13 best monoprice banana plugs

Product description

Banana plugs make speaker installation a breeze. They are designed for use with amplifiers or speakers that use traditional binding posts. Not only is it easier to make the connection on the back of your amp, it is safer, with no chance of stray wire strands creating a short across contacts. These high quality plugs are the closed screw type and can accept bare wire or spades. They are sized to fit speaker wire from 12 to 18 AWG. Each pair comes with one plug color coded red and the other coded black, for easy polarity identification. The plug body is made of brass, which is then plated with gold to help prevent corrosion and ensure smooth connections. This multi-pack includes five pairs of plugs, perfect for connecting the satellite and center channel speakers in a 5. 1 channel setup.

• Can accept bare wire or spades. Can accept 12 to 18 AWG speaker wires.
• Color coded Black/red rings for maintaining proper polarity
• Secure, positive contact with binding posts
• Corrosion resistant, 24K Gold plated brass plug
• Each order includes five pairs (10 plugs total)

User questions & answers

Question:	im trying to make my own test leads for different applications, will these work/fit with a voltmeter
Answer:	Depends. It should fit as the multimeters use standard banana plug socket innerds, but for years commercial test leads have no longer used bare plugs because of the hazards associated with accidental contact which would be shockingly dangerous if working with high voltage (yes, these meters are routinely used in high voltage electrical applications - my meter carries a CAT III rating for use with 1000V, CAT IV for 600 V). BUT, I mainly use my meter on ham radio stuff and sometimes on cars - all low voltage DC applications.I just ordered these to make a current (amperage) test rig with Anderson Power Pole sockets. Again, I stress that I am working with voltage running significantly less than 30V (sometimes 24 V systems in aviation or other automotive systems), but I will wrap the plug bodies in heat shrink insulation to minimize likelihood of contact.
Question:	I've read that these plugs can accept 12-18 AWG wire; however, I'd like to know what you all have used/what is working best
Answer:	I use 12 gauge on my fronts and 14 on my surrounds with no issues. The 12 gauge was a little difficult to get wrapped back around and then screw down, but I really don't know of any banana plug that would we easier, without going to the kind where they use a screw to fasten. This is the easier, cleaner look in my opinion!
Question:	The description says: "Can accept bare wire and spades. " How do you connect spades
Answer:	As PCKIDZ replied, this is a two function connector.The banana plugs are pushed into the hole in the end.If you unscrew the barrel which is knurled, the smaller shaft is exposed, where you can slip on your spade lug and then tighten the knurled shaft to secure the lug.
Question:	whats the differance between open screw and closed screw banna plugs
Answer:	"Open Screw" type plug (side wire) allows for daisy chaining or stacking additional banana plugs to the back. This is desirable in DJ applications if you're running a speakers in parallel and if your amp can handle the low impedances. Closed Screw type has the wire at the back.

Product features

Brass Body Construction

The plug body is made of brass, which is then plated with gold to help prevent corrosion and ensure smooth connections.

Color Coded Black/Red Rings For Maintaining Proper Polarity

Each pair comes with one plug color coded red and the other coded black, for easy polarity identification.

Can Accept 12 To 18 AWG Speaker Wires

These high quality plugs are the closed screw type and can accept bare wire or spades. They are sized to fit speaker wire from 12 to 18 AWG.

Product description

Banana plugs make speaker installation a breeze. They are designed for use with amplifiers or speakers that use traditional binding posts. Not only is it easier to make the connection on the back of your amp, it is safer, with no chance of stray wire strands creating a short across contacts These high quality plugs are the open screw type and can accept bare wire, spades, or other banana plugs. They are sized to fit speaker wire from 12 to 18 AWG. Each pair comes with one plug color coded red and the other coded black, for easy polarity identification The plug body is made of brass, which is then plated with gold to help prevent corrosion and ensure smooth connections Features: .Can accept bare wire, spades, or other banana plugs Can accept 12 to 18 AWG speaker wires Color coded black/red rings for maintaining proper polarity Secure.

• Banana plugs make speaker installation a breeze
• They are designed for use with amplifiers or speakers that use traditional binding posts
• It is safer

User questions & answers

Question:	how many pairs does this come with
Answer:	One pair.

Product description

10 Pair Affinity Series 24k Gold Speaker Banana Plug Monoprice Affinity Series Banana plugs make speaker installations easy. They are designed for use with amplifiers or speakers that use binding posts. These high quality plugs feature a dual screw fastening system that can accept bare speaker wire from 10 to 18 AWG. Each pair comes with one plug color coded red and the other coded black, for easy polarity identification. The plug body is made of copper fitted with a ferromanganese tip. The entire plug is then plated with gold to help prevent corrosion. Features: Can accept bare wire and spades Color coded black/red rings for maintaining proper polarity Secure, positive contact with binding posts Corrosion resistant, 24K gold plated finish Copper body construction and ferromanganese tips

• Included components: Gold Speaker Banana Plug

User questions & answers

Question:	Do these come with the screwdriver
Answer:	Unfortunately they do not come with a screwdriver
Question:	These plugs come with some type of plastic or rubber insert. What is this for? Should it be removed
Answer:	I think the "plastic" piece is a short 18/24-guage heat shrink tubing that can be used to put overtop existing plastic casing on each of the stranded pairs of the 12-gauge cable. You don't need it, but if you cut too much of the plastic off of the 12-gauge cable, you may want to heat shrink tubing on or cut the wire so no copper touches the outer metallic casing of the plugs and short out. I used the heat shrink tubing as a slide guide to measure how much copper I should expose so that I can push the tightly twisted strands of copper into the tip of the plug. I clamped the screw down onto the plastic covering of the cable instead of on the bear strands. It is tougher and the screw needs to be flush against the plug's body or else you won't get the out case to slip overtop with the plug fully inserted.
Question:	It says both 10 pack and 10 pairs. Is this 10 plugs or 20 plugs
Answer:	10-pack = 10-pairs = 10-black pugs and 10-red plugs = 20 plugs (red/black). The whole package consists of 10 pairs, with each pair individually wrapped in it's own package. That's why it's called 10 pack and 10 pairs. I can't be more explicit than this.
Question:	I have 8 AWG wire will this plug work
Answer:	It can accept bare speaker wire from 10 to 18 AWG

Product description

An Amazon Brand

• 6 pairs of banana plugs (12 plugs total) for easily installing speakers
• Self-crimping teeth for easy installation
• Durable 24k gold plating provides corrosion protection and ensures high-quality audio
• Female connection on base of each plug for connecting multiple speakers from a single output
• Accepts 12 to 18 AWG speaker wires; includes black and red rings for color coding the wires
• Backed by an Amazon Basics limited one-year warranty

User questions & answers

Question:	Which end of the banana do you plug it into
Answer:	The top, where the stem attached to the tree -- where you normally start peeling the banana. But, no need to peel first before using these, as they will plug right into the stem.
Question:	which is thicker a 12 gauge wire or a16 gauge wire
Answer:	I read somewhere that says the gauge number is actually a fraction of an inch. So the higher the fraction the smaller the wire. e.g. 1/12" is larger than 1/16"
Question:	Is the banana plug the same as an rca plug
Answer:	No. It's a single conductor.
Question:	The female connection each plug is said to have is hard to visualize. Is there a picture demonstrating its use
Answer:	It is pretty simple. You should have a whole in the middle of where your speaker wire hooks in. Instead of using raw wire you can attach it to the plug and then plug it in the receiver jack.

• Can accept bare wire, spades, or other banana plugs. Can accept 12 to 18 AWG speaker wires.
• Color coded black/red rings for maintaining proper polarity
• Secure, positive contact with binding posts
• Corrosion resistant, 24K gold plated brass plug
• Each order includes FIVE pairs (10 plugs total)

User questions & answers

Question:	How do you connect these to a 12 volt "go Box" cover
Answer:	I do not know what a "go box" is.
Question:	When you disconnect the plugs, isn't it easy to short them by touching each other? looks like the whole piece is the same conductor
Answer:	If I understand your question correctly, once the plugs are disconnected from the receiver,there is no signal going through them, therefore no danger of short. You shouldn't be connecting or disconnecting the speakers with the unit on. Actually more likely to short out trying to install using bare wire connections instead of banana clips. The clips cover the bare wire so no chance of a stray strand or two shorting across the back of your component.
Question:	I have used open screw plugs for years; are there any substantial advantages to the closed screw type
Answer:	The big advantage is when installed correctly, you won't have any chance of stray wires sticking out. So then less chance of shorting the wires. On 14 gauge and smaller wire, it shouldn't be that hard to do to install correctly, easily. On 12 gauge wire, the maximum recommended for the monoprice plugs, the insulation doesn't fit very well into the body of the plug, so you just have to strip more insulation off to get it to go easier.One possible downside to them is that the wires stick straight out the back instead of coming out of the side. If you have wall mount speakers with a narrow clearance, that could be an issue. But you could get the open screw style to fix that. At the receiver, it was beneficial to me.
Question:	How do you connect these (closed and open type) to the speaker wire
Answer:	First I unscrew the banana connector, splice the wire and stick the open wire through the hole and fold it over the threading, then I screw the banana connector back together. I use two pairs of vise grips as it gets a little tough screwing them back together by hand since the wire catches the threads on the banana connectors. Hope this helped

Product features

Monoprice Gold Plated Speaker Banana Plugs

Banana plugs make speaker installation a breeze. They are designed for use with amplifiers or speakers that use traditional binding posts. Not only is it easier to make the connection on the back of your amp, it is safer, with no chance of stray wire strands creating a short across contacts.

These high quality plugs are the open screw type and can accept bare wire, spades, or other banana plugs. They are sized to fit speaker wire from 12 to 18 AWG. Each pair comes with one plug color coded red and the other coded black, for easy polarity identification.

The plug body is made of brass, which is then plated with gold to help prevent corrosion and ensure smooth connections.

This multi-pack includes five pairs of plugs, perfect for connecting the satellite and center channel speakers in a 5.1 channel setup.

Features:

• Can accept bare wire, spades, or other banana plugs
• Can accept 12 to 18 AWG speaker wires
• Color coded black/red rings for maintaining proper polarity

• Secure, positive contact with binding posts
• Corrosion resistant, 24K gold plated brass plug
• Each order includes five pairs (10 plugs total)

Product description

Copper Speaker Banana Plugs

• Copper Speaker Banana Plugs

Product description

Banana plugs make speaker installation a breeze. They are designed for use with amplifiers or speakers that use traditional binding posts. Not only is it easier to make the connection on the back of your amp, it is safer, with no chance of stray wire strands creating a short across contacts.

• Bannana Plugs: Can accept bare wire or spades | Can accept 12 to 18 AWG speaker wires
• Bannana Plugs:  Secure, positive contact with binding posts | Corrosion resistant, 24K gold plated brass plug
• Bannana Plugs:  Each order includes FIVE pairs (10 plugs total) | Color coded black/red rings for maintaining proper polarity
• Speaker Wire: Each conductor is jacketed with color-coded PVC for easy polarity identification
• Speaker Wire: Jacketed in a white, CL2-rated PVC material. The CL2 rating indicates that the cable complies with fire safety and insurance requirements, making it safe for use inside the walls of residential class buildings.

Product description

10 Pair Right Angle 24k Gold Plated Banana Speaker Wire Cable Screw Plug Connectors

Right angle banana plugs make speaker installations easy. They are designed for use with amplifiers or speakers that use binding posts in spaces where a traditional banana plug will not fit. The right angle nature of these banana plugs minimizes the risk of cross terminal contact that may cause shorts.

These high quality plugs are the closed screw type and can accept bare speaker wire from 12 to 18 AWG. Each pair comes with one plug color coded red and the other coded black, for easy polarity identification.

The plug body is made of copper fitted with a ferromanganese tip. The entire plug is then plated with gold to help prevent corrosion.

Features:

• Can accept bare wire and spades

• Color coded black/red rings for maintaining proper polarity

• Secure, positive contact with binding posts

• Corrosion resistant, 24K gold plated finish

• Copper body construction and ferromanganese tips

User questions & answers

Question:	What is the largest gauge wire they will handle
Answer:	12-18awg so 12awg is the largest gauge wire these will accept.
Question:	Are the black and red plastic or rubber shells that slide up over the 2 locking screws
Answer:	On the 9 pair I'm selling, the shells appear to be a flexible rubber-like composition. Sorry, I'm not a chemist, but if you are looking for some flexibility these have it. My installer had another package, so only needed one pair from me. thanks, George
Question:	Besides bare wire; will a standard banana plug fit inside this right angle plug
Answer:	Nope, it's a considerably smaller hole than a banana plug hole; I can't recall the maximum AWG that will fit in it, but it's smaller than the banana. (There is a set-screw to hold the bare wire in place under the rubber jacket).
Question:	Are you sure these are the right angle? Looks like the left angle to me
Answer:	Right angle: "an angle of 90 degrees, as in the corner of a square or the intersection of two perpendicular straight lines". If you need them to go right instead of left, grab one end and rotate it 180 degrees.

Product description

Monoprice Affinity Premium Braided Speaker Wire combines great looks and durability with exceptional sonic performance, making it the ideal speaker wire solution for the serious audiophile. The 14AWG copper conductors have been tinned to prevent corrosion and the braided fabric outer jacket not only helps prevent damage to the jacket, but also won't scratch your speaker cabinets. Each wire is pre-terminated with color-coded, gold plated banana plugs at each end, ensuring that you can quickly and accurately connect your speakers to your amplifier. Backed by Monoprice's world renowned Lifetime Replacement Warranty, there is no better choice than Monoprice's Affinity Premium Braided Speaker Wire!

• Lifetime Warranty on ALL Cables: With Monoprice's Lifetime Warranty you can rest assured we stand behind our products and our customers.
• Affinity Premium Braided Speaker Wire | features two 14AWG conductors with color-coded aluminum connectors, making it easy to match polarity.
• Featuring tinned, oxygen-free copper conductors and gold plated banana plugs, these wires are designed for long-term corrosion resistance, durability, and sonic clarity.
• These wires have been wrapped in braided fabric, giving them a soft -touch to protect your speakers' finish, yet retaining the flexibility of ordinary speaker wire.
• Packed with professional grade features, such as color-coded, brushed aluminum connectors, gold plated banana plugs, and a braided fabric jacket, you get the appearance of a professional installation, without the cost of hiring someone or the hassle of making them yourself.

User questions & answers

Question:	If soldering is used in making the banana plug connections, what grade solder... is it audiophile grade solder?? Thanks
Answer:	These are by no means audiophile grade.
Question:	Is the brand "Monoprice" printed on anything that is visible? Like the connector or the jacket
Answer:	I did not see branding anywhere .
Question:	This listing is slightly ambiguous, is this a two speaker pair or just positive and negative pair
Answer:	It's one positive and negative pair. Enough for one speaker.
Question:	Are the red and black wires separate the full length, or are they enclosed in another braid
Answer:	They split at 1ft while the rest of the length is connected.

Product features

Monoprice Affinity Premium 14AWG Braided Speaker Wire with Gold Plated Banana Plug Connectors

Two Conductors

Affinity Premium Braided Speaker Wire features two 14AWG conductors with color-coded aluminum connectors, making it easy to match polarity.

Long Lasting Durability

Featuring tinned, oxygen-free copper conductors and gold plated banana plugs, these wires are designed for long-term corrosion resistance, durability, and sonic clarity.

Premium Soft-Touch Braided Jacket

These wires have been wrapped in braided fabric, giving them a soft-touch to protect your speakers' finish, yet retaining the flexibility of ordinary speaker wire.

Professional Grade

Packed with professional grade features, such as color-coded, brushed aluminum connectors, gold plated banana plugs, and a braided fabric jacket, you get the appearance of a professional installation, without the cost of hiring someone or the hassle of making them yourself.

Product description

5 PAIRS OF High-Quality Copper (non-banana) Speaker Plugs - Pin Screw Type

User questions & answers

Question:	are these bendable
Answer:	No they're not

Product description

Right angle banana plugs make speaker installations easy. They are designed for use with amplifiers or speakers that use binding posts in spaces where a traditional banana plug will not fit. The right angle nature of these banana plugs minimizes the risk of cross terminal contact that may cause shorts.

Product description

Wall plate with high quality gold plated binding posts for speakers. Can be use D with banana plugs spades or bare wire. Same Type of connector front and back

• Wall plate with high quality gold Plated binding posts for speakers
• Can be use D with banana plugs spades or bare wire
• Same Type of connector front and back
• No soldering required
• Corrosion resistant gold Plated connectors

User questions & answers

Question:	Can i use this double terminal wall plate to connect a sub-woofer that typically requires only 1 terminal
Answer:	You could mount it direct to the wall of you create a hole for the back end, but I prefer to use the low voltage wall mounts. Use an "old work" box if putting it on existing drywall
Question:	Dose this 5 speaker wall plate fit a single electric gang box? If not what type of box is needed
Answer:	I am not sure what you are asking, but let me start by first saying that this plate and its built-in connectors is for Speakers and ha nothing to do with regular wall 110V plates and switches. This plate is used for hooking up official banana plugs (the + and - in one hard plastic plate) for inserting Banana plugs into its connectors directly. This plate will handle two pairs of speaker wire, each pair as a one piece banana plug. I had to replace the plate that was there because the installer did not know what a one piece banana plug is, and the original plate was made for 4 individual single plugs, which was NOT what I wanted. My speaker wires already have the one piece banana plugs at both ends already from my previous installation.So, this is ONLY for wiring speaker cables in thru the wall to the speakers, and attaching two 1 piece banana plugs into it - one banana plug per speaker.Vincent (05-30-2016)
Question:	Do I need to use a Low Voltage 1 gang wall mount for this
Answer:	Wall plate is white. I don't know what you mean by insert. What you see in the picture on amazon is how they look.
Question:	Is this plate a standard modular plate, like on light switches. Wanting to combine two in a two gang modular plate
Answer:	I'm not sure what you mean by gang wall plates? You can install them with 2 screws, but they won't be very solid. But if they will never get stressed, the solidity of the faceplate won't matter. Otherwise use a "caddy bracket".

Product features

Monoprice High Quality Banana Binding Post Two-Piece Inset Wall Plate for 2 Speakers - Coupler Type

Wall plate with high quality gold plated binding posts for speakers.

Can be used with banana plugs, spades, or bare wire. Same type of connector front and back. No soldering required. Corrosion resistant gold plated connectors. Spacing is compatible with PID# 2944 & 2945 banana plugs.

This product can either be used with banana plugs (product ID 2801 or 2943) or it can accept bare wire connections on both the front and rear of the plate.