, use the BANANA plugs or twist terminals in and out, to place subwoofer input from L&R; channels before the L&R; speakers. Either way Banana plugs are readily available. IF you are using outdoor type Public Address, concert sound stuff ( Peavey, etc.), then yes they all use 1/4" big plugs for rugged, easily... » Read More Perhaps you are talking about 'BANANA plugs' which are made for regular two strand speaker wire (think lamp cord). The subs I've worked with all used the RCA plug to receive signals from the 'subwoofer-out' non-amplified port on the amplifier. If there is no sub port on amp, use the BANANA plugs or twist terminals in and out, to place subwoofer input from L&R; channels before the L&R; speakers. Either way Banana plugs are readily available. IF you are using outdoor type Public Address, concert sound stuff ( Peavey, etc.), then yes they all use 1/4" big plugs for rugged, easily repairable, simplicity. « Show Less
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Hi Adam, Thanks for the question about the Wireless Outdoor Speakers. Paul pretty well covers it. I would just add the speaker wire connections on the back of the speakers can use a banana plug or screws to pinch the wire into place. Contact AV-Express for more information.