Loose speaker cables.

[jarrett baines]

I recently purchased some Paradigm 75f's and a 45c. I love them, but the cables litterly slide out of the binding posts. Is this a common problem? I wanyed to ask before I run out and spend more money. Thanks.

 

[markw]

Where are you inserting the wires?

If you unscrew the red/black nuts, you'll see a screw revealed. You'll see a hole in the screw it reveals. Insert the wire there and tighten the nuts.

If you're sticking them in the top of the red/black things, you need banana plugs.

 

[Latent]

The binding posts on my slightly older generation Paradigms work just fine for me. These kinds of binding posts which are fairly standard between brands have many ways to join cables. They often call them 5 way binding posts because of the multiple methods you can use. As Mark says above check the wire is going into the hole in the side of the binding post shaft and that the nut is tightened down on it correctly.

If you already have banana plugs and these are sliding out then the problem is your banana plugs are slightly to narrow probably from being connected to other binding posts that were a bit narrower. You can often pry open the banana plugs with a very small flat screw driver or similar to make them fit properly again.

 

[jarrett baines]

Where are you inserting the wires?

If you unscrew the red/black nuts, you'll see a screw revealed. You'll see a hole in the screw it reveals. Insert the wire there and tighten the nuts.

If you're sticking them in the top of the red/black things, you need banana plugs.

Sorry forgot to mention I was using banana's. They are sliding right out of the binding post. So probably the cable. Darn I liked those cable looked good for 40 bucks for terminated endings, pretty cheap I thought. First time with higher end speakers, I've never come across loose terminals before?

 

[Latent]

The binding posts on those paradigms will have the same diameter hole through the side. So unscrew them as far as they will go and push the banana plug in the side hole instead of the normal one and tighten the screw down. Only other option is to repair or replace the banana plugs or use a different cable.

There is no set standard hole size for binding post banana plug holes and this means there are small variations which is why most banana plugs are designed to be expanded and squeeze smaller when inserted.

 

[KenM10759]

I had a similar problem with my KEF R500's. I measured the bores (drilled holes) in the binding posts and they varied only by 0.004" (0,1mm) in size. My solution was remove the cheap Monoprice banana plugs from the cables I had made and switch over to locking banana plugs from Blue Jeans Cable. Worked perfect!

Left is the Monoprice, right is the BJC. You can buy terminated cables with those from BJC or I can make you a pair for about the same money. The difference is only in looks, mine are sheathed in TechFlex and sealed with shrink tubing,

 

[j_garcia]

Sorry forgot to mention I was using banana's. They are sliding right out of the binding post. So probably the cable. Darn I liked those cable looked good for 40 bucks for terminated endings, pretty cheap I thought. First time with higher end speakers, I've never come across loose terminals before?

Just bend the springy part of the banana with a small screwdriver as mentioned earlier. Simple fix. It isn't an issue as over time and many connections, all bananas will do this.