Deadbolt Banana Plugs 6-Pairs by Sewell, Gold Plated Speaker Plugs, Quick Connect, SW-29863-6

Kind of expensive but definitely worth it. These are the easiest, most reliable no solder (and no hassle) banana jacks I have ever come across. I think back on all the years I spent soldering together custom speaker cables or fiddling with set screws on the older non-solder jacks. These are so easy and quick to set up and the wires definitely will not come loose. The design of the conductor retaining mechanism really locks the stranded speaker wire in place and also maximizes the surface contact area of the wire to the plug. The jacks themselves are really stable and have just the right amount of retention into the jack plug of my Denon AV receiver and my whole house speaker distribution/switcher system. The diameter and grip on the housing also makes the plugs very easy to handle and gives the wiring a very professional look. I only wish I had known about these earlier. Definitely deserves 5 stars or more IMHO. I highly recommend theses to anyone who needs to build their own custom length banana jack cables.

These banana plugs are first class. Excellent design and craftsmanship. Easy to assemble and install in the receiver. They were everything I wanted.

I grabbed the banana and spade plugs both - build quality is high, threads to assemble are machined perfectly, and they work very well. I built cables with 14 and 12awg wire both and they both worked as expected with no issues during assembly, connectivity, or in actual use passing sound. I was interested in having good speaker cable, good connections into my amp and speakers, and good overall sound. Most of the crazy expensive speaker cables are 8 feet - I needed 25 footers to work with my setup - so I grabbed some Mogami and Canare cable, shrink wrap, wire loom, and these cable ends and built some very nice cables. It would be nice to A/B these with some of the AQ or other expensive banana or spade connectors, but $50 per pair is a lot and I really think they would sound the same in most systems. If you're stuck $15k or more you may opt to go the expensive route. For everyone else, buy with confidence and make high quality cables with these cable ends. If I need more I'll order these for sure. Quality product.

Great design & built to last. Nice looking and very easy to install. They are thick, but fit standard 3/4” spaced banana jacks easily. They will accept any stranded wire up to 12, maybe even 10 gauge.

These are very solidly constructed, but it is unclear whether the housing is electrically insulated from the conductor/terminal portion. The housing is made of brass, which gives them a solid and durable feel, however since these are right-angle plugs, there is a high possibility that the housing of the positive plug may end up coming in direct contact with the housing of the negative plug, since they can freely rotate around in the terminal sockets. If the housing is not insulated from the conductor, that could create a short-circuit which may damage your amplifier.To be on the safe side, after installing the terminals on the wires, I covered the housings in 3/4" heat-shrink tubing (punching a 1/4" hole in the side of the tubing so only the banana plug tip would be exposed.) You could instead just wrap the housings in electrical tape but I wanted something prettier and more permanent.Maybe I was being overly cautious, but looking at how they were constructed it really appeared that the conductor portion was in direct contact with the metal housing. I couldn't find anything in the literature stating that the housings were insulated. Better safe than sorry!All that said, I still recommend these as they are very sturdy and I have had great results with the Sewell brand, and I do prefer the "mushroom" style of wire connection to other types like those with set-screw connections. You have to strip just the right amount of insulation off the wire (strip off too much, and there is excess wire that won't fit when you go to screw the housing on; strip off too little and there won't be enough wire to "mushroom" over and make a secure connection) but once you get that right, they go together easily and are very durable.

Very easy to install on the wire and seem well made

I’ve used several banana clips in the past and these are the best ones yet. Very easy to use, easy to thread the wire thru, and make a solid and tight connection.

These banana plugs are very high quality. I used them to connect my home surround sound system using a good quality, 12 gauge stranded speaker cable. I tried a few different wire stripping lengths before finding the perfect one. After that, it was easy to assemble all of my cables. I would buy these again.