Patent ID: 8411878

Claim:
A landscape speaker sound system comprising: (a) one or more landscape speakers, wherein each of said one or more landscape speakers are located in a protective housing; (b) a receiver amplifier; (c) a resistor unit coupled to said receiver amplifier; (d) a direct burial cable coupling the receiver amplifier to said one or more landscape speakers; and (e) a quick lock cable connector for creating a connection between wires wherein said quick lock cable connector for creating a connection between a direct burial cable and speaker wires further comprises: (i) an upper section and a lower section having partially threaded rods integral to said upper and lower sections and extending outward there from; (ii) wing nuts for threading onto and securing the quick lock cable connector to a wire, such that when said wing nuts are tightened, said upper and lower sections are forced together into close proximity; (iii) said upper and lower sections having a saddle area with a slot centrally located within said saddle area for accepting an electrical blade insert therein; (iv) an electrical blade insert having an electrical blade end for connecting to speaker wire, a barb, and a sharp prong for penetrating direct burial cable wire; and (v) an insulating box section integral to said upper and lower section; whereby said quick lock cable connector for creating a connection between wires enables readily connecting said one or more landscape speakers to said direct burial cable.