Does anybody know where I might obtain a pair of the non reversible
speaker plugs which used to be used in sixties hifi?

I have an Armstrong 222 that I've pressed into service after the
Cambridge lost a channel. At the moment the speaker wire is poked into
the sockets in the back of the o/p transformers but this is not the
standard of installation we aim for.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Best Regards,

Doug

Do you mean those dreadful DIN plugs with a round pin and a flat "spade"-
like connector?

I would imagine that the Maplin catalogue might still have them, but
I don't think they'd have them in their stores any more.

Failing that, I would expect farnell or RS to still have them.

If I've got the wrong connector, could you post a link to a picture of
them?


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Doug Duncan wrote:
Does anybody know where I might obtain a pair of the non reversible
speaker plugs which used to be used in sixties hifi?

I have an Armstrong 222 that I've pressed into service after the
Cambridge lost a channel. At the moment the speaker wire is poked into
the sockets in the back of the o/p transformers but this is not the
standard of installation we aim for.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Best Regards,

Doug

If you email me your postal address I'll send you a couple of DIN
'speaker plugs with my compliments. I only have one cover, however but
it's better than poking the cables in the socket.

S.

Serge Auckland wrote:
Doug Duncan wrote:
Does anybody know where I might obtain a pair of the non reversible
speaker plugs which used to be used in sixties hifi?


If you email me your postal address I'll send you a couple of DIN
'speaker plugs with my compliments. I only have one cover, however but
it's better than poking the cables in the socket.

S.

Thanks very much but we are not talking about din plugs. The things I'm
trying to locate have two circular section pins one of which is larger
than the other. The centres of the pins are approx 10mm apart.

I've tried Maplin and one or two small, old, companies but no luck so far.

Best Regards,

Doug

Doug Duncan wrote:
Does anybody know where I might obtain a pair of the non reversible
speaker plugs which used to be used in sixties hifi?

I have an Armstrong 222 that I've pressed into service after the
Cambridge lost a channel. At the moment the speaker wire is poked
into
the sockets in the back of the o/p transformers but this is not the
standard of installation we aim for.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Best Regards,

Doug

on ebay now
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-PIN-SPEAKER-...QQcmdZViewItem

On Sat, 20 May 2006 18:49:26 GMT, Doug Duncan
wrote:

Does anybody know where I might obtain a pair of the non reversible
speaker plugs which used to be used in sixties hifi?

I have an Armstrong 222 that I've pressed into service after the
Cambridge lost a channel. At the moment the speaker wire is poked into
the sockets in the back of the o/p transformers but this is not the
standard of installation we aim for.

DIN speaker plugs. Maplin will do you a pair with screw terminals
for 94p. Code L41AZ.

Horrible things. A poked wire plus a strategic matchstick will give
you a better contact :-)

On Sat, 20 May 2006 19:22:46 GMT, Doug Duncan
wrote:

Thanks very much but we are not talking about din plugs. The things I'm
trying to locate have two circular section pins one of which is larger
than the other. The centres of the pins are approx 10mm apart.

I've tried Maplin and one or two small, old, companies but no luck so far.

Oh, those things. From the brown fibre-board days :-)

Have you tried Armstrong Repairs in Walthamstow? They were still
there last time I drove past.

http://www.st-and.demon.co.uk/Audio/linkspage.html

"Doug Duncan" wrote in message
...
Does anybody know where I might obtain a pair of the non reversible
speaker plugs which used to be used in sixties hifi?

I have an Armstrong 222 that I've pressed into service after the Cambridge
lost a channel. At the moment the speaker wire is poked into the sockets
in the back of the o/p transformers but this is not the standard of
installation we aim for.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Best Regards,

Doug

They are disconinued by RS, cat. no. 478-419.
http://rswww.com/cgi-bin/bv/rswww/su...o?cacheID=ukie
These might do the job on ebay, item no. 5872806666
Regards Mike.

"Mike Cawood,

They are disconinued by RS, cat. no. 478-419.


** Wake up !!

The OP is *NOT* after 2 pin DIN speaker plugs

The OP **IS** after an obsolete, 2 *round* pin, polarised plug similar
to the old Eveready battery plug.

Also once made by McMurdo.

Used heaps of them in the 1970s for speaker connectors.




....... Phil

In article , Doug Duncan
wrote:
Serge Auckland wrote:
Doug Duncan wrote:
Does anybody know where I might obtain a pair of the non reversible
speaker plugs which used to be used in sixties hifi?


If you email me your postal address I'll send you a couple of DIN
'speaker plugs with my compliments. I only have one cover, however but
it's better than poking the cables in the socket.

S.

Thanks very much but we are not talking about din plugs. The things I'm
trying to locate have two circular section pins one of which is larger
than the other. The centres of the pins are approx 10mm apart.

So far as I know, the plugs of this type went 'obsolete' many years ago. As
others have suggested, you may be able to find some on eBay or somewhere
else second-hand.

Alternatively, you can use a pair of appropriately sized 'split pins' as
the probes to connect wires into these sockets. Indeed, at one time
Armstrong used to supply individual pins for this kind of purpose. Alas, it
is a bit fiddly, but can be made to work OK. Afraid that at the time Ted
Rule designed these units he wasn't thinking people would be still using
them around a half-century later! :-)

Another alternative is some metal shim, rolled into a tubular 'swiss roll'
to which you have soldered some wire. Roll it and put into the socket, then
allow it to 'unroll' to make contact.

Alas, both the above are bodges. :-/

Sorry I can't suggest a supplier. If you find one, let me know and I can
mention them on the 'Armstrong' webpages as this question does crop up
every now and then! I would also buy a few for my own occasional use.

Slainte,

Jim

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