banana clips

potee
potee Posts: 610
edited June 2009 in Speakers
Newegg has banana clips on sale .96 cents per pair these are the closed ones. I got 10 more sets

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  • nguyendot
    nguyendot Posts: 3,594
    edited June 2009
    link? can't seem to find them
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  • potee
    potee Posts: 610
    edited June 2009
    nguyendot wrote: »
    link? can't seem to find them

    Sorry I ment monoprice
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  • LocutusX
    LocutusX Posts: 5
    edited June 2009
    Link: http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10401&cs_id=1040115&p_id=2801&seq=1&format=2

    These are what I use right now, but I didn't order enough so I only use them on the amp end.

    Question: I followed their little installation PDF to put them together (link) and I have to wonder - is this really the optimal way? Plus I have to wonder at the fidelity difference between setting up banana plugs by just curling the strands around the plug ends versus tossing the plugs altogether and just putting the speaker wire into the binding posts...
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  • potee
    potee Posts: 610
    edited June 2009
    LocutusX wrote: »
    Link: http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10401&cs_id=1040115&p_id=2801&seq=1&format=2

    These are what I use right now, but I didn't order enough so I only use them on the amp end.

    Question: I followed their little installation PDF to put them together (link) and I have to wonder - is this really the optimal way? Plus I have to wonder at the fidelity difference between setting up banana plugs by just curling the strands around the plug ends versus tossing the plugs altogether and just putting the speaker wire into the binding posts...

    You could solder them,But I think they'll be ok without the solder. I rigged boats and we never used solder on antenna cables for VHS radios. I'm just talking about the outer shielding. never had one come back.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited June 2009
    I picked up some of these connectors a while back for my HT system. They had them on sale for 96 cents a pair when I got them too. It seems to be a pretty frequent deal.

    They're of decent quality...nothing spectacular, but very acceptable for 96 cents a pair.

    They'd probably work a lot better with a solder connection. Mine aren't soldered, and seem to be a little on the loose side. I couldn't detect any differences in SQ between bare wire connections and banana plugs in either case.

    In theory at least, a banana plug is going to lessen the SQ, because of creating a potential gap in the chain, but I don't think it's anything to be worried about. Banana plugs have more pro's than con's IMO. They make connections a whole lot easier, and if you use heat shrink around the base of the connector, it can seal the wire off and help prevent corrosion of the copper.
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  • Monster Jam
    Monster Jam Posts: 919
    edited June 2009
    worried about the connection at the IC? You should be worried about the potential corner-cutting inside your amp/reciever or inside your speaker.

    In other words, don't sweat it.
    Do you hear that buzzing noise? :confused:
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  • Upstatemax
    Upstatemax Posts: 2,685
    edited June 2009
    I use those and don't have any problems...

    They don't seem loose at all for me.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,841
    edited June 2009
    There is no such thing as a banana clip.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,484
    edited June 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    There is no such thing as a banana clip.


    how about a roach clip;)...
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited June 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    There is no such thing as a banana clip.

    Yes there is.
    Keiko wrote: »
    Sure there are Jesse. I have em' for my AK47 assault rifle. :D

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    Precisely.;)
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    Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited June 2009
    Banana_Clip.jpg

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  • slowpolky
    slowpolky Posts: 714
    edited June 2009
    guys are they your own guns?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,841
    edited June 2009
    LOL.....you guys are a riot. Ok, let me rephrase.......there is no such thing as a banana clip when it comes to audio gear.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • potee
    potee Posts: 610
    edited June 2009
    F1nut wrote: »
    LOL.....you guys are a riot. Ok, let me rephrase.......there is no such thing as a banana clip when it comes to audio gear.

    Ok banana plugs I think.
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