Eichmann Bayonet plugs user experience

Five defective plugs out of twelve? You're probably right. Maybe if I bought twenty four I could finish the job. BTW, two of my friends have the Eichmanns and both reported plugs falling apart. Or, maybe I'm just too young to find the hole.

Okay, your problem was intriguing enough that I took some of mine and tried them in every banana jack I could find. In only one case -- one of those in-wall connectors -- the Eichmann was too long for the hole and didn't make a good connection. In every other case there was no problem at all, and these ones of mine have been used to death and are still totally serviceable.

Are you SURE you assembled them properly. You slide the metal part through the black plastic, then slide the blue plastic on the shaft and lock it to the blue part with a twist. I just can't figure out why this doesn't work for you unless there is something very strange about your banana jacks. Doesn't make sense. Dave

I didn't assemble anything. The US importer for DNM put them on. He raved about the Eichmanns, and rightfully so. They sound very clean and neutral. However, after I told him my complaints, he told me that he has RECEIVED MANY COMPLAINTS FROM CLIENTS ABOUT THESE BANANAS. He told me that he will no longer sell the Eichmanns, and will switch to another termination (at least that's what he said).
Now, with all due respect Dave, maybe you received some wonder plugs because you are THE ONLY PERSON I have come across that had no issues. I wish I didn't have any either. Like I said, they sound wonderful.
I will say this: Although the Eichmanns have PERFORMED incredibly, their ease of use and reliability have been nothing but a dissapointment due to their shody and radioshack quality craftmenship. At this price I expect Eichmann to engineer something a little better.

Well, unless they changed the design sometime, and the ones I see
advertised look exactly like mine, I simply can't understand the problem. The
KEY is making sure the blue barrel locks to the black plastic. Once this is
done, the thing is solid as a rock. Maybe the DNM importer missed this step,
although I can't imagine it, or it loosened after you got it. I've recommended
them to others who have reported zero problems, so again, I flat-out don't
understand what went wrong with yours.

BTW, I had some DNM interconnects, didn't think much of the way they
sounded, and ended up cannibalizing the Eichmann Bullet Plugs from them
and reterminated other cables with these. Still using them. Dave.

EDIT: I just found one of these I was using when I was experimenting with
the use of 14-gauge Home Depot wire as speaker cable. It was a bitch to
assemble because I was using THREE 14g wires into EACH Eichmann banana
before crimping it. I disassembled this one and it was in perfect condition.

The bayonet comes with instructions for installation, but most don't bother reading it.
The key is to line up the spring wire on the banana with the writing on the housing, these MUST be on the same side.
If not, the copper sheath will slide up and down the banana.

The early versions of the bayonet did not have the spring wire, it was later incorporated by Eichmann.