Binding Post Jumpers - New Product!!!

Steve,
Sorry to speak ill of connectors you fancy.  I bought these connectors to pig back the wires from my sub to my 2-channel amp:  https://kleinnovations.com/kleiclassic-harmony-banana-by-ss/   They cost $135 and were shipped from AUS.  

After receiving them and inspecting them, I sent the following message to KLE:

"I received your Classic Harmony BFA connectors today and I am thoroughly unhappy with them. They are as cheap in construction as the worst of the chinese connectors I have been foolish enough to buy. I find no way to re-open the hinged plastic flap after it has been closed. It is an interesting design, but for the price of $135, the construction is decidedly third-rate. Please send me an RMA for a return of the connectors to a US location (a US dealer) because I am not keen to spend $30 on return shipping costs to AUS."  


The plastic housing was thin and poorly manufactured.  I never connected them the quality of their construction.  I can't see that there was more than a couple of bucks involved in constructing them, but they cost $135.  I had to send them all the way back to AUS on my dime and I can acknowledge that I did get a refund.  Calling them cr*p was a pejorative term that I should not have used, but frankly it is a perfect descriptor of their quality of construction, and I stand by it.  Others like there connectors, including you, so good for all of you.  

I did find these connectors from Radio Shack, which to my eye, seem to be virtually identical to those from KLE and sell for a modest $3.00:
https://www.radioshack.com/products/radioshack-stackable-banana-plugs-2-pack?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1s-zt...

I suspect the metal jacks in the KLE design are better, but the RS connectors were, and are, perfectly functional at a total cost of $3.00 vs. $135 for the KLE connectors.  



  

@whitestix - negative feedback sometimes leads to improvements :-)

To address some of your comments...

RE:

I find no way to re-open the hinged plastic flap after it has been closed

This one was quite simple to address - simply insert a small screwdriver (or an old banana plug) into the hole over the longer of the two barrels and lever the flap to the open position. But be sure to insert it into the flap and not into the actual metal part of the plug.

This can be done several times, but care should be taken not to overwork the two little locking tabs that hold the flap in place

Perhaps this should have been an included instruction?

RE:
The plastic housing was thin and poorly manufactured

I think KLE Innovations is trying to keep the cost as low as possible and as such, they tend to keep costs down where there is no need for extravagantly finished materials. The housing is effective, but I agree, not that pretty to look at

However - the materials used to make the actual conductive part of the plug is extremely advanced and the plug is made to extremely fine tolerances.

As stated in the initial post - they do outperform all other banana connectors I have tried from a sound quality perspective.

When I first received my plugs I must admit I took several minutes to figure out exactly how they should be connected and it was not until they were installed that I figured out how to re-open the flap.

It s a great pity you did not have a more positive experience get to enjoy the improvement in sound quality that these plugs convey.

I will send the link to this thread to KLE Innovations so they can perhaps update their "tips" page on how to reopen the flap.

Regards - Steve

@jayctoy,
I have had great results with Clear Day. Paul does not make unnecessary recommendation. He was strongly pushing me to the $40 2-wire version of the jumpers. But I made the decision to go with the $60 4-wire jumpers and do not regret an iota.

The performance of the KLEI QFLOW7 jumpers sounds like their performance is very impressive. Here’s a review of them...

https://kleinnovations.com/klei-qflow7-jumpers-by-john-ransley-totally-wired/

Steve,
Fair enough, I know you and other audiophiles find sonic joy in their connectors so I don't wish to diminish your zeal for them.  Your ears, and your pocketbooks, will be your guide.  I would be keen to see an A/B comparison of the KLE connectors I bought to the Radio Shack variants.   The KLE connectors I bought were 45X the price of the price of the RS connectors.  I would advise followers of this post to give the RS connectors a fair listen compared to the KLE connectors to see which they prefer, and by how much.  The KLE connectors may well be worth their added cost compared to the similarly-constructed RS connectors, but only a comparison will properly inform one.  Be well, Mark