Deadbolt Flex Pin Banana Plugs for Spring Loaded Speaker Terminals, 12 Pairs Gold Plated Plugs

I have a mix of new and more vintage audio equipment. A few years ago I purchased some Bluejeans Cable for my speakers and amplifier. The cable made by Belkin is a thicker 10 AWG size, sometimes called "10 White". I was using a smaller thinner cable the last couple of years because while the Bluejeans cable fit into a newer Prima Luna amp, the connectors on my circa 1980 Macintosh, MAC 4100 has spring clips. The wire barely fit into the spring clips and if I moved the receiver or the speakers, the cable would come out and I'd have to reconnect. I got tired of doing this and just stopped using the cable in favor of a different thinner type. That was fine, but most people listening to audio/hi-fi always like to try new equipment, even if that stuff is 30 years old. I purchased some DCM TF-600 speakers a few weeks ago and wanted to hook them up to the Mac with the Bluejeans cable. The cable barely fit into the Mac, although I did get it to hold, but with the speakers when I moved them into a different listening position, the cable would come out. Those speaker are about 30 years old and the cable was too large to wrap about the post, and the hole to put the speaker through was really too small for that 10 AWG size cable. I ordered these flex pin banana plugs which the manufacturer claimed would hold up to 10 AWG wire. The manufacturer was correct. Their directions are pretty clear, and you just need to strip some of the shielding off the wire, and unscrew the two piece banana plug. Push the wire through the bottom part of the plug and push the wire through. Fold down some the wire and screw the top part back on. The plugs were very easy to install through the banana plug speaker post holes and I was able to wrap part of the pin portion around the post. Since this pin is flexible, it was easy to do, although on one speaker I just pushed the pin through the hole and tightened it. Either way works equally well. I had a little more trouble getting the pins to stay in the Macintosh receiver speaker connections. I took my wire strippers and flattened the end of the pin and was able to push it in. This receiver is from around 1980, and while I did have it serviced a few years ago, the one spring pin speaker connector may not have been going down all the way. The Mac is heavy and it would have been a last resort to disconnect all the wires to it and remove it from the audio rack so I flattened the push pin slightly and it was fine. If I ever have the Mac serviced again I can have these old spring clips replaced, but what I did worked and the cables are secure in both the receiver and the speakers. I doubt I would have had any problem with smaller gauge wire but if you have vintage audio equipment with spring clip connectors and heavy guage cable these Deadbolt Flex Pin Banana Plugs will do the trick and make you life easier. I can highly recommend them.

Recently purchased a 5.1.2. speaker set up. With exception of the sub, all the speakers were push down spring loaded connections. Suuuuure I could have gone bare wire, but what fun is that?The installation is as simple as presented in the listing. The flex pins are high quality. Was having an issue with a particular speaker and ended up hooking up, unhooking, rehooking it up multiple times. The flex pin held it's shape perfectly. No deformation or fraying.Really glad I got these.One thing to consider when using is proximity of one pin to another. I don't know how much of the plug is conductive. Are the exposed metal collars are conductive? Will they short of they touch? Don't know. Don't want to find out. To be extra cautious, I wrapped the collars of the negative pins in electric tape. Some day, will go back and use black shrink tubing if the spirit moves me. Only did the negative side, because didn't have red tape, and the area of the speaker the pins go in have nothing conductive near by. So protecting just one collar essentially protects both.If not wanting to raw dog bare wire into your speakers and don't have 5-way connectors on your speakers to use banana plugs, this is the way to go.Hope this review helps with your cable termination purchasing choice. Take care. :)

Exactly what I needed for my older and vintage speaker connections. Could be needed for new gear too. Very nice quality. Super easy to use. I will be getting some more.

I've looked for banana to pin/wire lead adapters to connect to SPRING TERMINALS on gear.I checked these and yes indeed a 4mm BANANA fits tight in this connector.I feel foolish because I lost time making short 4" adapters when I could have just plugged the banana plug into these then into the spring terminals.I don't know why they don't make this clear in the ad, that 4mm banana plugs fit right in.TIP(pun) on avoiding the barrel ends from shorting, insert one tip end FULLY into the terminal and only partially insert the 2nd one.This way the brass ends are no longer parallel to each other and one will be next to the plastic bottom part of the other connection.4 stars only because of the exposed ends possibly shorting in a crowded installation otherwise it would be 5 stars.Also using it with bare wire is easy and works well, not easy to loosen, holds tight.Much easier to assemble than the tiny screw type connection plugs.