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<blockquote data-quote="Steve Milner" data-source="post: 205379" data-attributes="member: 9">Hey Andrew, thanks so much for the help!I&#039;ll be the first to admit that I&#039;ve never heard of this before. With the NL4FC connectors that I used in my video, the little pressure plate that clamps down on the wire doesn&#039;t look to be shaped in such a way that it can grab the wire (I pulled one completely out to have a closer look). I&#039;ve gone back and tried to duplicate what you suggested and I&#039;m scratching my head here honestly. I also measured how far I was stripping the wire back, just to see, and I was right between 7 &amp; 8mm on all of mine (the factory guide suggests 8mm)... but still, I cannot get it to &#039;hook&#039; into anything like you suggest it should. Perhaps it&#039;s due to the vast majority of my speakon assembly experience being with 12AWG wire, that it just doesn&#039;t bend when inserted? Anyway, I&#039;m planning a future follow up video to include the use of ferrules that has been suggested now by multiple folks in EU countries. I&#039;d love to understand more about the method you are suggesting, and I&#039;ll gladly include it as an amendment in the next speak-on video.I&#039;m by no means making videos to suggest I know everything, I am here to learn too and I really appreciate you offering your experience.I&#039;d be really interested to know what gauge wire you&#039;re using typically, and how far you are suggesting to strip them beyond the factory suggested 8mm... and which speakon connector model are you using?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steve Milner, post: 205379, member: 9"] Hey Andrew, thanks so much for the help! I'll be the first to admit that I've never heard of this before. With the NL4FC connectors that I used in my video, the little pressure plate that clamps down on the wire doesn't look to be shaped in such a way that it can grab the wire (I pulled one completely out to have a closer look). I've gone back and tried to duplicate what you suggested and I'm scratching my head here honestly. I also measured how far I was stripping the wire back, just to see, and I was right between 7 & 8mm on all of mine (the factory guide suggests 8mm)... but still, I cannot get it to 'hook' into anything like you suggest it should. Perhaps it's due to the vast majority of my speakon assembly experience being with 12AWG wire, that it just doesn't bend when inserted? Anyway, I'm planning a future follow up video to include the use of ferrules that has been suggested now by multiple folks in EU countries. I'd love to understand more about the method you are suggesting, and I'll gladly include it as an amendment in the next speak-on video. I'm by no means making videos to suggest I know everything, I am here to learn too and I really appreciate you offering your experience. I'd be really interested to know what gauge wire you're using typically, and how far you are suggesting to strip them beyond the factory suggested 8mm... and which speakon connector model are you using? [/QUOTE]

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