Monoprice 20 PAIRS Of High-Quality Speaker Banana Plugs, Closed Screw Type

After attaching about 5 of these to my speaker wire, my hands started hurting pretty bad. I have stranded 14 awg wire and it would take some considerable force to get the wires bent over and the end pushed in enough to start screwing it back together to hold tight. Amazing price, but difficult to use. Great contact with wires and very firm connection when done right.

OK, so I ordered a 20 pair pack (#2008) and crossed my fingers about a 12 gauge wire install. Ordered the bulk 300ft. roll of OFC speaker wire (#2790) and it was a perfect snug fit. My hands hurt a little from arthritis, but even with that the install went easily. I found that about 3/16 needs to be taken off of the wire jacket which leaves a near perfect waterfall once you bend the bare end over the collar. I also remove the color rings as the wire is so well marked it isn't needed and you gain a little torque when tightening it all together. The simplest process is to install the wire into the collar, loosen the banana pin, screw the halves together until they stop, retighten the banana pin. There will be a 1/16 gap, and you'll need a plier to get enough grip to twist the portions together and it's solid. The prongs on the plug can be adjusted with a small flat-blade if you compress them during assembly and think they are 'loose' in the port.