[Sander deWaal]

Perry Justus said:


Okay, I got the Denon. I didn't have any trouble with it except that
the front speaker binding posts were the more modern plug types, and
my speakers had bare wire to connect. I unscrewed one of the speaker
binding posts, but then I realized that I had no clue what I was
doing, so I tried (emphasis on "tried") to screw it back in. It was
hard to screw in, though, and when I got it in, it apparently pushed
the metal connector piece inside the hole back, so now I can't thread
it in because the screw moves freely within the hole. Am I totally
screwed, or can this be fixed? I just can't believe it was that easy
to make such a blunder, but I'm a complete moron!


I took the top off the case to inspect it, and it's more like a thin
wire that's become uncoiled/unraveled, and that's why the screw just
sticks straight through rather than being threaded in. (Another
shining example of my ignorance when it comes to electronics.) What
can I do to fix it so that I can screw the post back in? Or am I just
screwed (no pun intended)?


Is the thread of the screw damaged?
If not, you might try to mount a washer and nut inside to hold the
termination + screw inside.
Make sure it makes contact with the piece of wire that seems to belong
there (I'm afraid I don't get exactly what you mean by that, is there
a wire coming from the amplifier that has to be connected to the
termination? )

Usually, the speaker connectors are mounted directly on the printed
circuit board, but since I don't know the guts of your Denon, it can
be just wire as well.


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