Speaker Wire With plugins to connect Denon AVR-X1200W to Polk Monitor 60

I bought a new Denon AVR-X1200W and am almost finished rebuilding my Home Theatre system. I have all Polk Speakers. I will soon be in the market to upgrade my Polks, so I want to be able to pretty easily plug and unplug speakers.

To this end I bought one of these:

Affinity™ Premium 14AWG Braided Speaker Wire with Gold Plated Banana Plug Connectors - 10ft

But it appears to me that these do not fit the Polks. Or I am not understanding something. Or maybe I am an idiot. Don't know which.

I *think* I now understand that there are various type of Banana Plugs. I also *think* that the Polks are five way binding?

I would really really like to buy something that has the banana plugs already built in.

Does anyone have any idea what I can get?

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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 7,952
    Welcome to the forum bryan! Stick around and participate.

    Don't worry, I think many of us have once been in the same boat. I didn't realize you could remove those plugs at first either many years ago...

    Alternatively, you should be able to fully unscrew the binding post lugs and then fit the banana plug in vertically where you would insert the wire. Sometimes I prefer this method as it puts less pressure on the speaker wire where the banana plug ends (especially since the biding posts on polks cause the banana plugs to point upwards at an angle...)

    Either way, good luck!
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,902
    edited February 2016
    Terrible advice ^^^. Sorry man, inserting banana plugs into the post hole meant for wire is exactly how PFB snapped a post. That's not what that hole is for. The previous poster had it right.

    If I read your answer wrong, then apologies.

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  • Use spades at the speaker posts if you are concerned with the speaker cable angle using bananas. I prefer spades at the speaker myself.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,902
    Bryan,
    Is this what you bought ?

    http://www.amazon.com/Monoprice-AffinityTM-Premium-Braided-Connectors/dp/B015YN6G9G

    Dude, your Polks deserve better than 12 buck speaker cables, seriously.
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  • vcwatkins
    vcwatkins Posts: 1,993
    edited April 2016
    @bryanschmiedele, those cables will do fine. Plenty of time to explore better cables later. Use a fingernail or knife to get under edge of the little plastic plugs and pull out.
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,056
    vcwatkins wrote: »
    Whoa, did that just happen? Interesting.
    @bryanschmiedele, those cables will do fine. Plenty of time to explore better cables later. Use a fingernail or knife to get under edge of the little plastic plugs and pull out.

    +1 solid advice
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