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Monster Cable THX-GP 20-Pack Standard THX-Certified Gold-Plated Speaker Connectors |
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 Junk!
Complete junk. First, there are no instructions on how to use these connectors (they certainly are not as intuitive as toilet paper). Second, the rubber coverings are way too loose and are useless. This has to be one of the most frustrating items I have ever purchased from Amazon. Don't expect to find help from their (Monster Cable) web site, all you will find are similar bad customer reviews.
Learn how to solder
I am an electronic technician with over 40 years experience. Think about this before you buy; The written description for this product says (paraphrased) that bare copper wire oxidizes over time causing a bad connection to your speakers, I agree. It is intimated that these connectors prevent that. Humm? Apparently they believe the crimped connection to the wire with these connectors will eliminate this. NOT. Though better, it is still only a mechanical connection like the one made with spring loaded pinch or screw type banana connectors/posts on the back of speaker systems and the connection will oxidize over time. The same thing happens at the other end at your amp/receiver connectors.
Buy these connectors learn how to solder WELL and solder these on to your wires for a BETTER connection. (Hint from 40 years experience, always use plenty of heat at the joint when soldering so the solder will flow and bond well with the metals being soldered. Most students of sloldering do not get the joint hot enough and have what is called a "cold" solder joint which is no good at all.) I say BETTER connection because you still only have a mechanical connection to your speakers via the pinch or screw connector or binding post. Truth is, you need to buy an anti oxidation product at an electronics retailer and apply to any mechanical electrical connection such as this.
STILL, you should "refresh" the mechanical connection from time to time by disconnecting, cleaning the surfaces, and reconnecting. Lot of trouble you say, I agree. It all depends on what you can live with. Can you sleep at night knowing your mechanical connections to your speakers and amp/receiver are corroding more and more with every sheep you count. :-) If you can't sleep, you will have to solder the wires at your speaker connections AND your amp/receiver. Then hope that you did not flow the solder inside the speaker and amp/receiver and allow the wires inside to become seperated or the joint compromised in some way.
We simply live in an imperfect world and can either learn to live with it or go insane. I choose to live with it. Always remember these two things; If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Humm, I forgot the other one. Sleep well.
 time consumming to connect but well worth it
apox 1 hr to solder all connectors to wire make sure that u use 16g-14g only also purchase 1/4 shrink tubing to make a anti corrosion seal to ends,silver solder....only dis is the rubber ends should be interchangeable color coded (dont give u the right colors 7-1)
I didn't even use them I didn't like them that much
Monster Cable THX-GP 20-Pack Standard THX-Certified Gold-Plated Speaker ConnectorsThe idea that is covered by this product is a good one but this product in my mind is not the way to do it. The Monster Cable label very conveniently doesn't explain how the connectors are attached to the speaker wire. I checked every conceivable place I could think of. I even wrote a nasty email to the Monster Cable support desk and it took two months to get a reply telling me that you are to crimp these small clips on to your speaker wire with a 16 gage crimping tool that not but a very few people would own. I mean if they would have let me know this from start I probably would have been alright with it but the way they deliberately covered up the problem really pissed me off.
 Great stuff!
The package arrived a lot quicker than I had thought it would, and it was great for the install, crimped easily and the color coding helped as I have a 7.1 set up. Warning, this will not work well with any gauge larger than 16 AWG wire. I wanted to have a completely THX certified system so I ended up going with these connectors.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000092WYB
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