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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
duramax747
194 posts
 

Neotech NCB-80 over at Sonic Craft $64.00 a set of 4

auxinput
2,920 posts
 

Erik, why don't you like Furutech bananas?  I have used the Furutech FP-200B bananas on several occasions and have found them to be the best banana plug.  The set screws are large and you can really crank them down.  The plug itself has a very tight fit when inserted.  They are available in gold-plated for $19 each at Parts Connexion.  (4 x $19 = $76).

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brunomarcs
300 posts
 

Ive invested heavily into Furutech, Should I be concerned about my furutech plugs not lasting! 

auxinput
2,920 posts
 

You could try Audioquest Suregrip 300 BFA series banana plugs.  They are Beryllium copper with good set-screws (not brass, but not pure copper).  Cheaper than Furutech.

Whatever you do, DO NOT buy the Audioquest 500 or 1000 series bananas.  They are absolute crap.  Very loose fit and the set screws and case screws are so small that they are usually stripped already.

erik_squires OP
16,114 posts
 

Erik, why don’t you like Furutech bananas? I have used the Furutech FP-200B bananas on several occasions and have found them to be the best banana plug.

@auxinput

I’ve tried locking, angled bananas from both Furutech and WBT, and there was no contest. The big issue for me was the diameter of the banana and deformation. The Furutech were the rhodium plated models. When I first got them they were used on Focals. In those the Furutech were too small to grip tightly and a couple of the 4 deformed permanently after me trying too hard to expand them. They NEVER gripped very tightly.

The WBT Cu angled bananas on the other hand never deformed and gripped everything extremely well. Never had a problem with them after multiple insertion cycles. I will literally never ever ever use a Furutech connector again.

Unfortunately I’m also too cheap to use the WBT Nexgen equivalent now either. :D

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