bigbert Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Sure I've seen this before but can't find the topic again Looking to buy/ make a speakon breakout box from a 4pole speakon to 2 2pole speakons. I have seen and used these devices before but cant seem to find any to buy online. Am I calling this item the correct thing? I know they're easy enough to make but I'm wondering how expensive a commercially available one would cost. Bert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.breeze Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Sure I've seen this before but can't find the topic again Looking to buy/ make a speakon breakout box from a 4pole speakon to 2 2pole speakons. I have seen and used these devices before but cant seem to find any to buy online. Am I calling this item the correct thing? I know they're easy enough to make but I'm wondering how expensive a commercially available one would cost. Bert A little hint for you, most industry types call speakon NL[x] where [x] is the number of poles. So if you search NL4 to NL2 matrix or splitter you come up with some results, such as: http://www.gearboxpro.com/products It's quite an expensive solution but I'm sure there are others out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shez Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 The type of breakout I almost always encounter in the field comprises three NL4s, a couple of feet of cable and some barrel joiners. No point spending $100+ on a box when 10 mins of DIY will give you the same result far cheaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallMike Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 http://www.canford.co.uk/Products/49-394_CANFORD-NL4-LOUDSPEAKER-SPLITTER Still, much cheaper to make your own - if it's for an amp rack consider making a rack panel for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ojc123 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 If the box is important then this with three sockets and a 2 gang metal box won't break the bank. I made a couple for simple mic splitters and they stand usual student abuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbert Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 Looks like I'll just be making myself one. £17 quid for something I could make for around a fiver. I think it's soldering time http://www.blue-room.org.uk/public/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif Cheers for the replies guys Bert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamharman Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Looks like I'll just be making myself one. £17 quid for something I could make for around a fiver. Canford sell the box on it's own for 3 quid Canford splitter box only so you could make exactly the same thing for under a tenner and five minutes work. Actually when you consider buying a plastic box for a couple of quid and spending time drilling the holes for the connectors and their fixing screws, it's not worth the hassle to save a quid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Beech Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Is it a BOX you need? I have boxes with this sort of stuff on it, also NL8 to 4 NL4 etc but I generally find the useful ones are trailing leads. The useful part with that is that you don't have to have a cable on each end of the box. You could perhaps have the split end plug into the rack and have a single nl4 (all wired) via a barrel to wherever you want to go, this way you don't need cables on the in aswell which is fiddly and wasteful of cables on the job. Rob That said those boxes do look quite nice, I've bought simply plastic boxes (and a few metal ones) and drilled holes in them before now. I do however have more than 3 sockets on most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkPAman Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 That said those boxes do look quite nice, I've bought simply plastic boxes (and a few metal ones) and drilled holes in them before now. I do however have more than 3 sockets on most. Not so cheap, but very neat for up to 6 sockets is this box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Beech Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Ah yes... THOSE.... I saw one of those the other day that have been turned into a PAIR of Y split XLR's, I can't remember where though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Alcock Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 I use Penn Fabrication "MSB" bits (available from CPC) to make up little boxes. These are years old and are so strong you can chock a truck with them. Standard D size holes mean you can use virtually any connector type. Pete. http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y24/petealcock/Splitters.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Beesley Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Here is a direct link to the MSB range: http://www.penn-elcom.com/Default.asp?MC=1400000&GC=Group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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