Benchmark Speakon - Banana Cable - 1.83m (6ft)

Top-Quality Connectors

In our lab tests we have found that heavy-duty SpeakON™ connectors consistently outperform spade lugs, pins, and banana plugs. The SpeakON™ connectors provide a reliable low-impedance connection that can withstand high-currents. Of the more traditional speaker connectors, we have found that locking banana plugs provide the next best connections. In contrast, spade lugs and pins often provide poor connections. Spring-type (non-locking) banana plugs almost always provide poor connections and should be avoided. The Benchmark AHB2 power amplifier is so clean that poor speaker connections can easily create more distortion than the entire power amplifier. We have seen this many times in the lab. The effects of poor speaker connections can easily be measuredwhen testing the AHB2 power amplifier. We have learned that we cannot accurately measure the AHB2 unless we use SpeakON™ connectors or high-quality locking banana connectors. SpeakON™connectors also provide convenience and safety. No speaker connector is easier to use, they cannot short out, and they cannot give you a shock.

Star-Quad Construction

This top-quality Benchmark cable features Canare Star-Quad Speaker Cable. Four heavy-duty 14 AWG stranded conductors are combined into two pairs arranged in a star-quad configuration. The combined conductors are equivalent to 11 AWG, but the star-quad configuration reduces magnetic radiation and interference by about 20 dB, making this cable superior to 2-conductor cables.

Applications

Use this cable for connecting anAHB2power amplifier to a non-Benchmarkspeaker. Or use this cable to connect a non-Benchmark power amplifier to a BenchmarkSMS1speaker.

• Use this cable for stereo or bridged-mono applications.
• Use our4-pole cablesfor bi-amp applications.
• Use our2-pole NL2 to NL2 cableswhen connecting a Benchmark AHB2 to Benchmark SMS1 speakers.

Specifications

• 11 AWG effective wire gauge (pair of 14 AWG conductors)
• 4-wire Star-Quad Configuration
• Polyethylene Dielectric for low capacitance and improved frequency response
• DC Resistance < 2.6 Ohms / 1000 ft.
• Capacitance: 45 pF /ft.
• Diameter: 0.421 in.
• Super flexible heavy-duty jacket
• Heavy-Duty Locking Neutrik NL2FX or NL2FXX Connector on one end
• Heavy Duty Locking Banana Plugs on one end

Note: The Neutrik NL2FXX is the new replacement for the NL2FX

DESIGNED, ASSEMBLED, AND TESTED IN THE USA

This Benchmark product was designed, assembled, and tested in the USA using USA and imported components. Most major components are made in USA.