where's the Genelec !?
Too ugly to be let in the door.
Very true.
Almost every speaker that accepts bananas also accepts these and there are tons of ready made cables available.
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I'd like to see more spade terminals with controlled spring pressure on the screw. That way, audiophiles don't get out their box of spanners and shear off the posts trying to 'tighten-down' to stupid levels of torque.
There were several Japanese amplifier/speaker terminals in the late 80s early 90s where the cable was compressed between screw down ribbed plates that also allowed large diameter/thick cable. Much better and much cheaper.
Over the years I've removed many spring terminals on vintage amps/receivers and replaced them with pretty-looking fat gold binding posts for audiophiles who requested them. Never liked doing it, as I know it's just for looks- not for contact resistance.
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@Kal Rubinson is a reviewer, he would need a quick release style connector and I can understand why he uses so-called 'locking bananas'. Mostly, they really only 'lock' by pulling a bar/pin back through a deliberately under-sized splayed main pin. The contact point instead of being the entire length of the pin then moves near the end. They certainly don't maintain a good permanent low resistance contact. I hate the things and it's funny to see the number snapped off in amplifiers and speakers! Not as bad as those wretched Monster Cable 'turbine' RCAs- OMG they were criminal with the destruction they caused. LOL.