Could it be a SpeakON connector?In our theatre, the speakers have an older connection which is a hole in the middle, and a circle around it. Apparently you lock it into there. What connection is this?
The Stratford Shakespearean Festival was using these in the mid seventies with the main-stage standardizing on the 3 contact grounded version and the Avon prosc' house using the, slightly less costly, 2 contact, non-grounded, version. Stratford was also using a lot of Cinch Jones' polarized, round, 2 contact 300 series connectors in locations where locking wasn't required.
It is that. Is it possible to convert that to XLR?
NA4FC-M FAQ
Q: What is the purpose of the NA4FC-F and NA4FC-M speakON-to-XLR adapters?
A: Neutrik's NA4FC-F and NA4FC-M are generally used to interface speaker-level, high-amperage XLR connections with speakON. Only the 1+ and 1- connections on the speakON connector are active (wired). These parts are very rarely used, since speaker-level connections are rarely made via XLR connectors. These parts should only be used by experienced technicians who understand the amperages involved. Never use these products to connect an amplifier output to any line-level type input! Doing so will almost surely blow something up. These parts are not attenuators, just passive adapters.
It is that. Is it possible to convert that to XLR?
Edit: Never mind just googled it and I found a bunch of adapters. Thank you.
All that is fine and dandy but you still do not want to create any magic smoke. the problem is when someone else comes in and not knowing that is a speaker line they inadvertently create smoke.What about the ones directly made by Neutrik http://www.markertek.com/product/na4fc-m/neutrik-na4fx-m-speakon-to-3-pin-xlr-male-adapter
Possibly we should begin by asking the OP @NikolasR what he's trying to accomplish. Possibly we're rushing to incorrect assumptions. Before we advise he's doing something wrong, I'd like to understand what he's trying to accomplish.
That's why some, myself included, call SpeakOn "that newfangled connector."So apparently the Speakon connector came to market in 1987 -
I remember doing a show in 1984 that came out of one of the NYC shops, ProMix I believe, that used 2-pin XLR for some low of its low-powered speakers. Wired to 12 or 14g zipcord, IIRC.
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