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to The Speaker Port!
Up for a sale is a replacement speaker terminal plate for
the Yamaha CA-810 vintage stereo integrated amplifier. This will allow you to replace the original speaker terminals with more modern banana plug terminals for both the A and B outputs. these new terminals allow for the use of individually terminated male banana plug tips or uniform spaced bracketed plugs for your speaker wires. It also allows for bare wire attachment (10-12 gauge max). This conversion plate improves the look and wiring options for your CA-810. Once installed, it really looks spectacular and completely stock. The panel is constructed from PLA material
using 3D Printing technology. It is rigid and is able to withstand the
abuse that the terminals can experience. You can re-purpose your original mounting hardware and can either solder the internal speaker wires directly to the back of the terminals (recommended) or use ring tip terminals.
NOTE: Installation of this part does require
certain skills and competency using tools and a soldering iron. If you are not comfortable doing this work
yourself, take it to a electronics shop and they should be able to do the
work for you. We have developed this item on an actual CA-810 and guarantee that it will work.
Installation
Notes
- You will need some basic tools/materials, such as a Philips
screw driver, wire cutters/strippers, soldering iron/solder. These items are NOT included.
- There is plenty of slack in the existing internal speaker wires to re-attach to the new plate, but still snip off the wires as close to the plate terminal as possible to make sure you don't cut yourself short.
- Keep the orientation exactly as
it was with the originals. (Take a picture of your existing wires for reference.
- For best connectivity, we recommend soldering the wires to the tips of the new terminals. WARNING: DO NOT overheat the back end terminals. Nothing more than a normal 40W soldering iron should be used and even so, make sure you are proficient in the right procedure for soldering wires onto terminals such as these. If the screw terminals gets too hot, it could
melt the plate and/or bushings of the terminals causing the banana plugs to come loose.
Disclaimer:
The Yamaha CA-810, like any other vintage audio product, contains aged components and wiring. As a result, you need to take care while working on one. It is not uncommon for parts or wires to crack, snap, or break off while trying to manipulate them after 40+ years of being worked and exposed to many different temperatures and conditions. As a result, The Speaker Port is not responsible for any damage or harm of any kind that may occur to the product, you or anyone/anything else while trying to install this part.
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General Information
Who are we?
Founded in 2016, The
Speaker Port is a small, independently owned/operated business based in the
suburbs of Chicago, IL. I started out in repairing/restoring vintage
audio speakers and stereo systems but within the first year, took on both home
and professional grade systems (PA systems, guitar amps, etc). I
work on all components types (receivers, turntables, tape decks, power amps,
etc.), makes and models. I hold a degree in Electrical Engineering but spent
the better part of my 22 year professional career in Information Technology.
Through it all was a deep love for music and music reproduction. Recently, I
have established relationships with a number of music stores and studios
servicing their own as well as 3rd party customer equipment. I
now also offer my own line based on reproducing hard to find, vintage parts
using 3D CAD design and printing technology. As we continue to
growth, I look forward to being able to provide top shelf Customer services and
well as products to go with it.
Pricing
If you have ever sold
anything on eBay, you know that for everything you sell, eBay takes a very
steep cut from you sale. EBay also takes money from the cost of shipping too.
Annual costs associated with eBay’s make it even worse. On top of that, add on
the percentage PayPal wants and as a result…you just lost 10-15% of you overall
sale price. In order to sell products, you need to price competitively and
fairly. In addition, we have families to feed so we cannot afford to
lose money or break even. Please consider this when evaluating the
price we set.
Shipping
- All paid for items typically ship within 1 business
day, however, we have a 3 day handling time in the event that an
unforeseen issue comes up that prevents us from being able to ship
immediately (such as weather related issues.)
- Any item we charge shipping costs for are fairly priced
based. They take into consideration the materials necessary to
secure/protect your item in transit. We use new boxes and packing when
possible. The total cost of shipping must take into account our
costs for these materials, the actual shipping cost charged by USPS or
FedEx as well as the percentage eBay takes from us for
shipping. We will never charge ridiculous, overprices
shipping charges for any reason.
- As noted above, any listing we have that comes with
‘Free Shipping' does not mean there is no cost associated with shipping
the product. Most, if not all of our “Free Shipping” items are
shipped USPS First Class (where we can predict the cost to any location
domestically). On average, our cost to ship such items range from
$3-$4. Please keep this in mind when evaluating the cost of our
product to others.
- Unless otherwise specified in the listing, we do not
insure any item in transit (beyond whatever the shipping provides as
default…if any) nor do we add addition features such as signature
requirement. If you want an item shipping with such additional
features, it is your responsibility to ask for it and there will be additional
costs associated with them.
- If an item offered to ship internationally, then it
will be enabled in the listing via the eBay Global Shipping Program. Note:
We do not have any control on what eBay GS charges for international
shipping so please keep that in mind. eBay GS is a higher cost
means of shipping but due to buyer fraud problems, we have had little
choice but to go this route to eliminate claims of users not receiving
items.
Warranty and/or product
guarantee
- Unless specifically statement in the list, there is no
warranty or guarantee of any kid associated with the item you are buying.
We have no way of knowing how much use it had before coming into our
possession. Please consider
this before buying.
- Any used/refurbished/restored item we sell is tested
and verified to be in working condition before we list/sell the item. Any issues or problems will be clearly
stated in the listing. This includes physical, electrical or operational
condition. Regarding physical condition, we provide detailed pictures in
our listing so please pay attention to them. We will not be
describing every scratch/scuff/ding that may exist. Note: any statements
made about things like sound or picture quality or value are completely
the opinion of The Speaker Port and in no way represent a guarantee or
statement of fact.
- For any NEW, 3rd party products that are still sealed in their
original OEM packaging are assumed to be in perfect working
condition. We will not open these packages to test them or
evaluate their contents for any reason. The Speaker Port assumes no
responsibility for the operational condition of such items and are offered
“as-is”.
Fraud Prevention
Unfortunately, there are
folks out there that try to commit fraud/steal products from us. As
a result, The Speaker Port had to make some tough choices about how we do
business on eBay. Once such measure is using the eBay Global Shipping service
for international purchases. This eliminates buyer claims that they
never received an item. They get away with this because of the lack
of end-to-end tracking with cheaper shipping services. The Speaker
Port has also had to resort to photo documenting and UV tagging (marking)
products in various ways to prevent ‘bait and switch’ situations or from buyers
who ‘harvest’ internal parts for their own use and claiming that the item does
not work. We have zero tolerance for this.
Misc Terms and
Conditions
- Unless otherwise specified above, the following terms
and conditions apply. If you have a question about one of our items
that is not answered above or below, please reach out to us. Your bid
means that you have read, understood and agree to all the items listed
below.
- Many things can happen during the preparation of an
item for shipment. In these extremely rare circumstance (where we have no
spares to replace it with), we will offer you a comparable replacement or
refund you your purchase (at your choice).
- We reserve the right to cancel any bids from users with
zero (or negative feedback rating) at our discretion.
- Unless otherwise stated in the listing, all sales are
final. If you have a question about the listing, we welcome you to
send us a message about it, but please do so before bidding and/or winning
an item.
- We have a 100% positive feedback rating for a reason.
We do business in an honorable and respectable manner. It serves us no
purpose to cheat or mislead any Customer. We are committed to your satisfaction…if you have ANY issue with something we have sold, please
contact us directly first in order to resolve the matter.
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this listing.