Bannana Plugs

[Mike]

Are bannana plugs a better speaker connection than just the speaker wire connection?

 

[markw]

Depends.

In theory, no, but in practice, unless you are real careful when putting on bare, stranded wires into (or wrapping around) yer basic binding post, you can easily wind up with strays or evven a poorly tightened connection.

And, when liiking at modern HT receivers, I don't even wanna think about connecting 5, 6 or seven speakers with bare wires in that tight a spot. That's asking for trouble, particularly with my klutzy tendancies. Heck, I don't think spade lugs would fit on my Denon 2802, either.

There's no penalty in sound with any of the standard connections (bare, banana, spade and pin), assuming they are hooked up correctly and there are no shorts. Then, all bets are off.

FWIW, I use plain bananas myself for convenience sake.

 

[Mike]

Thanks I aprreciate your feedback.

 

[toquemon]

yes, i don't know what the designers were thinking when they put those tiny little spaces between the banana plugs in my RX-V1400. I needed surgeon's precision to connect all my speakers with 12 AWG wire.

 

[JoeE SP9]

I use spade lugs on my speaker cables. If you are using bare wire with twisted ends it can be very helpful to tin the ends. Wire insertion will be much easier and you don't have to worry about frayed ends.

 

[Mudcat]

There's no penalty in sound with any of the standard connections (bare, banana, spade and pin), assuming they are hooked up correctly and there are no shorts. Then, all bets are off.

I wouldn't recommend pins. They are usually the equivalent of 18 AWG, completely rendering useless the 10 or 12 AWG speaker cable you'll be using.

 

[Az B]

A nice feature of bannana plugs is that they're self cleaning. Simply pull them out and push them back in once a year or so and you won't have any problems from corrosion.

 

[Francious70]

Why not stip the wire and then solder the wire so all of the strands stay together, and you don't have to worry bout corrosion??

Paul

 

[Mudcat]

Francious,

Nice signature.