NL4 4 pole to Banana plug DIY speaker cable

[Eliut]

Hello guys. I am setting up my outdoor home theater and I need some advice on wiring my connectors. For the sake of convenience, since I am also making new cables for my indoor home theater, I bought two spools of Monoprice Access Series 12AWG CL2 Rated 4-Conductor Speaker Wire. I'll be using a Yamaha RX-A8A Receiver to power the system. My outdoor speakers are DAS DS-108. These are PA speakers and they come with NL4 connectors.

I know that I can just go +1 to positive and -1 to negative on the banana plug. My question is, since I already splurged on the 4 conductor cable, if I can wire all four pins on the SpeakOn and then twist together +1 and +2 into the POS banana plug and the -1 and -2 into the NEG banana plug into the AVR.

 

[Pandaman617]

Hello guys. I am setting up my outdoor home theater and I need some advice on wiring my connectors. For the sake of convenience, since I am also making new cables for my indoor home theater, I bought two spools of Monoprice Access Series 12AWG CL2 Rated 4-Conductor Speaker Wire. I'll be using a Yamaha RX-A8A Receiver to power the system. My outdoor speakers are DAS DS-108. These are PA speakers and they come with NL4 connectors.

I know that I can just go +1 to positive and -1 to negative on the banana plug. My question is, since I already splurged on the 4 conductor cable, if I can wire all four pins on the SpeakOn and then twist together +1 and +2 into the POS banana plug and the -1 and -2 into the NEG banana plug into the AVR.

Yes, running 4 conductor that way definitely works and will give you a lower effective wire gauge. I run some Knukonceptz that are 12/4 but wired for two conductor connections. Provided they can fit securely in the banana plugs you won’t have any issues

 

[mono-bloc]

banana plugs you won’t have any issues

And you won't hear any difference in the sound

 

[Pandaman617]

Of course not. The type of termination you use should never have an audible impact. I mean if it does than something is wrong.