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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

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rixthetrick
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ETI Research LINK Banana speaker cable connector, however are somewhere around 50% more than your budget.



@brunomarcs - dual wall heat shrink is the generic name for heat shrink with hot glue inside the heat shrink.

@mitch2 - those Furez copper spades look pretty effective and cool too.

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@grannyring my speaker binding posts are ETI, might swap out the ones on my amplifier to match as well.

grannyring what XLR connectors would you recommend to try out?
Sorry erik_squires - not trying to spoil your thread.

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rixthetrick
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@grannyring - there’s some history between Keith Eichmann and ETI, which is why they are rather similar in may ways.

Have you personally tried the ETI Research LINK Banana plugs?
I am curious, these have double screws.

Also, have you any personal experience with the ETI Kyro connectors (stupid expensive I know), in particular XLR? I understand from a mutual friend you are very
well versed and experienced in connectors, and cables.

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