doomigee2 Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Hi everyone, I've been trying lots of different amp combinations of late and plan to continue doing so until I find the right match. As a result, I've been changing over amps and therefore removing and reinserting my speaker cables quite a bit. I have spades on the speaker end, and bananas on the amp end. Today when I changed the amp over, I noticed that the bananas were getting a little looser. Not so loose that they would fall out, but certainly looser than they were. After a few more amp changes, its likely that I'll have to re terminate with new banana's, so it got me wondering whether I should just use the same again, or get something a bit more high end. Firstly, the current connectors that I have are from Analysis Plus. They aren't that special, look to be pretty much generic "gold" banana's and terminate the amp end of my Analysis Plus Oval 9 Black Mesh. On the speaker end are the t1 gold spades - pretty much same looking and same construction but spades. I would definitely be open to trying something different, and happy to pony up some cash if needed. I guess I would consider up to 200-300 to be the max budget - for this I would probably want to replace the bananas and spades (synergy and all that). Some quick googling revealed quite the mine field, so I thought I would turn to the clever folk at SNA to point me in the right direction. I liked the look of the Furutech stuff, but not sure about rhodium plating etc. so some advice here would be good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sloper Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 Goodaye My 2cents l have a few systems now, although banana connectors are good for quick changes l prefer the good old fashioned screw clap type's, they dont come off if properly terminated or play up. regards Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full Range Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 You can now purchase expanding / locking banana plugs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Muon N' Posted August 20, 2017 Share Posted August 20, 2017 (edited) I used these on a recent cable build, find them fine. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/4pcs-Gold-Plated-Copper-BFA-Z-Type-4mm-Banana-Plug-Speaker-Cable-Connector/302281812785?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649 Though with some binding posts they are a pretty snug fit. Edited August 20, 2017 by Muon N' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregWormald Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 16 hours ago, Full Range said: You can now purchase expanding / locking banana plugs These, 'cause tight connections are good connections--and don't fret about synergy for the spades. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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