Hi Sound Hound!Sound Hound wrote:Hi Frederik. I'm guessing you have tried "Z-plugs" (hollow BFA type) and would like to know what you think of them? They appear to be pretty flimsy, but I've seen them used in an instructional video entitled "Terminating K400 (and K600) Speaker Cable" and so thought they might be worth considering?
Yes, I've tried several brands of the hollow tube type connectors. Retailers often like them because they fit both BFA's and banana jacks, which is practical (less resoldering of cables when the customer upgrades the amps).
None of them have been any good and they've sounded pretty much the same: Bright, shrill and hollow. Deltron 550 is much better. Unfortunately the 550 appears to always be silver plated these days, which is not so good. The original tin plating sounded best.
And Linn's Knekt is now made in a new alloy, which looks better but sounds worse than the old one.
All in all, cables and connectors are in a bit of a mess at the moment. I can't think of anything that's improved in the last two decades.