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Such a thing as RCA to Banana Plug?

post #1 of 7
12/4/09 at 5:49am
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I recently bought a wallplate that has been fitted nicely into the plasterwalls, all is good to go.

I have a pioneer amp that requires RCA phono leads, and unfortunately I bought 5 of them, and they were not cheap. The wall plate I have is for Banana plugs at 4mm.

Is there anything on the plannet that can convert my nice RCA leads into 4mm one end so that it works with my setup.

Surely there must be something, i.e an adapter that allows RCA to Banana Plug.

I don't wish to waste these leads if possible.

Any tips would be great.

Thanks/
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post #2 of 7
12/4/09 at 11:41am
I do not know what you are connecting but banana plugs are used for high-level, amplified connection such as for speakers. RCA leads are, typically, used for low-level (a few volts) connections such as between players and amps or between amps and preamps. Neither is a good match for the functions of the other.

That said, an adapter is buildable (perhaps even buyable) but I wouldn't recommend it.
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post #3 of 7
12/4/09 at 9:02pm
One thing to be aware of is that RCA phono plugs are two conductor (signal and ground). You need to connect two banana plugs (probably red and black) to one phono plug. If you can solder its no problem to build an adapter cable.
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post #4 of 7
12/5/09 at 8:53pm
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Originally Posted by trevorsaint View Post

I recently bought a wallplate that has been fitted nicely into the plasterwalls, all is good to go.

I have a pioneer amp that requires RCA phono leads, and unfortunately I bought 5 of them, and they were not cheap. The wall plate I have is for Banana plugs at 4mm.

Is there anything on the plannet that can convert my nice RCA leads into 4mm one end so that it works with my setup.

Surely there must be something, i.e an adapter that allows RCA to Banana Plug.

Is the Pioneer a "mini" system? That is the only type of system that I have ever seen RCA connectors used for speaker level signals. Otherwise the only RCA plugs you would usually find on a receiver with labels that might appear to be for speakers are actually "low level" which are not for connecting to speakers but are for bypassing the internal receiver amplifier and connecting to an external amplifier.

To answer your question I am unaware of any RCA to banana plug adapter but that does not mean it does not exist somewhere.
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post #5 of 7
1/1/13 at 1:29pm
I have a sonos connect amp which has the speaker outlets red and black for both Left and Right. My electrician has installed phono wall plates for the ceiling speakers. How do i connect the two?
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post #6 of 7
1/25/13 at 12:12pm
I would suggest that you do what bassface said: "One thing to be aware of is that RCA phono plugs are two conductor (signal and ground). You need to connect two banana plugs (probably red and black) to one phono plug. If you can solder its no problem to build an adapter cable." Use the banaplug on red/black and change it to the RCA.
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post #7 of 7
1/25/13 at 11:55pm
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Originally Posted by AndrewWilkinson View Post

I have a sonos connect amp which has the speaker outlets red and black for both Left and Right. My electrician has installed phono wall plates for the ceiling speakers. How do i connect the two?

Swap the wall plate out for one with banana jacks / speaker binding posts. No one should be installing RCA plugs for speakers, really. Yes, you can build an adapter, but this would be the "right" way to fix it.
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