Are they trademark name but licensed for manufacture by different companies
or a generic term ?

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N Cook wrote:
Are they trademark name but licensed for manufacture by different companies
or a generic term ?


Real speakon connectors are copyrighted and manufactured by Neutrik, how
ever there is at least one Eastern (probably Chinese) company making
inferior copies of them, and another company (Cliff) makes a similar
but incompatible connector.

Ron(UK)

Ron(UK) wrote in message
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N Cook wrote:
Are they trademark name but licensed for manufacture by different
companies
or a generic term ?


Real speakon connectors are copyrighted and manufactured by Neutrik, how
ever there is at least one Eastern (probably Chinese) company making
inferior copies of them, and another company (Cliff) makes a similar
but incompatible connector.

Ron(UK)

You must have second sight. I noticed the R symbol on a Neutrik line plug
(4 way) that was mated with a no R Cliff (2 way or maybe only 2 of 4 way)
chasis socket, they meshed and locked together and functioned fine as far as
i could feel/ see - is such a combination limited as to maximum amps or
volts?

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Diverse Devices, Southampton, England
electronic hints and repair briefs , schematics/manuals list on
http://home.graffiti.net/diverse:graffiti.net/

N Cook wrote:
Ron(UK) wrote in message
news
N Cook wrote:
Are they trademark name but licensed for manufacture by different
companies
or a generic term ?

Real speakon connectors are copyrighted and manufactured by Neutrik, how
ever there is at least one Eastern (probably Chinese) company making
inferior copies of them, and another company (Cliff) makes a similar
but incompatible connector.

Ron(UK)

You must have second sight. I noticed the R symbol on a Neutrik line plug
(4 way) that was mated with a no R Cliff (2 way or maybe only 2 of 4 way)
chasis socket, they meshed and locked together and functioned fine as far as
i could feel/ see - is such a combination limited as to maximum amps or
volts?

I didnt realise that the Cliffcon and the Speakon would mate together.
As I understand it the locking mechanism is totally different. There ya
go, learn something new everyday

I believe that the 'blue' series are rated at 20 amps at max 120 volts.
Neutrik NL4`s are rated 30 amps for the 'old type' and 40 amps for the
newer X series. I think



Ron(UK)



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N Cook wrote:

Are they trademark name

YES

but licensed for manufacture by different companies
or a generic term ?

The copies are 'illegal'.

Graham

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Eeyore wrote:


N Cook wrote:

Are they trademark name

YES

but licensed for manufacture by different companies
or a generic term ?

The copies are 'illegal'.

It's not even that the genuine item is expensive...

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