St-70 upgrades

burnedfingers wrote:bktheking
It is common practice to use the correct connector for the application...I would not dream of using an XLR connector for anything other than a mic or line connector just to make sure that something doesn't get plugged in where it shouldn't.

The best example of why NOT to use incorrect connectors: people who used to use regular household plugs/jacks on their SPEAKER WIRES for easy connect/disconnect.

Sooner or later the speaker got plugged into a wall outlet, and POOF!

http://www.abbatron.com/index.php?cPath=29_78_47


This should get you some jacks to look at. They will be close to what I pictured. It appears that I purchased some left over stock from a local electronics shop that they discounted. The number I have on my box is 256 103 Jack and it doesn't seem to play.

Side note here* I used insulated washers on both sides of the chassis. If you laid out your hole centers at .750 then a common banana jack can be inserted into both the neg and positive jacks at the same time. One step further would be to make up a harness that plugs into your meter.

burnedfingers wrote:http://www.abbatron.com/index.php?cPath=29_78_47


This should get you some jacks to look at. They will be close to what I pictured. It appears that I purchased some left over stock from a local electronics shop that they discounted. The number I have on my box is 256 103 Jack and it doesn't seem to play.

Side note here* I used insulated washers on both sides of the chassis. If you laid out your hole centers at .750 then a common banana jack can be inserted into both the neg and positive jacks at the same time. One step further would be to make up a harness that plugs into your meter.

BTW, the referenced page link is for "tip" jacks (very similar to what I suggested previously). Those will fit standard test probes. If you prefer to use "banana" jacks go to this page link:

http://www.abbatron.com/index.php?cPath=29_78_44

Best Regards,
Charlie

To each his own but this is my setup on one of my amps. A cheap $2 meter that is accurated and banana jacks set on a .750 c-to-c and a standard banana jack with meter leads will slide right in. The advantage to this setup is the meter probe tips will not accidentally come out. Just my .02

Explain?

What they said...those meter type jacks are what I suggested to you to over on AK...

http://audiokarma.org/forums/showpost.php?p=5312290&postcount=18