Looking for pure copper or Cu/Au bananas


Hello friends,

Trying to order a new set of DIY speaker cables. I have most of the connectors but need to order two pairs to replace bad Furutech bananas.

The requirements:

  • Solid copper or gold over copper. Absolutely NO brass core.
  • Screw down wire connections.  No soldering
  • Either fully insulated or easy to insulate, so nothing with a metal housing.
  • Less than $80

Suggestions?

erik_squires

Showing 7 responses by grannyring

These are great. Use double walled, adhesive lined heat shrink tubing over the barrel as your finishing touch. Sound good and lock in very securely. Build quality is high.

 

Erik, the ones I linked you to are a great choice. I have used a plethora of brands over the years. These are the real deal and priced right.

 

The only ones that sound better are the KLEI bananas, but they are fragile and solder only. 

@rixthetrick 

 

I have used ETI RCA plugs only. I liked then.  In the end I liked the KLEI just as much for lower cost. I have not tried their bananas and bet they are very good! 
 

The Viborg option was based on the great value they represent. Good sound and affordable.  

I like the Vampire XLR connectors at Parts Connextion for the money. Pure copper and solidly built. If you have the budget, then I bet the ETI’s would sound a bit  better.

 

I only used the Vampire in my builds as they represented great sound at reasonable cost. 

Wow! Just looked.  Interesting.  The DH Labs is the same part based on my use of them when Vampire was out of stock. They are equally good. PC has far too many out of stocks.  

Good point on Sonic Craft! Great source.

I use a heat gun to remove the adhesive lined heat shrink pretty easily with no mess. Cut a slit being careful not to gouge the connector barrel and then apply heat. The shrink separates and pulls away. Let it cool a little, then pull the rest off with minimal residue. Sometimes none!