I'm looking to upgrade the sound on my recently acquired Spike 2 Rush Pro and have been reading the posts which have a lot of good info. I went to order the Subwoofer and Line-Out cable for the CN5 connector mentioned in post #244 from Pinsound but didn't realize they were in France until I was checking out and saw the 2 to 5 weeks shipping time. I searched US pin suppliers hoping to find the Pinsound cable in the US for quicker shipping. I don't have the molex pins or tools to make my own mentioned in this thread. My question is does anyone know of a US source that has the PinSound cable? If not, then I'll place my order with PinSound, I know they have quicker shipping options which are expensive considering the cable is $20 and I'd rather pay for the standard 2 to 5 weeks shipping.

Thanks,
David

Thanks and I looked at this Pinnovator gizmo but would rather use the CN5 connector than the speaker connections. I went ahead and ordered 2 cables from Pinsound last night and being in France, got an order shipped email this morning. I have a Munsters too so figured I'd get a cable for that one as well and be ready if/when I do auxiliary sound for it.

I have a basic question which I may have missed finding info about in this topic. Can I use a surround sound system like for a TV and connect the CN5's line-out cable/jack to the input of the surround sound replacing the TV's input? I don't have any surround sound/audio experience so might sound like a strange question, but I have to start somewhere getting Rush to sound better!!

Thanks

Thanks, then I’ll start with a surround sound system first to improve the sound over the Pro’s speakers .... it can’t be any worse. Found a nice freebie surround sound system on Craigslist last year so might as well use it. CN5 cable from France should be here next week.

I was going the post the same.... no worries with shipping from France and you get French candies too !!!! Ordered my CN5 cables late last Thursday night the 12th so shipped on Friday and got my cables yesterday the 19th too.

Hi,

I recently got a Rush Pro and looking to upgrade the audio and have found this DIY topic were helpful and I have a couple questions/clarifications, and these might be newbie audiophile ones but I have no home entertainment, etc. experience. I have the Pinsound CN5 cable and have hooked the L/R stereo output jack to a donated home theater surround sound system which worked but just doesn't have the power to produce loud audio so I'm moving on and replacing it.

Question is I read in posts from 10 months ago that the Pinsound CN5 cable had issues with the subwoofer output cable that didn't produce a good/loud enough signal to connect to a powered subwoofer and asking if this is still the case? I've read posts where a small amplifier like a Fosi Audio BT20A was used to drive L and R speakers but these don't have a subwoofer output yet there was a powered subwoofer also hooked up. Do you use the cabinet speaker's leads as the input for the powered subwoofer in this case?

I also read where you shouldn't have your head speakers hooked up when using the CN5 cable? Is this because you could do damage to the Spike 2 audio board? Or does the Spike 2 audio board drive a signal that is shared with the head speakers and CN5 cable? I'd like to keep using the head speakers as they face you when playing but don't want to damage anything by keeping them hooked up when using the CN5 cable. What is the best way to keep using your head speakers? Do you need to wire them to an auxiliary amp? These questions may be mute if I go with this Sony unit but I'd still like to know as I have a The Munsters that I'd like to upgrade the audio on. I've found a Sony STR-DG810 6.1 Channel Home Theatre Receiver at the local farmers/vendors market that I think will produce good sound. The specs say it is 100 watts x 6 into 8 ohms. It has 6 speaker outputs with RCA jacks plus a 7th with the clamp style connectors so if I go this route, then I assume I can use 2 of the speaker outputs for the head speakers and other speaker outputs for auxiliary speakers. It also has a signal jack subwoofer output for a powered subwoofer. The input jacks don't have a dedicate "aux" left and right inputs that I've seen on other amps but have 1 set of audio input jacks labeled as "Super Audio CD player or CD player, etc." so I assume this will accept the Spike 2 CN5 audio signal?

Thanks,

David

I’m at the same point and going with new plates and Doug’s LED kit as he’ll sell the plates for $25 ....they’re $50 from him without a kit and other folks. Thought about printing them at a library but this is $25 well spent.