Did exactly what I wanted, seemed well made.Would not hesitate to buy again.

El cable se puede insertar de dos maneras. Es muy practico.

They do the job well. Nice knurling on the screw posts on the back make it easy to screw/un-screw. The holes on the side are far bigger than they need to be in my opinion: Its unlikely that I'll ever try to put 4 Gauge wire in these, and the 16ga that I have in there look a little lost.The back of these accept another banana plug if you ever want to serial-connect them.Be aware that the tips may be loose and need to be tightened as well.There are better quality banana plugs out there but not at this price.

These plugs (set of 12 pairs) are heavy and work very well (once you tighten all the screwed in parts). They are built in four pieces: the main body, a hollow gold screw (which clamps the wire), a colored plastic ring (black or red) to indicate polarity and the gold male plug (which also screws in). See picture.There are two ways to attach your speaker wire: 1) through the side and 2) from the back. The side attachment works with almost any wire size and is easy and secure. The back attachment will limit your wire size to maybe 12 or 10 AWG at most (which for most people is more then enough). You might have to play games for small sizes wire (say below AWG 18) such as removing the plastic ring to make the wire screw tighter. I'm also not sure how securely your wire is held using the back method as the wire is pushed thought the middle of the hollow screw and the ends are flared to be trap as the screw is tightened down. These banana plugs will stack (i.e. if you use the side attachment method then one plug will plug into the back of the other).They don't come with very good instructions in or on the box. But they do have instructions on this web page:(Note: you need to scroll down to the Ocelot Banana Plug section as Sewell make many different banana plugs at different price points)- https://sewelldirect.com/learning-center/how-to-use-banana-plugs-with-speaker-wireSewell also has a you tube video for their Deadbolt series banana plugs ... this is supposedly their higher end plug but demonstrates the rear attachment method which works the same way as this plug.- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxlaFn19JiAThe one down side to these plugs is that the gold "plug" piece tends to loosen if the wires are moved ...hence the loss of one star ... I still highly recommend them for the price paid (less then $20) as a great value.The only other down side I can think of is that the body is not insulated and if the positive and negative plugs touch you will short out your amp (which these days should have protection from this). This is only a problem if your amp is on and your are using these at the speaker end (usually while your working on your speakers) ... OR less likely, if your 5 way binding post are loose (they may touch at the amp or speaker). This may happen if they get pressed together some how (bump them, pull a wire sideways, etc) ... If you using banana plug you need to tighten your 5 ways down as this is needed to fully support the banana plug on the most common 5 ways used today.Note: for those of you who found the banana plug too big to fit ... your using the wrong connector. If at the back of the amp or speaker there is a spring clip you need a different plug (search Amazon for "pin plugs" or "pin connectors". Also note if these are all metal you they will have a high likely hood of them touching and you should put electrical tape or shrink tubing around them to keep that from happening (in a pinch masking tape will work) ... hope that helps ...

I've used a number of different types of connections - from none to crimp - and never been happy with the results. Blame the designers of amplifiers who insist on placing the binding posts so close together that you cannot get your fingers in there to connect wires without pulling everything out. Moreover, more than a few times, the wires would become loose (losing connection) and i wouldn't know until later noticing that a speaker had dropped out.The Ocelot are fantastic for a number of reasons. Firstly, they are solid construction and easy to use. No plastic. They fit in solidly. Not being the crimp type, there are no mistakes, no goofs, and no wasted pieces.But what i really appreciate about them is the ability to "stack" multiple plugs. I have a second zone amplifier that i use for whole home audio. The Ocelot's design allows me to plug a set of speaker wires behind the other. This is possible because of the design that allows wire connection from either the end (no stacking) or side (stacking possible).The plugs fit nicely, work perfectly, look nice (not a bit consideration given they are largely hidden), and were very competitively priced.In the end, i'm happy with the plugs (went through 2 sets) and will likely order another.

The quality level of these banana plugs are far higher than I ever expected. I presently have 12 speakers in operation each pair connected to the amplifier via a junction box that I built. The ease of connecting the wires to the binding post of the jack simply can't get any simpler. That said, I don't connect my wires to the plugs as they instruct in the product's information instructions.I tin all my speaker wires first and then I make a slight bend in the wire, (like a slight hook), so that it can exit out of the hole in the plug after I first feed the wire through the back of the plug. Then I tighten the collar down onto the wire, pinching it and that holds it tight, (I add some extra tightening with some pliers to make a strong connection. I do plan to solder some of these but only because that's my preferred method. However, these plugs do NOT need to have any soldering so if you choose to just use the collar tightening method that they're designed to use, you'll have no problems!The instructions indicate to feed the wire into the side hole and then tighten the collar and that'll certainly work but it's not as 'clean'. I also apply shrink wrap to the collar after I tighten it down which helps insulate them from each other, (if they touch at all, it's really not harmful but I do it anyway).You do need to watch that the banana tips don't unscrew because they seem to be easily loosened, (the tips, not the collars). I applied a drop of lock-tight and that solved that problem. I strongly recommend these plugs, they're a great value and a great option to use if you don't want to solder.5+ Stars!Rich

Are banana plus necessary? No, you can manage OK without them. Are they a good idea? Without a doubt, yes. Why?It is very unlikely that you will connect your speaker cables to your amp once only and at the other end to your speakers once only, and never touch them again.With banana plugs, once you have taken a small amount of trouble to connect them, you have a guaranteed secure connection time and time again. Doesn't matter how many times you disconnect from the speaker to move them, clean them, or even replace them. And the same at the amplifier end (for cleaning or disentangling or whatever else). The speaker cables do not get damaged, frayed, or messed up in any other way. So, once you have banana plugs fitted, your cables' ends are protected. It is also helpful to anyone like me with less than perfect eyesight, as you can connect the red plug to the + lead and the black plug to the - lead in the comfort of your chair or sitting at a table. Then when you're reaching behind the speaker or lying on the floor to get at the back of your AV amp, all you need to see is the difference between red and black and not which lead is which.Over many years, I have used many different banana plugs, of varying quality and ease of use. Some need small crosshead screwdrivers for the grub screws, some a small slot screwdriver. Some have two screws per cable, some have one. Some have a metal shroud, some a plastic one, some no shroud. My current systems use both metal shrouded and plastic shrouded plugs. My sons have a similar mixture.So, what about these Sewell gold plated ones. I bought these for a friend, but have tried them out for myself in my AV system. For a start, I like the idea that they are all metal, with no plastic parts to warp or crack, or get cross-threaded. They are without doubt the easiest to use that I have ever encountered. You can insert the cable through the end of the threaded nut and then tighten the nut into the body. You can insert the cable into the hole in the body and then tighten the threaded nut. You can easily fit two cables together (e.g. at the amp end for biwired speakers). Whichever way you do it, you get a solid electrical connection. And no tools needed to do them up! The plug itself grips securely and tightly into the receptor of amp or speaker. Perfect. You can easily pay £5 per pair (and much more), for something that is just as good but no better. If you are wanting banana plugs, you need have no hesitation about getting these.

Die Lieferung: Mir wurde gesagt, dass die Bananenstecker zwischen dem 27. und dem 29. September bei mir ankommen werden. Aber Fehlanzeige, ich wunderte mich, dass sie bereits heute am 23. September mir zugestellt wurden. Alle Achtung. Blitzlieferung! 24 Karätig vergoldet, hervorragend! Die Bananenstecker sind höchstwertig. Ich habe damit aufgehört, die Lautsprecherkabel zu klemmen, am Verstärker und an den Boxen selber. Reinstecken und zudrehen, ist für mich nur eine halbe Sache. Werde jetzt alles pickfein mit diesen Steckern versehen, dann einfach reinstecken und fertig ist der hervorragende, wunderbare Klang meiner Musik. Ich empfehle allen solche Stecker zu verwenden, die sehr hochwertige Boxen, und eine sehr hochwertige Stereoanlage besitzen. Hervorragende Topqualität. Beste Verarbeitung! Sehr, sehr hochwertig und schwer. Sehr niedriger Preis. Bei uns würde dieser Satz Bananenstecker bis zu 70 Euro kosten, und vielleicht sogar darüber. Ich hoffe, ich konnte Euch auch hier etwas helfen, bei der Wahl, der Stecker. Ich als professioneller Audiofetischist weiß was gut ist. Liebe Grüße aus Dornbirn in Österreich! Euer Didi!

A reasonable price for the quantity, they arrived within three days and came in a book-sized package, which fitted through the letterbox (so you don't have to wait in for them - great).Each individual plug is weighty metal, giving an air of quality. I purchased these over the two-screw version because of the promise of a female banana plug in the shaft, which I thought would be useful for using my existing cables for testing purposes and, although this requires the somewhat inelegant (yet suggested) method of feeding the wire through the side hole, the rear shaft is indeed a nice and firm fit for male plugs.The plugs themselves screw together in three parts; let's call them the banana, the wire clamp and the central shaft. A slightly more elegant way of connecting the wires is by feeding them through the back of the wire clamp to be splayed between the clamp and the central shaft in order to gain purchase. Whilst the wire clamp and the banana do indeed appear to be gold plated, the central shaft is some kind of chrome plated metal and contact is made because the entire plug is 'live' so to speak. Herein lies the only slightly technical issue that perhaps some folk may have with them using this method. When fully screwed in, the banana does not protrude sufficiently into the central shaft and, when the wire clamp is completely screwed in, there remains maybe 3mm of gap between the clamp and the banana. So, whilst the copper wire will be connected to the gold of the wire clamp, unless your wire is suitably thick or long, there is no guarantee that the copper is making contact with the gold of the banana. What might have been better is for the entire plug to be gold plated or for the screw of the banana to protrude further into the central shaft so that it was more likely that the copper wire is splayed/clamped between it and the wire clamp.Also, If you have a habit of slightly wiggling/turning, rather than pushing/pulling the plugs in or out of their sockets to ensure fresh contact, the banana may begin to loosen slightly if you turn it the wrong way (anticlockwise), if you have only finger-tightened it. Other than this, the plugs work fine, but I can only rate a 4*.