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Hi all. Where is a decent source for spades and banana connectors for speaker cables, at the right price? Australia or overseas

cheers

Alan

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Depends on what you mean by quality and right price.  Selby (Australian) has a lot of well-machined connectors but all of them will probably be gold-plated brass or nickel.  RS Australia has the Swiss mult-contact banana plugs which are gold-plated beryllium copper and a bit of an industry standard.  They're around $4-$5 each but need soldering plus heat shrink over the solder joins.

 

If you are looking for higher quality than brass e.g. pure copper, gold-plated copper, or silver plated copper connectors then it gets more difficult and prices are quite a bit more expensive.

 

cheers

 

Geoff

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1 minute ago, digitalhome said:

Seriously, as long as they are gold plated etc. is various brands of the banana plugs really going to make a difference to the sound? Or is it more $$$ = higher perception?

Yes it will make some difference however small and more-so when the speaker impedance is low. I gave a link to a good quality cheap spade as per the OP's question and in fact no one has suggested any connectors that are expensive.

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The only ones I will now use (if not using bare wire) are Audio Note silver.

 

Can be sourced in Aust and best bang for buck I have heard, just need a soldering iron.

 

 

 

 

 

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8 hours ago, aertex said:

Where is the source in Australia for these Audio Note's Surge? And yes bare wires are a pith, hence my need for connectors for 2 pairs of cables I have

http://www.audionote.com.au/Audio_Note_Australia/Cables_%26_Accessories.html

 

Drop an email to address on this page from supplied link , that will get things rolling.

 

@guru will help you from there, very good to deal with.

 

Hope this helps....... Regards

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Currently using Audioquest 500 series banana plugs really good quality hanging silver directly over pure Purple Copper but the SureGrip 300 could be another alternative 

theaudioexperts.com.au got some prices but any local Audioquest dealer will be able to help you 

Neo

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@aertex the Audioquest stuff (the 300 series or better would be where I would start looking) is good but you just have to make sure that you get your AQ stuff from a reputable dealer. There are a lot of suppliers (Ebay etc) based in China that are selling rip offs of AQ stuff. Apparently they are the most ripped off high end brand. If it's really cheap then it might be a fake. Just my 2 cents worth.

 

Mark

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On 10/03/2017 at 8:32 PM, Guest scumbag said:

These are very high copper content brass with a nice think gold plating - http://www.chromeaudio.com.au/store/connectors-spade-terminals-c-66_99 - well priced too. 

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone knows whether Chrome Audio are still in business and if anyone else has tried the spade terminals above? 

I've sent them a message and got no reply and the number on their contact page goes to a private phone that is not related to their online shop.

 

Alternatively if anyone has any idea where one could source some decent spade connectors, preferably gold plated real copper that would be great. I'm trying to avoid the cheap and nasty stuff on eBay.  Thanks in advance 

 

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3 hours ago, Willmax said:

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone knows whether Chrome Audio are still in business and if anyone else has tried the spade terminals above? 

I've sent them a message and got no reply and the number on their contact page goes to a private phone that is not related to their online shop.

 

Alternatively if anyone has any idea where one could source some decent spade connectors, preferably gold plated real copper that would be great. I'm trying to avoid the cheap and nasty stuff on eBay.  Thanks in advance 

 

ETI research have Tellurium Copper with Rhodium plating ones

 

https://eti-research.com/spade-connectors/

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I think I'd prefer the lower mass over the newer design, unfortunately it is discontinued at Soundlabsgroup website, but that is sort of what I'm looking for. 

 

I found these EGM which look nice but there is no mention of copper, so probably other base metal is used I assume.  

https://www.heynowhifi.com.au/collections/cables-connectors-plugs/products/egm-audio-spade-plug-gold-plated-1-pc

 

same deal here, no mention of copper anywhere

https://www.heynowhifi.com.au/collections/cables-connectors-plugs/products/audioquest-p10m-spade-connectors-6-8mm-10awg?variant=39543318249622

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Not sure if I'd call the EGM low mass, but....yeah are they a copper alloy base metal or brass.

 

Not as many doing spades these days as there once were.

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1 hour ago, muon* said:

Not sure if I'd call the EGM low mass, but....yeah are they a copper alloy base metal or brass.

Yes agree not low mass and no mention of the base metal... which is a bit sus 

 

There are a few interesting options in the Parts Connection link above, under connectors / spades.

 

Another local alternative below, unfortunately it won't suit my amp

https://www.jdaudioonline.com.au/product/kimber-pm-25/

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