After enjoying and trying to tune the LRC&SW of my new 5.1 system I finaly got the motivation to start setting up my surround speakers.  I got the free speaker wiring kit which came with the Dayton bannana clips and to my surprise, they protrude beyond the back of the 522D-SS speaker which does not work out so well for a flush mount installation.  This seems like a pretty big oversight to me.

Kevin,

   Thanks for pointing this out. I should be receiving my 522d-ss tomorrow along with the wiring kit. I'll check out this for myself. Although I may be putting them on a shelf and not flush mounting them. I'd be surprised if these guys at Aperion didn't have some sort of solution for you.

I have the SS's flush mounted in my setup, also.  Yes, the banana plugs protrude out the back, but the plugs are not necessary - you can thread the bare wire into the binding posts and screw them tight.  It works just as well as using the plugs.    Of course, then you just have some left-over unused plugs lying around...

That is what I did.  I wonder if there are shorter bannana clips made or if they just dropped the ball or what.  I was just about to ask if anybody knew why all the speakers are setup so that the bannana clips point up cause I have been wondering for about the last week since I got my speakers but it just hit me, that it is probably to make sure they don't fall out.  It seems wierd making the wire do that extreme bend though.

every banana plug I have seen has the same problem -they all stick out too far for flush mounting the speaker. And I have never seen a speaker with a wire terminal deep enough to allow the banana plug to go all the way in.

 

Hi guys,

Here is a solution that will work. Unscrew the binding post until the hole is exposed then stick the banana plug through the hole and tighten the binding post down on the banana plug. The banana plug should fit inside the binding post cup and you should now be able to mount the speaker flush.

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Cheers,

John Wanderscheid

When I started wiring up my speakers, I debated whether to use the binding posts, or the banana jacks.  I noticed that the jacks are pretty good quality, and since they were there, I might as well use them.  Flush-wall mounting wasn't a concern of mine, but I too didn't want my speaker wire doing a contortionist act by coming out the back-end of the banana jack like that.  Instead,  I ran the wire in through the other hole in the side of the jack.  With the jacks inserted into the binding posts, the wires hang down from the jacks without any unusual stresses acting upon them.