How do I hook up speakers from a reciever?

Question

The speakers have it where you hook up split speaker wire, but the receiver only has plug in type. How can I make this work?

Answer 1

It depends on the plug.

If it is a standard banana plug, you can easily put an end on your standard speaker wire and plug it in.

On the other hand, if it is a specialty plug, you'll run into some difficulty.

Some look like they only accept plugs, too. If it is a round red (or black) plastic post with a metal hole in the middle, the plastic on the outside unscrews and you can attach standard speaker wire that way.

I'd have to see it to tell you more.

Answer 2

Get a new receiver. Plug type hookup is generally for all in box pre made systems. Converting the speaker wire to plug is a pain in the A, and the sound will probably be poor. So do yourself a favor and drop a hundred bucks or so at Best Buy and get a new Dolby Digital receiver.

Answer 3

Do you have the long Red & Black k***s on the back of the receiver?  These are called 5-way binding posts.

Un-s***w one of the k***s. It will expose a hole in the side. Insert speaker wire, s***w down and you are done.

WARNING:  Doing a sloppy wire job here can damage your equipment.  Cut the bare speaker wires short and twist and insure no stray strands of copper wire are sticking out to cause a short.

You can put banana plugs on the end of your speaker wires if you want.  Radio Shack sells some nice Bananas that un-s***w into 2 halves and you dont need tools.  This is highly recommended.  I put a link below for you.