Amazon Basics Male to Female Closed Banana Plug Connector, 6 Pairs, 12-Pack, Black

Saw these recommended on an AV forum, and when HiFi geeks recommend something, they're usually not wrong. You get plenty in the box, and they are surprisingly heavy and well constructed. Quite easy to connect to 2.5mm2 cable, although you might struggle with wider cables like 4mm2 as the entry is quite small. Once connected up they plug into the usual speaker or amp connection solidly and securely. I like that they have a reasonably clear red and black colour band that can be seen from above, to identify positive and negative cables easily. I could say that they deliver a clear, precise, and tight sound to the speaker but, at best, that is just my own ears telling me well done for my purchase. Obviously, there are much more expensive banana plugs out there, made of gold plated unicorn horn, and if that floats your boat, go for it. But these are great value, well made connectors that just get on with the job and don't get in the way of the signal pathway. Recommended.

The best self-fit banana plugs I’ve found. Easy to fit and clamp the cable in a unique way. Very well made and give a great connection. Don’t seem to come loose at all over time. Why on earth supply them in a quantity of 6 pairs though?!

Easy to assemble, Good price, Would recommend 5*

Easy to use and pretty solid , would recommend for the home user

I recently replaced my old 5.1 setup with an Atmos receiver and speakers that have proper speaker post terminals instead of cheap clip-type connections. This meant I needed twice as many banana plugs as I had and I decided to replace the lot in one go. The Basics plugs stood out as being reasonably priced and appearing better built than the 'Nakamichi type' plugs which rely on tiny screws to hold the cable in and clearly all come from the same Chinese factory with different labels. I was somewhat concerned about the 'crimp type' connection method on the Basics plugs as on paper it looks rather rudimentary but had no reason for worry. The connection is rock solid, has no chance of coming loose and the plugs look and feel great too - they are really heavy and beautifully engineered. They work equally well with thin and thick speaker cables. Honestly, unless you squint and read the tiny colour labels you would never guess these are 'Basics' plugs as they look and feel totally premium, I don't entirely understand Amazon's branding decision on these in honesty. Same applies for the HDMI 2.1 leads I picked up - exceptional quality and they actually meet the relevant standards reliably. As do the subwoofer cables. And two massive boxes of batteries. And some coathangers. I guess I'm a 'Basic' person now!

Very good quality hi fi plugs

Comparable if not better than more expensive products.

I bought these to pair with the Amazon basics speaker cable, but the insecure design of securing the cable does not make me think these are suitable for long term. Twisting or pulling separates the cable too easily unless the cable is thick enough you can create a firm hook to try and anchor the connection. They do work with better cable but I think it's taking that the pre-terminated Amazon basics speaker connector doors 6 but use these banana plugs.

the design, fit and fnisinsh of these banana clips is perfect. starting from ease of attaching it to your wires to the fit while plugging them into the speaker and AVR terminals which is neither too snug, nor too loose. However, having attached them to both ends of my speaker wires and on playing music and movies through them, there is a very perceivable drop in sound quality. the sensitivity of the speaker has reduced which is in itself evident of transmission loss. this also has an adverse affect on the frequency range and response of the speakers while reproducing sound which now sounds muffled compared to when the speakers were connected through bare wires. I'm planning to get rid off them as the level of dip in sound quality is not worth the otherwise terrific ease of convenience that these banana plugs offer. for reference, i am running a pair of KEF Q350's for the front channels (on Sound Foundations Nemesis stands), a Q-Acoustics Concept Centre Channel and a pair of Bostons Acoustics A26's driven through a Marantz SR6013 AVR and a Marantz PM6006(as a power amp for the KEF Q350s), so the system is transparent enough to easily convey any shortfall in whichever component is introduced into the setup. Update 2020 : decided to reinstall them after all. The convenience over having to screw in bare wires clinched it. I just switched to better wires (Mogami Neglex and QED QX16) so the shortcoming may have been in the amazonbasics wire (or my head; i may very well have been imagining loss os sensitivity) - i think a pink noise test with a spectrometer with the volume knob at a constant position is in order to confirm my suspicions.

Prima, variant van Monster Cable.

Por este precio me han parecido muy buenas conexiones. Mejor utilizar cables con filamentos finos para poder hacer un buen paraguas que cubra las crestas de los conectores. Ocupan poco espacio con respecto a otros sistemas que he tenido y el tacto es muy bueno.

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Easy to connect up to my speaker wires with a very solid connection and they sound great