Speaker Binding Post Wrench

[Formerly YB-2]

Thought others might find this useful to not bugger-up your speaker binding posts. Works great.


https://www.amazon.com/AudioQuest-bi...%2C192&sr=8-12

[Masterlu]

I agree, and use one. There was a time these were discontinued; I would grab one before they are gone again.

[Fbgbill]

FWIW I have McIntosh speakers and they send a wrench with them. I think I got one with my amps as well. I will post a picture if anyone is interested.

[Formerly YB-2]

Originally Posted by Fbgbill

FWIW I have McIntosh speakers and they send a wrench with them. I think I got one with my amps as well. I will post a picture if anyone is interested.

Thanks. I would be interested to see the McIntosh wrench. My MC275 MkVI arrives before 7 p.m. (per UPS) and will be interested to see if one is included.

[Masterlu]

Originally Posted by Formerly YB-2

Thanks. I would be interested to see the McIntosh wrench. My MC275 MkVI arrives before 7 p.m. (per UPS) and will be interested to see if one is included.

It is small, and black; quite feeble if you ask me.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by Masterlu

It is small, and black; quite feeble if you ask me.

I agree that an all purpose wrench is an excellent idea. However, the Mac wrench is quite able to provide enough torque to easily break the Mac binding post. I think the tendency is to over tighten the connection.

Wilson also provides their speakers with a wrench. However, I still think this AQ wrench is an excellent idea though I probably won't buy one.

Best

Charles

[Antonmb]

Actually the idea behind the Audioquest wrench (I have one) is that, because there's no arm to leverage and it's only the force you can apply with a hand grasp, you won't over-tighten. If the Mac wrench is sturdy enough to break the binding post, that's not necessarily a good thing.

[Formerly YB-2]

Just installed my MC275 MKVI using the McIntosh supplied wrench. Not sure it would not strip-out if too much force is applied. The small side distorted when used on my speaker binding posts. Looking forward to the AQ wrench.

[Fbgbill]

Here is the McIntosh wrench. You do need to make sure you do not over tighten or you might break off the post.

[Charles]

I think there have been significant improvements to binding posts over the years by many manufacturers. I think that Wilson, for example, has gradually improved their binding posts. One of the many qualities I like about Mac is that when they upgraded their binding posts, they were thoroughly re-engineered. A decade from now Mac will use this same binding post. It is imperative that good connections be made. This is the reason that I use balanced IC's. When I see an amplifier that is super expensive come out with upgraded binding posts, I wonder why they were not "upgraded" to begin with. One of the reasons I bought the 1.25KW was the binding posts. I never liked the old Mac binding posts at all. I think that hand tightening binding posts with your fingers with heavy expensive speaker cables and their spades lugs significantly inferior and really, simply a poor connection.

Best

Charles