Banana plugs?

[Harrison]

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Banana plugs for receiver bindposts. Do any of you use them? Worth the bother?

I've always just screwed the wires directly into the receiver and speaker bindposts directly, but am considering trying these as I'm buying some replacement speaker cable.

[Demon Cleaner]

Receiver manufacturers specifically mention not to use them as that way you can easily plug them in the wrong way and cause malfunction or damage. I use them.

[Harrison]

I can't see how as they are colour coded. Far easier to directly wire cables in wrong.

Any specific make recommendations? And right angle ones for plugging into wall mounted speakers?

[Demon Cleaner]

True, they are color coded, but with the ease of plugging them in and out, you can easily connect them wrongly whereas wiring them you pay more attention.

I don’t know which brand I use but are they not all the same? Nothing really special.

[Harrison]

They seem to vary a lot in price. A pack of 6 range from £20 to over £100. But couldn't see much difference in them.

[Demon Cleaner]

I usually pick the middle option, I don’t buy the cheapest ones but also don’t want to pay outrageous prices for something like that. So far it’s been a good decision. Are there no Amazon basic’s available?