Hi Everyone,

I review a lot of audio gear which requires moving products in and out of my home audio system. Some of these components are brand new while others are vintage.

I now own a handful of products that make using vintage gear much easier and I wanted to share those quickly with you.

(Should you consider purchasing these items, I will earn a small commission which helps fund my purchases of new products to review.)

Banana To Spade Adapter Plug

If you have a vintage amplifier that uses screws to connect speaker wire, these adapters make life so much easier. You screw these down to the amp and then you can easily attach speaker wire or banana plugs!

​Buy a set of four for just $10!​

Flex Pin Banana Plugs

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I purchased a nice pair of audio speaker cables that terminate using banana plugs, but unfortunately, some of my vintage speakers do not accept banana plugs.

The braided ends of these adapters attach to your speaker and then you can easily use banana plugs.

This also works for vintage receivers!

​Buy a set of 6 pairs for $20​

Power Strip Tower (that isn't so tall it will annoy your significant other!)

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I love this product so much I call it the power tower, lol. The USB ports are handy for me as someone who has wireless streamers and DACs in my system that are often USB powered.

At first, my wife didn't like this, but it sits behind my receiver and honestly you can barely see it, so it doesn't stand as tall as you might think at first.

This saves my back from bending over and finding power supply connections on the floor!

​Buy the power tower for $27!​

All of these products make it easier to swap gear in and out of vintage audio systems and most collectors I know, have multiple receivers and speakers but dread having to rewire an entire system.

These products should help get your gear swapped in a lot less time!

New YouTube Videos

Check out two of my recent YouTube videos...

This week I posted a video explaining why I would buy a vintage Technics turntable rather than a new one off Amazon:

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I also posted a short video showing how to replace the back tension belt in a Nakamichi cassette deck:

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If your deck is trying to eat tapes and stopping playback intermittingly, it might just be this small belt which can easily be accessed from the front of the unit.

I've been working on Nakamichi decks the past week and hope to post more videos on how to change belts, idler tires and more!

Until next time,

Aaron