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October 18, 2006 10:23 AM

I just came into possession of two beautiful 'Snell Type E' loudspeakers. Am I gonna be able to hook them into my standard modern day stereo component? I don't recognize the plugs--anyone know what cables i will need?
posted by snortlebort to technology (5 comments total)

Picture? The only useful reference I can find seems to imply that they may be banana plugs. And that the crossover may be external.
posted by jdfan at 10:34 AM on October 18, 2006

Yeah, they'll probably use banana plugs on regular speaker wire.
posted by I Am Not a Lobster at 10:51 AM on October 18, 2006

banana plugs! and they can connect to regular speaker wire? ok i hope that does it, these speakers look sweet...
posted by snortlebort at 11:55 AM on October 18, 2006

This article says: The original Snell Type E was a bass-reflex design with a 1" soft-dome tweeter and an 8" paper woofer. According to a spec sheet from 1984, it had an electrical sensitivity of 90dB and a nominal impedance of 8 ohms.
Sounds pretty standard - if your amp doesn't take banana plugs, in a pinch you could cut them off the put the wire into the binding posts.
posted by exogenous at 12:06 PM on October 18, 2006

yes, banana plugs connect to regular wire. your connectors are probably black and red. black should be ground, red should be signal. make sure you don't switch those in making up your cable.

drop by one of the many audiophile forums and ask your question. no doubt there will be many who can go on for days/pages about your speakers and why they are the best thing ever/worse than donkey sweat.
posted by jdfan at 1:18 PM on October 18, 2006