KabelDirekt – Banana Plugs – 10 Pairs (for Speaker Wire, AWG 10-16, Allow Flexible Connection to Speakers, amplifiers, A/V receivers, Power amplifiers & Stereo Systems, Fixing Screws, Gold Plated)

Therese work really well, strong hold and snug fit. They may seem like they don't fit at first but they do.

I have these for over a year and a half now and have no complaints at all. They came packaged well and are pretty easy to assemble. I used mine with 12 gauge wire and these have plenty of room to go bigger if desired. So far, no discoloration. They seem to hold up pretty well but it is not like I plug and unplug them frequently. I'm pretty happy with my purchase of the KabelDirekt – Banana Plugs – 10 Pairs (for Speaker Wire, AWG 10-16, Allow Flexible Connection to Speakers, amplifiers, A/V receivers, Power amplifiers & Stereo Systems, Fixing Screws, Gold Plated). The only thing I would wish for to make this a better buy for me is a lower price.

Seem to be well made and solid. How ever some of the set screw holes are nor machined very well Hard to tighten down or back out. Also had to squeeze the prongs with pliers to get them to insert into my Polk speakers and Denon receiver. Would have been 5 star except for these two problems.

These are excellent. They will accept 8-gauge wire, but just barely. I would buy these again.

First time order: I like these banana plugs. They are well made and solid. I even received one extra screw. The only issue I had is that one of them would not accept the screws. On inspection, the holes were not threaded on just this one. Otherwise a 5 star product.Update: 5 stars for sure! The manufacturer is very quick to respond and totally satisfied my issue with the one un-tapped plug. I've continued to buy more of these and will do so in the future.Subsequent orders: In all of my orders after that first one, the screws are pre-installed so they've eliminated the risk of an untapped hole escaping.What really sets these apart for me is that they accept larger gauge wire than competitors and the set screws (grub screws) have better more consistent slotting - important since the torque to ensure good contact with the wire can be hard to achieve with shallow-slotted screws I've seen on some competitor's plugs. Additionally - the decorative polarity coding ring doesn't interfere with the screws - important when using heavy gauge cable. (some competitors require their screws to be flush with the body in order for their decorative sleeve to work which limits the wire thickness to somewhat less than the id of the connector)Photo is an example of a bi-wire cable I made using these KabelDirekt banana plugs & techflex, on some old Tara Labs prism 2+2 I had laying around.

The banana plugs are good quality and easy to use. I paired the banana plugs with KnuKonceptz Kord 10AWG speaker wire. This plug does not fit this 10awg speaker wire with the jacket deep inside the plug. I had to fit the wire in with only a tiny bit of jacket inside the plug. Still a very clean install, but I had to strip an inch and a quarter to fit. Not the banana plugs fault, the speaker wire I chose is very high quality pure oxygen free copper with a nice thick jacket. At this price there is other options with different kinds of installation styles. The other banana plug that supports 10awg speaker wire is Sewell deadbolt. If you have 12awg speaker wire monoprice banana plugs will work. From my research monoprice closed type fits 12awg max. I'm not sure about the monoprice open screw type.

Solid connection for the speaker wire. However, the plug is too big to fit in to any of my components, including speakers, amplifier and receiver.

Fit larger gauge cables. I was able to fit 8ga wire in these, sealed them in heat shrink and plugged them directly into an amp and thusly into speaker terminals. Perfect for larger speaker wire gauge application.