WiiM Vibelink Amp

[WiiMer SJ]

For the uninitiated, with Brexit, upon leaving the EU, parliament passed a law saying we were keeping all the EU's laws (introducing them directly into British law) unless we specifically changed them.

I'm not sure the Allowance of Banana Plugs in Hi-Fi Equipment 2029 white paper has been published yet.

I'm not sure Banana Plugs was a top priority for PM Bedhead.

 

[Steve Woodhouse]

I have never bought an amplifier with EU legal speaker connectors. Did the WiiM Amp have caps concealing the holes

Good question.

 

[WiiMer SJ]

Good question.

Not mine. But I'm in the "colonies".

 

[canard]

Banana COP

The fully insulated banana plugs are suitable for connecting loud speaker cables that are up to 6mm2 maximum. The plastic isolation cover retreats automatically into the casing once the banana is plugged in and reappears again once the plug is removed. T…

oehlbach.com

very secure...retractable insulation when inserted...
or same in laboratory use
;-)

 

[wplynx914]

It’s just like the Sonos amp. It’s just gonna come with banana plugs in the box.

 

[WiiMer SJ]

Banana COP

The fully insulated banana plugs are suitable for connecting loud speaker cables that are up to 6mm2 maximum. The plastic isolation cover retreats automatically into the casing once the banana is plugged in and reappears again once the plug is removed. T…

oehlbach.com

very secure...retractable insulation when inserted...
or same in laboratory use
;-)

Nice, but overkill for passive speakers.

 

[canard]

for those who tinker, do lots of tests of speaker cables, blindly and clumsily behind their amps etc.. it can sometimes help not to blow transistor rails by short circuit ;-)

it doesn't only happen to others...

 

[harkpabst]

One of the photos showed two of the speaker terminals as 'banana holes' and the other two with a cap on them, possibly for bare wire connections?
Or was it just perspective??
I'll have to find it again.

Edit: post #134

I have seen similar configurations with the Cambridge Audio One before.

In the case of CA, banana plugs did fit directly. If you wanted to use spades or bare cable ends (instead of doing it the right way ) you had to use an adapter with a banana plug on one end and a binding post on the other. Very similar to the grounding plug for the WiiM Ultra, indeed, as already mentioned by @Steve Woodhouse.

 

[slartibartfast]

Nice, but overkill for passive speakers.

Doesn't stop you plugging them into the mains socket either.

 

[WiiMer SJ]

Doesn't stop you plugging them into the mains socket either.

Nothing is idiot proof. Idiot's are the most creative and prolific members of our species.

 

[slartibartfast]

Nothing is idiot proof. Idiot's are the most creative and prolific members of our species.

That was the reason for the banana plug ban

 

[Valentino]

Recessed RCA-sockets once again

Still not a problem, just use proper RCA males.