Why would you put those on barrier strip connectors, just to use banana jacks? Did you ever look at a banana jack closely? They make several small point contacts inside of the hole, surrounded by open space so that things can slowly oxidize. They were never intended for long term connections, they are for quick and dirty test instrumentation connections and just the process of inserting and removing the banana jack helps clean off the oxidation each time it's set up. They were never intended for set it and forget it applications.
A ring lug on a screw type terminal forms a gas tight seal when tightened and is forever.
There are many 50 or 60 year old industrial controls with hundreds of wires secured by ring lugs and screws. In all my years as a tech, the only failure I have seen is if the screw was never tightened. If it's a high voltage/amperage circuit it fails almost immediately, on low voltage control circuitry it can take years before oxidation takes it's toll and the circuit fails.
I have never seen so much misinformation as in audio. Bling seems to outweigh good engineering all the time. Yet folks will pay thousands of dollars for a piece of gear (superbly engineered and built) and use junk connectors to hook it into their system. Really amazes me.
BillWojo
A ring lug on a screw type terminal forms a gas tight seal when tightened and is forever.
There are many 50 or 60 year old industrial controls with hundreds of wires secured by ring lugs and screws. In all my years as a tech, the only failure I have seen is if the screw was never tightened. If it's a high voltage/amperage circuit it fails almost immediately, on low voltage control circuitry it can take years before oxidation takes it's toll and the circuit fails.
I have never seen so much misinformation as in audio. Bling seems to outweigh good engineering all the time. Yet folks will pay thousands of dollars for a piece of gear (superbly engineered and built) and use junk connectors to hook it into their system. Really amazes me.
BillWojo