CNCESS CESS-220 Pin Banana Plug to 4mm Female Banana Jack/Speaker Wire, 4 Pack (Braided-Type to 4mm)

For testing or working on equip these are helpful so you always have easy on banana plugs from the bench gear and can attach fast to older gear that doesn't have banana plugs available. Time is money. Good for demo'ing various gear when cleaning out an attic full of quality but older gear, and the buyer wants to hear it run. I have a Yamaha M-45 power amp with no banana hooks for that purpose. I installed these permanently on that amp as it's a backup amp now - and can easily hook to anything. BTW, you can buy the inexpensive banana plug ends here on the Zon, and once you do one or two, you will find they are EASY to install on wire ends!! 3/8ths inch or a hair less -- bare wire is about right. I got the Mediabridge nice ones here ant the Zon and am thrilled. I can literally do one in under a minute start to finish with my one step wire stripper tool, and it's a NICE TIGHT "solid" connection that isn't going away. Have a large McIntosh system, main system, for reference.

Really good quality and perfect for running speaker wire with banana clips to subwoofer

I got these to temporarily solve a cable to speaker connection (no banana plug on the speaker and an existing cable with banana plugs already fitted). These exceeded my expectations and work unbelievably well. So simple to thread the tapered braid into the speaker hole or clip and present a female banana plug to connect to. I love the braid as it doesn't untwist or fray as you put them in and out of the holes. They can also present a different angle if you have a tight space and can't fit a straight banana plug directly. Any HiFi/audio person should have a couple of packs of these in their collection.

I ordered three sets of these adapters. They are a well build product and work fine. Pricing is also good. Shipping was a bit odd though. Seller shipped each set in its own shipping package. So each one was delivered at a different time and on a different day in fact. So the carrier had to make three trips to my home. Also, the seller was able to charge three separate shipping charges for each set of product. If they would have just shipped all three in one package, well, you get get the idea here. Plus, during the holidays, seems to me to be a bit weird.

These flexible wire pins are well designed and manufactured. I prefer the flex pins as I believe they provide more contact with these clumsy old speaker terminal posts on this old Marantz receiver (and my old McIntosh equip. too). But the flex design and weight of all the fitting connected cause them to flop over … a little cable management remedies that. One of the problems I’ve had with these type of connections is that they are so CLOSE together, they easily touch each other and short-out the speakers. I have literally had to TAPE other connectors to keep them from touching. These housings are fully insulated so that is no longer a problem. The only minor complaint I have is how tight the banana ports are … I had trouble fully seating the bananas … but I suppose that means the surface contact is ideal. Anyway, I got enough penetration with two different type of bananas … a flex coil model and an expanding plug … that the sound is superb. And I do like the fact that these plugs are designed to receive a banana (not a wired connection). Pretty much plug and play for the homemade speaker cables.

no issues so far, works just fine.

Good.

These just saved me SO much trouble. I didn't even know these existed until I saw them in a photo of an unrelated review one day. My media cabinet is between other things and normally I have to bend over the cabinet and into the wall and try to guess where to thread in speaker wire into the stereo receiver.. I switch out and test speakers semi often, the fact I can make most speakers plug and play now... glorious. Used them on the clamp style of some jbl's from the 80's and it worked and fit perfectly. Very easy to use. Sounds quality not affected, in anyway I'm sure it's more secure than dealing with thin twisty wire. The braid is thick so durability is a non issue. Totally worth the money.