Monoprice 109437 5PRJX74047 Gold Plated Speaker Banana Plugs – 5 Pairs – Open Screw Type, For Speaker Wire, Home Theater, Wall Plates And More

First, they DO work with skinnier wires, like 16 AWG lamp cord/speaker wire. If you don't want to use the side holes, strip 1/2" of insulation off the wire ends, shove them into the ends of the loosened plugs, then use a second plug (or anything that fits) to poke through the side hole and push the bare wire out the other side. Tighten up the screw and you've got a solid connection. Simple. No need for Vice Grips. For those worrying about a "loose fit", they're easily adjustable. Using a pair of Channellock-style pliers opened wide, put the tip of the plug against the upper jaw of the pliers, bring the lower jaw up under the end of the plug (it fits like it was made for it), and squeeze gently. The insertable part of the plug will get shorter and fatter, making a nice snug fit in any reasonably standard socket. Don't squeeze too hard or you'll have a useless gold-plated mushroom. It doesn't take much force. Are these the ultimate banana plugs? No. But they're good enough for any system that cost less than $10,000.

Great banana plugs. Easy to wire up and holds in place. I tried others and they did not hold as well as theses. Its the second time I order them.

They worked fine. You can install these in two ways. 1. take off the end, run the cable through it, bend the wire slightly and push into the plug end. The wire will come out through the hole in the plug end. Then tighten the cap part to secure the connection. This is the best method and results in a great connection and the speaker wire going straight into the plug. 2. loosen the cap, push the speaker wire through the side of the plug hole, tighten the cap. This is fine but you cables enter the plug at 90 degrees which can be a little tough in tight situations. My cables have very thick insulation, they were to large to go through the cap so I had to use the 90-degree option. I would have chosen larger plugs, but these did work fine and were very cost effective.

Had to change the connectors for my old speakers since I bought a new receiver. I got frustrated at first because the speaker wires are small and the plug part didn’t seem to thread on far enough (the wire kept falling out). I was feeding the wire up through the bottom and out the hole on the side. I even looked on YouTube for videos on installing banana plugs, but none of the methods worked... I was thinking I wasted my money until I figured out the trick. I needed to remove the black and red plastic rings, allowing the top of the plug to thread on further, locking the wire in place (since the wire is so thin). After this revelation, my install was super easy, and the plugs worked great with my new receiver!

These are well machined, solid connectors. Use them before trying to connect the speaker cable to the speakers if your amplifier and speakers have the banana plug connector/posts. My rear channels (Polk dipole surround speakers) had a colored (red/black) plug in the bana plug, which popped out. My center channel doesn't support the banana plug, but my front left/right floor standing Polks do, as did my Denon receiver, so once I measured out the cable lengths and screwed on these connectors, plugging everything in was a piece of cake. I got one wire backward which was picked up when I did the Audyssey sound checks, so flipping around the plug polarity was a piece of cake. The trick to these connectors is to push the cable through from the end and then have it fan out at the end so it will be pinched when you screw the 2 pieces together. The fastest way I found to do this is to unscre the connectors so you can see all the way through the hole, then lightly twist the speaker cable and thread it so it goes through the end easily then when it comes out at the hole use another plug end to push the cable part way out the side of the hole, then screw connector together, pinching the cable strands. After the first 2 it's quick and easy. No sound distortion, good connections and easy assembly and management. I wish I had these years ago. Don't forget to buy enough for both ends of the cables, and if you have patch panels for the speaker cables, you might need even more!

I have been an electronics technician since 1985. These plugs are inexpensive, well machined, easy to install, perform well and look good. When installing, strip about 3/8" of stranded or solid wire. Twist the strands and bend into a slight curve or just bend the solid wire. Unscrew the barrel from the shaft until the holes are completely open. Insert the wire through the hole at the end of the barrel into the plug ensuring the wire extends slightly (1/16 - 1/8 ") out of one hole. Screw the barrel FIRMLY onto the shaft to ensure it doesn't come loose. I recommend using needle nosed pliers to hold the shaft (where the holes are) then twisting the knurled barrel as hard as you can with your hand. I can't see how anyone would have any issues if tightened correctly.

I picked up several pairs of these a few months ago because they were low cost and well reviewed. They were easy to connect but I had problems with my speaker wires pulling out even when the plug was screwed all the way closed. This probably wouldn't be an issue with heavier gauge speaker wire or wires that had been tinned on the ends. My only real complaint is that one of the tips broke off in my receiver when I went to unplug the speaker recently. This is the first time I've unplugged it since installing these plugs and I'm careful to have plenty of slack on my speaker wires so they don't pull at the back of my reciever. I think it was just a manufacturing defect with that plug. The other thing to keep in mind is that these will add and inch or more to the depth of your receiver when plughed into the back. More if you connect the wires axially. This wasn't a problem for our old TV stand but our new stand is fairly shallow so my receiver sticks out slightly from the front. To be clear this wasn't an issue with these plugs, just our lack of planning in accommodating the increased depth do to the plugs and wires. I would buy these again if I were budget conscious and didn't mind replacing one or two if they fail. They work fine and make plugging my stereo in sooooo much easier. I'm going to keep the ones I have but if any more snap I'm going to cough up for some heavier duty and lower profile ones.

Easy to use and really good value for banana plug adapters. It's got a high quality look and feel because it's made of brass and it's fully gold plated.

perfect for my all avr, amp and spkrs

These Monoprice 5 Pairs of High-Quality Gold Plated Speaker Banana Plugs, Open Screw Type are very good value and work extremely well.

よく見てないから悪いんだけど、ケーブルを横から指すので、直角に折れ曲がりアンプに抜き差しする際ちょっと使いにくい。 多分これはもう買わないと思う。(別に見つけたのを使ってるし。^^;） てっきり中でねじ止めかと思ってたんだけどなぁ。 それ以外は今んところ問題ないんだけど...。

Not much to be said other than these are really good. The quality of the product is flawless and I loved how easy it was to connect wire to them. No soldering mess!

Amazing product with great price, and I could hear the difference in sound, would recommend to everyone.