Steve,
It is all good, my friend. REL suggests a high level connection for my T7 subs so that is the way I have been running it, connected to my amp. I have used AQ BFA speaker connectors, but the metal male jacks are suffering from metal fatigue (they are quite thin-walled) from repeated connections to various speakers so I took a flyer and ordered these "Nak" BFA connectors today to replace them:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/162846775339
Yping, you have suggested a math error in my comparison. Two pairs of the RS piggy-back jacks, which are required for a 2-channel audio system, cost $6.00, not $3.00. Therefore, the KLE's are not 45X as expensive, but only 22.5X as expensive. It is quite possible that the incremental cost of $129 for the KLE's is very worthwhile. I, personally was incensed at the quality of construction of the KLE connectors I bought which, to me, had no relationship to their cost.
If your ears and mind tell you something is better, then that is all that the validation you need, regardless of the cost. The coin of the realm is limited and it is fair to point out, for example, more modestly priced connectors that may well allow one to fully enjoy their audio systems at much smaller cost.
It is all good, my friend. REL suggests a high level connection for my T7 subs so that is the way I have been running it, connected to my amp. I have used AQ BFA speaker connectors, but the metal male jacks are suffering from metal fatigue (they are quite thin-walled) from repeated connections to various speakers so I took a flyer and ordered these "Nak" BFA connectors today to replace them:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/162846775339
Yping, you have suggested a math error in my comparison. Two pairs of the RS piggy-back jacks, which are required for a 2-channel audio system, cost $6.00, not $3.00. Therefore, the KLE's are not 45X as expensive, but only 22.5X as expensive. It is quite possible that the incremental cost of $129 for the KLE's is very worthwhile. I, personally was incensed at the quality of construction of the KLE connectors I bought which, to me, had no relationship to their cost.
If your ears and mind tell you something is better, then that is all that the validation you need, regardless of the cost. The coin of the realm is limited and it is fair to point out, for example, more modestly priced connectors that may well allow one to fully enjoy their audio systems at much smaller cost.