Monster 14-4 vs Audioquest 14-4
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I do NOT like Spade connectors at all, I hate them . BUT Kimber Spades, these ones are awesome. Want to talk about grip? They are the very best Spade I have ever used and I have connect 36k Transparent cables Opus ones and many ultra high end cables. These spades the Post masters by Kimber actually work flawlessly.
I think spades are superior in most 2-ch setups. They definitely don't work well with HT receivers. I have used AQ silver coated solid copper spades on all the speaker cables I've terminated for my 2ch since around 2010. They work great for me. -
The last time I redid my living room 3.1 setup, I went relatively cheap with these from Amazon and I was surprised how good they clamped the wire. Nice feel overall. I'm sure the metal is less than perfect copper, but it is a system that I don't do any critical listening on. They have worked well for 3 years now.
They are the "Deadbolt" series from Sewell.
I think Monster had a line similar to that back in the day and I liked the handful that I used, which is what drew me to the Deadbolt design.
They are knock off Monster cable ends with worse quality designed banana plugs at the end. That is the design I do not like.Dan
My personal quest is to save to world of bad audio, one thread at a time. -
They are knock off Monster cable ends with worse quality designed banana plugs at the end. That is the design I do not like.
We can agree to disagree. I like that design and I've never had any issues with it holding the wire like many other designs. I do not like the side mount variety or any that use tiny set screws to hold a wire.
I know it's been 15 years, but you used to think that design worked well:
https://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/comment/1266246#Comment_1266246
