How much difference could a simple Banana plug make?
williewonka, I am still using these as adapters, attach to the existing bananas and they still sound great. I would almost describe the effect they have as quantum. quantum has a nice ring to it, quantum, quantum, quantum. not sure what that means but it sounds good and they sound great as opposed to just good. From posts I have read they seem to go very well with dueland wire and your helix wire. good find and thanks for letting us know. Have the sonics further improved? have you had any issues with them? |
OK - so I have had the opportunity to try these connectors more as an "adapter". Yep - I simply inserted the bananas into the binding post of both amp and speakers and then inserted the existing bananas installed on my cables into the KLE bananas. Here are the bananas currently on my cables. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/8Pc-Copper-Silver-Plated-APS-5-Speaker-Cable-Wire-Banana-Plug-Connector/3023... RESULTS: there were discernable improvements in... - larger image with more precise locations of artists throughout image - more clarity - fuller more complete sound - better reprodction upper registers of violin, woodwind and percussion (namely cymbals). Are they worth it ($100US for 8) for using simply as an "interface" between amp and speaker cables? - that’s subjective and your call :-) However - you can use them, WITHOUT degrading sound quality, for... - connecting bi-wire cables too non bi-wired amps and speakers - creating bi-wire jumpers I performed this audition n my A/V system... - Bluesound Powernode 2 - Tannoy Mercury Fusion 4 speakers A solid performing system but not what most people would consider "hi-end". - However it is "tricked-out" with some excellent power and speaker cables , which improve performance considerably :-) Would there be more significant improvements on a higher end system? - I would have to believe there would - but listener ears might play a factor :-) NOTE: - it takes around 125 hours for burn-in Regards - Steve |
I had to re-terminate the amp sides of my loudspeaker cables with banana connectors for Naim gear that has only this connector type. VH Audio had Furutech CF-202R on sale (still expensive at just over $300 a set of 4), so I got them. Very easy to install, and they connect solidly to the amp outputs. No complaints with these. |
@yping - no I have not. But from my own llistening observations - I would find it hard to believe they provide anywhere close to 6 times ther perofrmance of the KLEI Banana But they do "look the part" The trouble is, as Keith Louie Eichman has explained to me a couple of time - all that fancy plating heavy duty look and carbon fibre finish actually detracts from the actual perofrmance. Unfortunately - Audiophilia can sometimes be all about the "wrong thing" :-) Thanks for the heads up though :-) |
I totally agree the KLEI Bananas work well, are easy to install and sound very good. My only concern after using twelve pairs of the KLEI Bananas is when the KLEI Bananas are used, depending upon the size of the female amp/speaker terminal opening it's being inserted into, the male end of the banana might not fit securely into the female amp/speaker terminal and needs to be manually enlarged. With a heavier speaker cable (my example Duelund Tinned 16 and 12 gauge very lightweight vs Oyaide TUNAMI II NIGO speaker wire much heavier in weight do to heavey outer covering) it tends to stress the lightweight KLEI Bananas but it is still doable. |
Would like to second for KLEI bananas, they sound better than a bare wire. Also was surprised by good result using them as adapter for Oyaide SRBN, combination sounds very close to KLEI only, coloration added by SRBN was removed. May only wonder such effect may be caused by optimal contact pressure of KLEI bananas. |
