🔌 High-Quality Viborg VB401G Speaker Banana Plugs - 4MM Red Copper Locking Connectors for HiFi Speaker Wire, Home Theater, Sound Systems, and Amplifiers (4PCS, Gold Plated) Review

These banana plugs fit my Kimber 4TC perfectly and fit well into banana jacks if they are deep enough. I think they look good too - perfect for cables. I can't comment on how good or bad they sound, but I expect they'll perform better than the cheap gold plated brass connectors they replaced.

Good enough for DIY. The sound quality is acceptable to very good depending on the cables you use. I like the OFC 9GA, a shotgun with lots of copper. It was difficult but doable to plug this into the ports. I used the silver solder approach so it fits snugly. Good design. I wish the set screws were rhodium plated too - it's quite a challenge, but for DIY audiophiles it's the details that count. But overall good value for money.

Overall I like these banana wire ends. I like that they are solid copper, I like that they take up to 4 gauge AWG wire (not common) and that they have a thick gold plating. What I don't like is that the set screws tend to strip (probably brass) and don't tighten as much as desired. The method they use to apply pressure to hold them in place in the speaker jack is with a spring-loaded wire that runs along the "banana" post. It tends to flex and reduce the pressure it puts on the jack, reducing…