Nakamichi Excel Series 24k Gold Plated Banana Plugs 12 AWG - 18 AWG Gauge Size 4mm for Speakers Amplifier Hi-Fi AV Receiver Stereo Home Theatre Audio Wire Cable Screw Connector 4 Pcs (2-Pairs)

This is the second time I've bought a set of these and they're great. Very well designed. I particularly like how it assembles/disassembles and the 2 screw-downs that grip the wire strands.

Love these plugs. Set screws are so much easier to attach speaker cable. These feel solid and sound Great. I don’t believe in over spending on audio gear, but these are worth the price.

When it comes to screw-type banana plugs, these are the best I have used. I've been experimenting with making my own speaker cables recently and needed some that would work with 10 AWG, but these are listed as 12-18 AWG. The second product image makes it clear that you need to buy shorter (3mm) set screws for use with 10 AWG wire, which is a problem, because you can't find them, except in stainless steel & brass. However, the seller informed me that they were included in the package, which indeed they were. So, I wasted a few hours trying to come up with a solution to a problem that didn't exist - the manufacturer info is misleading.

Quality is great and made connections to my receiver simple and a breeze

If it were safe and convenient to solder behind my Marantz Cinema 30, I would have opted for a more robust banana plug, but these work fairly well for what they are. Honestly, if they were a little longer and had a third screw so you could use two on the bare wire and the third on the sheathing, I'd give them five stars. Really prefer to have some strain relief, so I opted to use only one screw to cinch the bare wire. The housing is quite thin, so it's easy to drop a screw when trying to get the head flush with the inside. Just not much thread, so best to work with lots of light, and if you need them, reader glasses as being able to focus about 6" from your face helps a lot when it comes to backing the screws out flush, not going that extra bit that drops the screw on the floor. Once you work out the exact length to strip your wire, you'll find doing even a multi-speaker setup fast and easy. For me, these work reasonably well.

These connectors are easy to attach. The design is well thought out.

Good quality,solid material and sits well in amplifier connectors. I can fully recommend this product.

I bought these because my Yamaha R-N800A, like other Yamaha amps I've used, has one glaring flaw: really crappy speaker wire terminals. They are flimsy-feeling, not very well textured plastic, and they are way too close together. As a result, it's tough to get bare wire really set firmly into them; to the point that after a few weeks the right channel was cutting out because the terminal had come lose and was allowing play in the wire connection. I ended up choosing these banana plugs because of the cool look and a fondness for the Nakamichi name from my youth. They were very easy to set-up and firmly clamp down on the wire with dual set-screws. The plugs seat very firmly into to speaker terminals. (In fact, at first I thought maybe I had somehow bought some strange, unknown size that wouldn't fit. Nope. Tjhey're just that snug.) And, IMO, they did end up looking cool installed. As for performance, these kind of things are... for me... oh so hard to tell. But I do think I noticed a widened sound stage with these in place. Perhaps not. And perhaps that wouldn't be the case with amps that have better speaker terminals than Yamaha's. But I do believe it to be true. I would buy these again without thinking twice.

Good quality items. It makes it easy to do your own speaker wires.

Le montage des fiches se fait facilement, elles se connectent très bien à mon ampli Denon. Bref très bon produit

Al eerder besteld gehad, mooi degelijke pluggen.

First time buying and using banana plugs on my AV setup. Used these for 12 AWG speaker cables and they fit without any issue. Simple and easy to use.

Ho mandato a ritirare questo set da 8 connettori a banana (4 positivi e 4 negativi) per la connessione dei miei nuovi diffusori Elac Debut 2.0 B6.2 al mio amplificatore Marantz PM-50. Ho provveduto ad acquistare un cavo da 5 metri SC-Orbit 240 MKII nella variante da 2x4mm² di Sommer Cable e successivamente a dividerlo in 2 ottenendo quindi x2 cavi da 2,5m. In ultimo ho provveduto a terminare le estremità con le suddette banane Nakamichi (8-16AWG) appunto placcate in oro 24k. Il set arriva in una piacevole bustina in plastica contenente a sua volte altre 3 buste con all'interno 4 connettori positivi contrassegnati in rosso, 4 poli negativi in colore nero ed una vite di serraggio aggiuntiva nel caso in cui se ne perdesse una di quelle già innestate nel connettore. Troviamo anche un piccolo foglio con le istruzioni per una corretta connessione delle banane al cavo. Le dimensioni dei connettori sono come da descrizione e sono perfettamente compatibili con cavi da 8 a 16 AWG. Appunto come da istruzioni riportate sulla confezione ho provveduto a spellare di circa 14mm le parti terminali del cavo e successivamente a connettere le banane. Il connettore è dotato di 2 viti di serraggio, una nella parte alta ed una nella parte bassa, che garantiscono un'ottima tenuta del cavo resistendo con efficacia a strattoni e risultando efficace nel sorreggere il peso del cavo stesso quando connesse al diffusore / amplificatore. Raccomando di non esagerare col serraggio, soprattutto se si utilizza un cavo dalla sezione di 4mm, è necessario un serraggio deciso ma non eccessivo onde evitare di danneggiare il cavo al loro interno. Il risultato è stato più che soddisfacente come da foto allegate alla recensione. Ho avvertito un leggero miglioramento in termini di pulizia e qualità del segnale e le trovo davvero molto comode per innesti e disconnessioni rapide e semplici. Una menzione speciale anche al design che reputo molto accattivante, almeno a me piacciono davvero molto. Un set che sento di consigliare per l'ottima funzionalità e qualità generale e che reputo dal prezzo di vendita corretto. Approvate a pieni voti! Aggiornamento al 30/01/2023: Ho notato che i cappucci a vite tendono ad allentarsi con le vibrazioni fino a svitarsi del tutto. Riscontro il problema soltanto con le banane connesse ai diffusori. Ho provveduto a fissarli con un goccio di frena filetti. A parte questo dettaglio confermo quanto già detto in recensione.