Why are amplifiers not made like this?

[-unknown-]

Why do amplifier manufacturers not make the connections where you can hook them up with ring terminals or something? The way they're made now the bare wire gets crushed by the screw, and it just looks like it isn't a solid connection, or a professional install. Maybe this amplifier will explain better in pictures than I can in words, look the the side with the power, ground, and remote wire. This wouldn't be my choice of an amp, but it's the only one I could find that looks like its made so you connect the wires a different way, like I was thinking. It says it connects with spade terminals. Another example would be the other end of the power and ground cables near the battery, they're soldered into a ring terminal, then a screw goes through that, through the battery terminal. Maybe this is a stupid question, maybe not, I just want to know if anybody has an answer.

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[Massive spl]

That amp u posted has no surface area for wore to make connection... I never had any problems with my 0/1 inputs on my amps. All make good connection...

I think in your case some toolmaker inputs is what your looking for.

 

[-unknown-]

I'm talking about soldering the wire on the amplifiers end into a ring terminal or something, and putting a screw through it like on the battery end. Why do amp manufacturers not make them like that, so you don't crush the wire with a screw?

 

[Massive spl]

Like this but I'm not a fan of these because you can tighten the screw down from amp to the input. Like it gets tight but any vibration will make the terminal loose in the amp terminal hole. If u get what I'm saying

 

[Massive spl]

If you use the correct size wire for your amp the wire should fit nice and snug in the hole and make a good connection. If you have to jam wire in and have frilly willys sticking out all crazy you do not have the correct size wire for your input

 

[-unknown-]

That is basically what all amps today do, insert the wire and tighten the screw down and crush the wire, that's what it looks like to me anyways. Click on the link above, it looks like you solder the wire into a spade terminal, and then insert the spade terminal into the amp, and tighten the screw down on that. Either I'm missing something or idk...

 

[Massive spl]

That is basically what all amps today do, insert the wire and tighten the screw down and crush the wire, that's what it looks like to me anyways. Click on the link above, it looks like you solder the wire into a spade terminal, and then insert the spade terminal into the amp, and tighten the screw down on that. Either I'm missing something or idk...

Cheap amps do it that way.. There's not a lot of surface area that way for the connection to be made with those little spade terminal things... That's for old school 1990 noobs

 

[-unknown-]

So buy AWG wire and use the normal wire into amp method, I was just trying to find the reason behind it. It still confuses me that the other end of the cables use ring terminals, even though it's supposedly a bad connection.

 

[Massive spl]

So buy AWG wire and use the normal wire into amp method, I was just trying to find the reason behind it. It still confuses me that the other end of the cables use ring terminals, even though it's supposedly a bad connection.

It's not a bad connection. There's nothing wrong with ring terminals... Welding ones, don't buy cheap gold plated car audio crap.. And there's nothing wrong with sticking wire into your amp terminal. It makes a nice connection

 

[Massive spl]

These are crappy lugs!^



And you don't need lugs at all. Just use these^

 

[LosIsATool 5,000+ posts]

So buy AWG wire and use the normal wire into amp method, I was just trying to find the reason behind it. It still confuses me that the other end of the cables use ring terminals, even though it's supposedly a bad connection.

It makes a better connection. More surface area less resistance.

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

technically your supposed to use banana pugs to make the connection but they don't really make them that big. they themselves must be crimped a soldered..

this is for the terminals that have the set screw and are round..

 

[Papermaker85 5,000+ posts]

These are crappy lugs!^



And you don't need lugs at all. Just use these^

first pics is bad. second pic is much better..

you might want to use better ioslation method on that battery.. if that ****** shorts out you gonna have a hot fire..

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

So what exactly is the issue here?

The typical screw-down type inputs are normally found on large mono amps, and depending on how many watts it puts out, may find 2 or 3 sets of inputs.

The smaller amps typically 4 ch ones you will see the so called "ring terminal" kind where there's a little square and screw to hold down the wire.

As long as all things work and fucntion like it should, I don't see a problem......unless this is a ***** thread.

 

[wew lad 5,000+ posts]

uhh........................

im pretty sure those are called spade terminals.

and they work just as well as direct input, theyre not limited to just cheap amps.

yes larger and newer amps tend to have only direct inputs.

just crimp on a spade.

solder is not necessary with a proper crimp.