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I have some in wall speakers that I want to use with a powered mixer (3 instruments and 3 vocals).
I have speaker wire running out of the wall.
How do I connect the 1/4 inch cable from the PA to the speaker wire.
Is there some kind of faceplace that has this type of configuration?

Is it bare wire? If so you can get a wall plate with 1/4" jacks for a tidy solution. You could use a female 1/4" end but that would be a little messy looking. If it's not bare wire what is it? You could take a picture that would be helpful.

It's just bare speaker wire sticking out of a standard electrical box.
I looked at some 1/4 inch faceplates, but the rear of them didn't look like it worked with speaker wire:

http://www.amazon.com/Seismic-Audio-SA- ... pd_cp_MI_1

Wouldn't something like that with a single TR be just what you would want?

TI4-1009 wrote:Wouldn't something like that with a single TR be just what you would want?

That's what I'm thinking. If the wall plate is convenient to your application. The TRS plate you have won't work as it as you'll just need the tip/ring (T/R) jack . . . and a solder iron.

Let me see if I understand.

The signal coming out of the PA is mono (left and right), so I need a faceplate that is mono with 2 inputs (left and right)?
If so, how do I connect the speaker wire to the back of the mono faceplate?

Solder the positive or hot lead to the tab that is connected to the long piece that the tip of the sleeve (red in the image). Solder the negative/ground to the other one.