"Don Pearce" wrote ...
"Trevor Wilson" wrote:
"Hogwild" wrote in message ...
I'm finishing off a pretty high end home theatre.

I need to terminate my 12 gauge speaker cables with appropriate
bannana plugs.

I understand that there is a lot of hype around name brand stuff
especially with audio components.

I want good value without being stupid.

What are some good choices for these plugs? Are solder-on or
screw-on
better?

**No-brainer. Solder.

Beware. If you don't have a soldering iron with enough
heat to do the job properly, you may be better off with the
screw-on kind.

Here is the best damned bannana connector, for bugger
all Dollars:

http://export.farnell.com/jsp/endeca...U=149414&N=401

They work and continue working for decades. Never lose their tight
connection ability. Very, very impressive connnector.

Dead right - they are all I use. Farnell UK no longer stocks them
though - obsolete, apparently. Is this the same everywhere?

I ordered some recently from these folks...
http://www.audiopile.net/products/Ad..._Cord_Ends.asp
and I am quite happy with the quality and price, etc.

One more thing - everybody in this thread is spelling banana with a
double "n". Is this standard everywhere else in the world (apart from
the uk, that is)?

No, it is a very common misspelling.