Remove plastic shroud from WBT binding posts?


If you own any recent amps or speakers of European origin, you probably have binding posts encased in plastic, with "guides" that permit spade or bare wire insertion from one position only. These are a royal PITB. Some models may be removable, but the WBTs on my Dynaudios do not appear to be. I want to get them off so I can properly install Walker HDLs, but I'd like to have them off anyway to make speaker cable connections easier. Any ideas?
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Unknown - from what I've read on the WBT site, the shroud exists solely for EU electrical safety code compliance. That said, if you are in the US and have no interest in selling them elsewhere, I don't see why anyone would really care. Then again, some folks can be overly sensitive about stuff like that...you could always buy another two pair of the posts, and keep them around for potential future resale. This way, you have a speaker that can actually be wired with any cable, and also have a plan for future contingencies.

-Richard
Good points. Replacing the binding posts would require major speaker surgery, however, which I would not want to undertake.

>"Then again, some folks can be overly sensitive about stuff like that."

That's the key thing, I think.
Do a search. One member sprayed something on the plastic that made it crack for easy removal.