8 types of speaker connections
Today’s new audio components are equipped with different types of connections.
Figuring out how to connect the speakers, amplifiers, receivers, and mixers can be confusing.
Binding terminals
Binding terminals secure bare speaker wire and banana plugs.
Speaker wire
The speaker wire transmits audio signals through copper cables.
A banana plug is used to connect the speaker wire to a binding terminal firmly.
Banana plug
Dual banana plug
Dual banana plugs firmly connect speaker wires to binding terminals.
Binding connectors
Binding connectors firmly connect speaker wires to spring clip terminals.
Spade connectors
Spade connectors connect speaker cables to binding terminals.
XLR connectors
An XLR connector has three conductors (“positive, negative, and ground“).
And it is mostly associated with professional audio equipment because of its balanced audio interconnectivity.
RCA connectors
RCA connectors transmit audio signals through RCA cables.
Understanding what speaker connections to use in a home theater can be very technical and challenging to comprehend.
We hope that this infographic will assist you to visualize better how speaker connections can be connected when setting up home audio speakers. And how to make sure that audio is transmitted better.