I have struggled over the years to find just the right heat shrink for particular projects. I do like the 3M heat shrink for most things and it does come either with/without adhesive. However, sometimes I have looked for thicker heat shrink for certain projects such as the ends of power cables, or even speaker cable connectors that will get a lot of handling over time. I have sometimes found what I wanted at Partsconnexion but you might also look at what is available at this place.
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?
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ETI Research LINK Banana speaker cable connector, however are somewhere around 50% more than your budget. @mitch2 - those Furez copper spades look pretty effective and cool too. |
@mijostyn - I like Monosaudio spades, and these look nice, but fail on one important aspect: Need the outer shell to be an insulator. Actually need to check if the Aeco is plastic or not, but it looks thin enough I can heat shrink an insulator around it. |
aliexpress has high quality audio cables, connectors, .... all kind of stuff at very low prices IF you are willing to wait for stuff. express it ain’t these days. example, vey nice ortofon XLR to RCA ordered 1-26-22; arrived yesterday 3-10-22 wbt locking connectors another source, faster shipping. sometimes the shipping cost is better for the same thing from another seller of the identical item.
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