Monoprice 'Speakon' NL4 compatible cables.

[jinjuku]

I was looking for a source of some less expensive Speakon's.

Monoprice has a generic version of these only available on already terminated cables.

The 3 footers are $3.62 in 2-9 quantities. This put's the connectors at just $1.56 And you get three feet of 12AWG in a really thick and rugged jacket. (hook up wire for internal cabinet wiring).

The Pros: (Outside of price) is the thumb actuated release vs the sleeve release on the Nuetriks and the fact that with the Nuetriks you have to get a jewlers screwdriver involved to expose the screw terminals after assembly. With the Monoprice you just simply take the stress relief collar off. I have fought with the Neutrik on more than one occasion to get the connector back apart.

 

[DS-21]

Good info!

And the SpeakOns are just screwed on, which makes the wires easy to cut to length.

Another thing, it's bloody hard to find black-jacketed large-gauge twister-pair speaker wire. So these would be a good source not only for the SpeakOns, but also for the wire. (And even if one tosses the ends... ~60 cents a foot for jacketed 12/2 is only expensive in Monoprice-land.)

I'm curious what you mean by "need a jeweler's screwdriver..." though. I've never had any problem taking apart an ur-SpeakOn, or an SPX model.

Admittedly, my SpeakOn use has been exclusively in controlled temp/humidity homes. And the Neutrik made-in-Liechtenstein models, not the knockoffs that Monoprice has to be using at those prices.

 

[jinjuku]

Good info!

I'm curious what you mean by "need a jeweler's screwdriver..." though. I've never had any problem taking apart an ur-SpeakOn, or an SPX model.

There is a counter sunk release tab that you have to hit with a jewelers type driver to get the gray locking body to release.