I cant seem to find any decent copper banana plugs that are solder style. I can spend $25 each on some fancy locking ones. I just want a standard ugly solder style that isnt multi piece. It seems that the ones i find now are gold plated multi piece brass. So my signal path is; copper wire-goldplating-brass-brass to brace-gold plating-brass-gold plating-speaker terminal.
Do they have just 1 piece plated copper with either a split or sprung pin? I hate these ones with the fan spring with pressure fit center pin. They even spin on the pin.
Do they have just 1 piece plated copper with either a split or sprung pin? I hate these ones with the fan spring with pressure fit center pin. They even spin on the pin.
I used a one-piece banana with a split center pin very similar to this one:
I think these are all-brass with a gold plate, though, and it's one piece - the wire solders directly on the banana (there is no separate wire receptacle, it's just a thin, hollow piece of metal). It's very low mass and copper would simply crumple in something that small. On the upside, the signal only ever travels along the plating. On the downside, it is rather thin - but still seems to work pretty well.
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
I think these are all-brass with a gold plate, though, and it's one piece - the wire solders directly on the banana (there is no separate wire receptacle, it's just a thin, hollow piece of metal). It's very low mass and copper would simply crumple in something that small. On the upside, the signal only ever travels along the plating. On the downside, it is rather thin - but still seems to work pretty well.
That and the vampire is still a multi piece design. It might be a copper bell, but then theres the plated something fan pin sleeve (you cant make them out of pure copper and still be springy) with no electrical connection (it spins). The sleeve is then held to the bell with a pressure rivet...
Nope, this is just the sleeve. There's no joint at all. Imagine the bit after the thread does not exist, just one hollow tube. The wire passes through the hollow and solders directly to the tube, and the tube then plugs into the binding post.
Edit: Here's a pic, sorry for the crappy quality. A friend picked these up in the US - dunno from where though. They look a little mangled, but they work fine 🙂
Edit: Here's a pic, sorry for the crappy quality. A friend picked these up in the US - dunno from where though. They look a little mangled, but they work fine 🙂
An externally hosted image should be here but it was not working when we last tested it.
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Nope, not those, but close enough. What I have is a single tube, with no increasing thickness anywhere, and no set screw. I'll try and get him to give me a link.
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